recs and links

Five times Luke brushed Leia's hair. Exactly what it says on the tin. Lovely.

Luke and Lando have a conversation just post-ESB. Oh heart.

Padme survives to raise her children and a rebellion, with Obi-Wan at her side.

"When I walked out of the water with you...I waited to make sure you were breathing and then I had to leave. Had to walk. It was like a baptism. I went in the water a machine and came out a man. Or more of a man." Bucky wakes up unexpectedly. *sobs*

AU where Steve rescues Bucky from Zola before he's turned into the Winter Soldier, but then they have to learn how to live as civilians again after the war. Oh heart.

Bucky arranges an intramural baseball game for Steve's birthday. Oh heart.

Sequel to "In all your wanderings," in which Yoda and Shmi learn from each other. Oh heart.

Really lovely Bruce/Selina post TDKR.

A series of vignettes from different parts of the movie. Some lovely Steve/Bucky scenes here, sweet and hot and melancholy in turn. (It says the series is incomplete but it doesn't feel unfinished.)

A highly enjoyable Star Wars/Pride & Prejudice fusion in which Ahsoka is Lizzie and Barriss is Darcy, with Anakin as Jane and Padme as Bingley for good measure.

ADORABLE

Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo Ren + food. I really like the structure of this.

Steve looks at him. Soft in the dim light. Bucky wants to kiss him again. Just a minute longer, he tells himself. Just a moment. Inside him, the mirror is still shattering. I love you, Bucky thinks. Enough to live for it. He wants to tell him. But he can’t, yet. Exquisitely melancholy post-CACW Steve/Bucky. *sobs* Oh my heart.

Rey learns a few things - and meets some interesting people - while listening to cantina gossip. This is delightful!

Luke tells Rey a story about why winter exists. Nicely done.

This is a really lovely, meditative story about Luna that punches you in the gut just before the end. *sobs*

“Bucky," he says, voice almost uncertain. "I ain’t a redhead with a cute smile and a mean right hook.” Bucky feels his stomach swoop even as a swell of affection makes him grin. So that's how it is, huh? Good for Steve. “Well, pal," he says just as hesitantly, "I don’t got three dollars to blow, either.” Steve and Bucky from the end of CACW to the mid-credits scene. *sobs*

Quiet, lovely, domestic future Steve/Bucky.

Utterly stunning and brutal (if sometimes a little purple) Obi-Wan/Ventress spies AU that works really, really well. With some lovely art, too.

enjoyable Adam-at-Harvard story.

A tiny yet excellent morsel of Jane Foster as a Hogwarts student. (first person POV)

AU in which Shmi accompanies Anakin and the Jedi to Coruscant and becomes the best Jedi ever. Because of course she is. Oh heart. (There's a sequel but it's still in progress, though it looks to be updated regularly.)

Poe, Finn, and Rey exchange messages while she's off on Ahch-To. Oh my heart. This is lovely.

Peter and Johnny get married so Peter can get extra FAFSA money, which is great, except for the part where Johnny would like them to be married for real. ADORABLE.

Because Dick hugs are the best hugs. Oh heart.

Lovely pre-series story about Calla.

AU aftermath for CACW (sort of), in which Steve goes to prison to save Bucky and then things go even more wrong. Full of action and melancholy.

So maybe a job as an SSR desk clerk wasn't as glamorous as punching out Hitler more than two hundred times, but it still put a roof over Steve's head and food on the table. AU where Steve gets out of the ice a lot earlier and ends up working with Peggy at the SSR. Oh heart.

Bucky and Steve, from the CACW mid-credits scene and on after. *sobs* Oh my heart.

Han and Leia just after they rescue him from Jabba. Lovely.