Home Base (3302 words) by raving_liberal
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Pre-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie), Missing Scene, Queer Themes, Pre-Relationship, Friendship/Love, Developing Relationship, Friends to More Than Friends, Queer Theory, Captain America Secret Santa, Wakanda (Marvel), Canon Compliant
Summary: Natasha tries to convince Steve that avoiding Bucky during his recovery in Wakanda isn't doing either of them any favors. A quick Quinjet trip later, Steve realizes Natasha is (as usual) probably right.

For romanticalgirl for the Captain America Secret Santa 2018.

Keep In Touch (4072 words) by raving_liberal
Fandom: The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Frank Castle/Karen Page
Characters: Karen Page, Frank Castle, Franklin “Foggy” Nelson
Additional Tags: Kastle Christmas Secret Santa Gift Exchange, Snowed In, Christmas Eve, Christmas Fluff, Breaking and Entering, Complicated Relationships, Feels, Kissing
Summary: An unexpected blizzard and an unexpected guest both arrive on Christmas Eve.

For @idomyballethere for the kastlenetwork's Kastle Chrismas Secret Santa Gift Exchange!

Be the Matchmaker You Wish to See In the World (3088 words) by raving_liberal
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, Pepper Potts
Additional Tags: Marvel Holiday Swap, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Party, Matchmaking, Matchmaker Natasha Romanov, Domestic Avengers, First Time, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Animal Husbandry
Summary: Natasha is playing matchmaker again, or so Steve claims.

A Marvel Holiday Swap gift for debwalsh!

It's probably all the childbirth-related experience that has me unsqueamishly writing Bucky manually repositioning a calf while he casually carries on a conversation with Steve in this fic I am writing. Hopefully my gift recipient won't read it and go WTF???

Comment with what fic you're reading now, what you just finished, and what you have on your reading list next!

Bona Fide
Fandom: The Punisher, Daredevil
Relationships: Frank Castle/Karen Page
Word count: 6298
Rating: M
Warnings: Unsafe Sex, descriptions of past violence and injuries/blood
Summary: Four months after the shootout at the carousel, Frank Castle reappears and Karen Page finally gets that kiss.

Here Comes a Feeling You Thought You'd Forgotten
Fandom: The Punisher, Daredevil
Word count: 4500
Rating: T
Warnings: Depression, drinking to cope
Notes: For the Kastle Fic/Art Exchange, based on this prompt.
Summary: Karen didn't start out counting the days since she'd last seen Frank Castle, because she's not that kind of woman... until she is. One "sabbatical" to New Orleans later, Karen thinks she might finally be putting all of that behind her. Fate has other plans.

Go Out Alone Into America
Fandom: The Punisher, Daredevil
Word count: 24,043
Rating: M
Warnings: Human trafficking, child abuse/exploitation, guns/gun violence/gunshot injury
Notes: For the Defenders Big Bang, art by alby_mangroves
Summary: Karen thought she’d left extralegal vigilantes behind. Instead, she’s literally stumbling over Frank everywhere she turns, and not only that, but he’s got a brand new, popcorn-loving second Karen in tow. Even after discovering they're both following the same lead, Karen hopes she can keep her investigation separate from Frank's Punishing, but her hopes and Frank both hit the ground in a Bronx warehouse. In the aftermath, Karen compromises her apparently weak ethics as a badly-injured Frank trains her to be his Punishing protege. How long can she convince herself she’s doing it because she has to instead of because she wants to?


Don't mind me. Just slowly filling this space with my fic from the past year or two.

Captain America Secret Santa: Dec 15-31

• Started

Marvel Holiday Swap: Dec 22

• Have a plot for it

Kastle Christmas Exchange: Dec. 24-31

• Haven't started yet

BuckyNat Secret Santa: Jan 7-11

• Haven't been assigned yet

Author: raving_liberal
Artists: casdeansintrouble
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers
Warnings: Major Character Death
Rating: E
Wordcount: 35,360
Tags: Captain America Big Bang 2018, Post-Avengers: Infinity War, Inspired by The Road, Apocalypse, Nuclear Winter, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Team as Family, Survival, Survivor Guilt, Eye Trauma, Heavy Angst, Gallows Humor, Hallucinations, Major Character Injury, Mild Suicidal Ideation
Summary: In the wake of an explosion that destroys New York City and leaves an afterimage of the skyline burned into Steve’s retinas, Steve and Natasha walk across the country to find a safe haven, supplies, and—hopefully—allies. Through twisted landscapes and hostile survivors, facing a bleak nuclear winter and wide-scale destruction, Nat and Steve make a promise to each other to survive, to continue. Haunted by memories of the life he was just starting to build with Bucky, Steve finds that promise harder to keep with each passing mile.