— Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Fem!Reader — Summary: When your best friend Sarah recommends you a mechanic of her brother’s trust, all you can think about and pray to is that he doesn’t rip you off. Your car is your prized possession and amidst all the worry and concern of your medical studies, drowning in even more debt sounds as suffocating as it would be. Of course, you never thought of the possibility of the mechanic being the problem. A hot, polite, gentle, and silent-type of problem. Drowning in debt would be easier to navigate than the blue of Bucky Barnes’s eyes. — Word count: 70.9k — Warning(s): Explicit language, angst (a little), explicit sex (Chapter 10). — A/n: If you enjoy it, feedback is appreciated & highly encouraged and motivates me to write even more. You can consider supporting me on Ko-Fi, as well. Mistakes/errors might be here, let me know if you find any.
Chapter One (15/09)
Chapter Two (17/09)
Chapter Three (20/09)
Chapter Four (25/09)
Chapter Five (29/09)
Chapter Six (01/10)
Chapter Seven (05/10)
Chapter Eight (08/10)
Chapter Nine (13/10)
♫ Soundtrack Inspiration: Coming In Hot, by Adam Lambert
Coming In Hot ♫ Official Playlist
Bronte's Moment (06/10 — Post Chap. 7)
Lightning Grease (23/11 — Post Chap. 9)
Red Wine and Weed (24/11 — Post Chap. 9)
sun and moon
princess and knight
death and the maiden
two royals in a political marriage both invested in the good of their kingdom that develop feelings for each other
one showing kindness and the other choosing to become kinder as well, as redemption
two damaged, vulnerable people swearing to protect each other no matter what
reincarnation, always
as much angst as possible with a happy ending, non-negotiable.
ancient morally neutral one swayed into love by young mortal upstart
going on a fairytale quest to save the other
turning into twin stars/flowers/hugging statues/etc even after dying
I was scrolling through Tumblr and came across a post of KNOWN PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR (many of which have or want to rape actual children/minors)
It can be hard to find that balance between a character that is too perfect for readers to love and a character that is too flawed for readers to relate to.
Something I like to remember when thinking of flaws to give characters is that very often, flaws can be positive attributes that are in excess.
(This is related to Aristotle’s Virtues and Doctrine of the Mean.)
FOR INSTANCE,
Courage is a positive trait.
But taken too far? That can lead to rashness, or recklessness, which are negative traits. And without enough courage? The character is meak, fearful and cowardly, which are also negative traits.
Here are some examples to think of for your characters of positive traits taken to the extremes.
Virtue- kindness
Excess-easily taken advantage of
Deficiency- selfishness
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Virtue- ambition
Excess- greed/avarice
Deficiency- lazy
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Virtue- honesty
Excess- harshness
Deficiency- secrecy/dishonesty
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Virue- decisiveness
Excess-impulsiveness
Deficiency-indecision
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Virtue- passionate
Excess- irritating
Deficiency- apathetic
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Virtue- strong leadership
Excess- over-controlling
Deficiency- indifferent/passive
Hope this helps :)
a ghost story
I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.
IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested
INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified
GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed
FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested
JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed
LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed
LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned
ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore
SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized
ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged
NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered
SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted
FIRST OFF Began
LASTLY Concluded Concurred
WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted
HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed
WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved
BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned
ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted
CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised
LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed
BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged
FINE Consented Decided
TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered
JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched
WASN’T ME Denied Lied
EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened
BORED Droned Sighed
SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered
DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached
OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled
ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered
ANNOYING Nagged
I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured
I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled
I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered
OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered
SURPRISE BITCH Revealed
IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted
BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased
Edit: People, I’m an English and creative writing double major in college; I understand that there’s nothing wrong with simply using “said.” This was just for fun, and it comes in handy when I need to add pizzazz.
endgame steve after a few days: yeah so…peggy actually dumped me after like three months bc she realized we weren’t That compatible After having to spend more than Like. 15 minutes at a time together…and eventually married her actual husband..and had kids. so that’s why the timeline didn’t separate! but i got stranded with no WiFi for 50 years bc i didnt have any more pym particles
sam: bro. What?
steve: I got the ring from the dollar store on the way over here bc i didn’t wanna look dumb :/
bucky: that ships BEEN sailed bro
sam: bro. WHAT?
steve: at one point i almost got polio bc i forgot i never got vaccinated
sam and bucky:
Story Story Story Story Story
Another Story Guys..
I hope You get the Moral of the STORY.
It pays to be Kind and Give a Helping Hand to Others…
You will never know what you will get as a result of Your Kindness.
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