LAST TEN FIRST LINES

LAST TEN FIRST LINES

Rules:  Post the first line of your last 10 published fics, then tag 10 people.  I was tagged by the amazing, adorable, awesome @the-kitteh. Thank you <3

1. Ever since the Chitauri had invaded New York, SIR’s mental state had grown increasingly suboptimal. (From A Watchful Eye - Stony)

2. Tony could feel Bucky - he always could. (From Guide Me Home (Guard My Heart) - WinterIron)

3. The workshop had always been a safe space. (From Lullaby In Binary - Gen)

4. Tony knew about Hanahaki disease, of course. (From Gave You My Heart - WinterIron, unfinished)

5. This is it. (From Redeemed - Gen)

6. He’d be an idiot to think HYDRA wasn’t still looking for him, and Bucky was definitely not an idiot. (From Mrs. Polkin - Pre-Winteriron)

7. One hour. (From Coming Together (Falling Apart) - Gen, unfinished )

8. Ever since they’d been younglings, this was where they met up when they wanted to be alone. (From Force (Be With Us) - Pre-Winteriron)

9. Before Afghanistan, Tony never flew. (From Learn To Fly (Again) - WinterIron)

10. In every fight, it was a question where Bucky would do the most good. (From Promises - WinterIron)

Some first sentences were... less interesting than I’d hoped, though overall I’m not unhappy with them :)

I’m not sure I can tag 10 people, especially since some of the people I would like to tag have already been tagged, but if you want (though no pressure if you don’t): @arboreal-elm-ash-oak @menatiera @ali-aliska @deathsweetqueen @letsallsleepoverwork @naferty @massivespacewren

Winteriron Week Masterlist

Here is the masterlist that comes to close this amazing week! I’ve had the most fun ever seeing what you all came up with from the prompts, you’re amazing, well done, all of you!! If the link to your tumblr doesn’t work/if I linked to the wrong blog/if your story is missing from this list somehow, please tell me and I’ll fix it!! Also, for those of you whose tumblr aren’t links but just their AO3 names, it means I couldn’t find you when I tried so let me know what your blog is and I’ll add it.

Thank you to everyone who participated and I hope everyone who wishes to enjoy some more Winteriron will find their happiness in the multitudes of works that follow! Under the cut ;) 

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Tinkering around in his lab, the last thing Tony expected was to open up a portal. A portal showing a man - a very attractive man - sitting in the middle of a forest that most certainly was not inside of Tony's basement.

Wonderland wasn't a wonder, not really, and Bucky had been going madder and madder as time went on and he lost hope of ever finding a purpose, a sense of happiness. There were moments, few and far between, that he was able to grasp a hint of sanity and wondered how far past crazy he had gone over the centuries he had been trapped. They always faded again, and he was back to losing himself.

This man, this inventor, though... It wasn't one of his good moments, and he wasn't quite able to grasp onto a train of thought, but he was able to feel the way the knot in his stomach unraveled just a little upon seeing his startled face, brown eyes shimmering with something.

He talked and rambled and persuaded, and eventually he was able to get the man to come along, to follow him down, down, down.

As they grew closer, as Bucky’s moments of sanity grew more frequent and Tony’s grew less so, he was never quite sure whether he regretted bringing Tony to Wonderland. It felt like Tony had saved him from becoming even more lost, but in the process he had sentenced the man he had come to love beyond all else to lose parts of himself.

But then he’d look at Tony, see the devotion mirrored in his face even on the genius’ sane moments, the moments where he knew exactly what he’d lost, and Bucky knew he’d do it all over again.

And one day, working together, they would be free.

Another moodboard and snippet of writing, with Bucky as the Mad Hatter and Tony as Alice (sort of). Fills square T4 - Historical for the @tonystarkbingo, square B2 - Crazy in Love by Beyoncé for the @winterironbingo and square K3 - Science and Magic for the @buckybarnesbingo. I hope you like it!

Not only a follower appreciation giveaway, but also a signal boost for the existence of @findingwinteriron, who put in huge efforts to help people find the stories they loved but lost! One huge thank you to all of the work they do: we love you for it!

The First Giveaway!

Hello, FindingWinteriron friends! We recently crossed the 500 follower mark, so I thought it’d be a good excuse for me to give things away time for us to have our first follower appreciation giveaway! Let’s start with the goods:

The Prizes!

Option 1: A 3,000ish word fic from @aurumacadicus (aka Reioka)! If you have a prompt for the incomparable AurumAcadicus, this is your chance! They have been on hiatus for a few months, so this is really an excellent opportunity! Examples of their work can be found on their tumblr or on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Reioka/

Option 2: A Happy Couple Tony/Bucky Feltie pair by @tisfan! These felties are hand crafted, but should look something like this when complete:

Look at how cute they are! Bask in their adorableness! For more examples of @tisfans’s work, or to buy your very own because you just CANNOT WAIT to own your own feltie Avengers, hit up their etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FeltAvengers

Option 3: A cross stitch by @rebelmeg! You can choose any combination of Bucky and Tony from the below image, and rebelmeg will stitch them up for you! 

Will you choose Iron Man and the Winter Solider? Maybe Bucky in the Red Henley of Sexiness and Tony in his workshop clothes? It’s all up to you!

And now, you ask, how can you win such bounty?

The Rules

First, you must be following @findingwinteriron. This is, after all, a follower appreciation giveaway.

Giveaway blogs are not eligible (yes, we will check)

You can earn up to three entries:

One entry for linking this post;

One entry for reblogging this post; and

One entry for adding your thoughts AND tags about what @findingwinteriron does (things like “I want to win” aren’t eligible. Tags like “fic finder” and “bucky/tony” are fabulous)

Winners will be chosen at random. The first winner we choose will be offered a choice the three prizes, the second will choose fro the remaining two, and the third will be offered the remaining prize.

You must be willing to supply a name and mailing address if you choose the felties or the cross stitch.

Creators supplying prizes as well as our friends outside the US are eligible to win.

Be polite and patient. These things sometimes take time.

Ignore my typos. Seriously. I’m physically incapable of typing more than three words in a row without messing one of them up.

So that’s it! We’ll keep entries open until noon central time on Sunday, July 7 and start contacting winners soon after.

If you have any questions, please send us an ask off anon, and we will reply privately.

Thanks and good luck!

- S.

Not as similar on this one, sorry Somy :S You’re still awesome!!!

hopping on the bingo bandwagon @ mutuals or anyone please do this i spent too much time on it

In honor of the first day of @winteriron-week (organized by the lovely @hogwartstoalexandria), the first time Bucky and Tony met, with a background of Bucky’s thoughts. The moment he fell in love with the man he thought he could never have.

(Of course, this is Tony, so it turns out he’s very wrong about that.)