Unfit for Society Recs

Avengers

And Shadows Will Fall Behind by leveragehunters
AU where Steve is born in the modern era and never becomes Captain America, but Bucky still became the Winter Soldier. They meet and fall in love after Bucky breaks his programming. Lovely.

Better Than To Bend by silentwalrus
Bucky and Peggy come to an arrangement about Steve. Hot and funny.

Lay Your Shoulders to the Wheel by galwednesday
Prequel to "No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Pine" (previously recced), in which Bucky rescues Wanda and Pietro from HYDRA. Aw, Bucky instinctively being a good big brother even with his memories still hazy is so great.

Non-Prophet Organisation by leveragehunters
When a PhD student accidentally uncovers a plot to summon a demon and destroy the world, Captain America is the only one she can get to listen to her. Steve, Sam and Bucky will fly half-way around the globe to investigate, but can they get there in time to stop the ritual and save the world?

(All signs point to yes as an answer to at least one of those questions.) Hee! This is hilarious. And it also has an equally funny sequel: Herd of Goats?

An Oblique Approach by Gray_Cardinal
"Oh, Tony. Trust me, the very last thing I want to do is go out and shoot fire at things with stupid numbers of people watching. Also, I'm pretty sure 'Human Torch' is trademarked already."

Tony sighed theatrically. "I get it," he said. "But trust me, you don't know what you're missing." Tony fixes Extremis for Pepper, and it gives her a whole other suite of superpowers. Hee!

this has been a public service announcement by Nokomis
Peter finally gets to hang out with the Avengers after a fight with aliens and lets slip about Cap's PSAs. Hilarity ensues. (this is an apparently ongoing series with 2 complete stories so far.)

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Captain America/Wonder Woman

I Can Save Today, You Can Save the World by follow_the_sun
Diana Prince leaves a legacy. *sobs* This is lovely.

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Star Wars

The Best Dressed Lie by igrockspock
No one in the galaxy could be more different from her mother than Han Solo -- but here he was, giving her exactly the same advice. Two people who wanted a child gave her a home. Before they died, the taught her that family didn't have to be defined by blood. Han was right; that was as much as she needed to know. Bail and Breha try to keep Leia's parentage from being discovered. Leia has a hard time with that.

Entail by domarzione
Leia grapples with Anakin Skywalker's legacy. Oh heart.

A Man of Honour by Lotusflower85
Lando's thoughts during his first meeting with Luke after everything that happened at Bespin. Oh Lando.

The Sound of History Beginning by antediluvian
"There is nothing," Baze said, "that would induce me to get into that water."

"They are not dangerous," Chirrut told him. "They are beautiful ."

Baze regarded him with a heavy, thoughtful gaze. The sharks swarmed around Chirrut's legs, their bodies seething, elegant shadows under the ripple of clear water. They curved around him, tested the billow of his robes beneath the water with their curious mouths. Chirrut stretched a hand out towards Baze in invitation, his palm upturned, his damp sleeve spilling like ink away from the bare curve of his wrist.

"Beautiful things can be dangerous too," Baze said, for the sake of the sudden pleased curl to Chirrut's sharp mouth. Lovely alternate ending for Rogue One.

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