recs and links

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.

Leia has to deal with memories of her parents when she's assigned Bail Organa's old apartment on Coruscant.

This is a very cute story of Bucky Barnes blowing up twitter, but then there were musical references and I died trying not to howl at my desk.

Marci joins Nelson & Murdock for a bit and sorts out her life. Lovely. And the sequel: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4242351 How to Unmask Your Neighborhood Vigilante, in which Marci figures out about Matt. Oh heart.

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Sweetly domestic post-TRK Adam/Ronan.

Great image of Rey being terrifying on the battlefield, from Poe's POV. ♥REY♥

Sam POV from the end of CACW through the mid-credits scene. Lovely.

Sam, Bucky, and punchbuggy. I could read a million more words of this.

Jack's doing great in his first year out of Samwell. Shitty, not so much. Oh my heart. I love their friendship so much. (check if there's an AO3 link)

Bruce and Diana spend Christmas with Clark and the Kents. Sweet and lovely and melancholy and hilarious. Oh my heart.

Bucky, surviving on his own pre-CACW. Oh my heart. *GROSS SOBBING*

Leia and Rey finding family in each other. GROSS SOBBING. This is everything I want for their relationship. Oh my heart.

13 postscripts Steve could have written on the back of his letter to Tony. Exactly what it says on the tin. Oh Steve. Oh my heart.

Rey accidentally time travels and meets young Anakin. Oh my heart.

CA:CW alternate ending. What if Steve had taken Bucky to Pepper for help? Pepper, being sharp, clear-eyed, and pragmatic in the wake of CACW. Yes, good.

It's mainly that she never expected to live this long. She has a contingency plan for everything except, as it turns out, surviving past her twenties. And it keeps surprising her, the way that aging catches her off guard in small ways. It's not the big things -- those she expects, can prepare for. But she never anticipated how differently she'd think about things at thirty than at twenty; she never understood how a lifetime builds up, in ways that can't be undone. Everything she's done, every person she's loved or lost leaves a trace like scar tissue. It drags at her like half-welcome, half-unwanted luggage that she has to carry around with her everywhere, making it harder than it used to be to slip in and out of her many chameleon skins. Habits and likes and dislikes, old friends and old enemies weigh her down. Natasha, at the end of CACW, pragmatic as always.

Five times Leia spent the night with Han. Lovely. (though personally I can't believe Leia wasn't trained to shoot before she went off to Coruscant to be a senator.)

Rey's a fast learner. This is a really lovely look at what and how she learns. Oh heart.

It's not Clint's first time in prison, but it might be the most annoying time. Hee! CACW spoilers.

Lovely and joyful coda to TRK. Could use a beta pass, though.

Lovely domestic moments for Adam and Ronan post-TRK. (spoilers, obv.)