When Bucky Barnes was seventeen

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• Are you man enough (to take the blame for this) by trash_meshe

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Captain America - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Sex
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  21 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Underage Sex
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Clint Barton
  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
  • Clint Barton/Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
  • I know the Clint and Val is weird but trust the process (please)
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Steve Rogers
  • George Barnes (Marvel)
  • Rebecca Barnes Proctor
  • Bucky Barnes's Family Members
  • Sarah Rogers (Marvel)
  • Peggy Carter
  • Clint Barton
  • Clint Barton's Family Members
  • Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
  • Pre-Serum Steve Rogers
  • Pre-Serum Bucky Barnes
  • Pre-Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Set in 1940s Brooklyn (Marvel)
  • Consensual Underage Sex
  • Underage Drug Use
  • historical accuracy (I tried)
  • Teen Bucky Barnes
  • Teen Steve Rogers
  • Pre-World War II | 1940s Era Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
  • Romanian Bucky Barnes
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Bucky Barnes Has Issues
  • a lot of teenage drama & rebellion
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction
  • Minor Character Death
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Alternate Universe - Teenagers
  • Alternate Universe - High School
  • it starts slow but goes downhill even faster
  • not beta read we die like men

  Summary

  Bucky and Steve have always been more than just childhood best friends. As teenagers, they finally start exploring their relationship more - except a girl suddenly shows interest in Steve, crumbling the entire foundation of their fragile... whatever they have.

  Or: Sixty-two days. Two seventeen-year-olds. Love on the edge, misery, and absolutely devastating angst.

  Series

  • Part 1 of When Bucky Barnes was seventeen

  Language:

  English

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