New fic: In the Stardust of a Song

[gwyn]

In the Stardust of a Song (9837 words) by gwyneth rhys
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Peggy Carter, Brock Rumlow, Original Character, Alexander Pierce
Additional Tags: Music, Triggered Memories, Missing Scene, During Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Summary:

The shudder courses through you again, there’s a vicious throb like that first touch of the ice on your skin. You don’t know this song. You don’t know any music at all.

Apologies in advance to those who hate second person. I'm awful, I know.

Comments

[kore]

Oh, that's awesome! I love music, and it's great that Bucky hearing that music would bring back memories and that he'd seek out more of it, and that would help him to crack through that final wipe. And BB Tasha! And is he dancing with PEGGY? And IIRC music actually does work to bring back memories strongly, so it's very realistic, it's so good. And the facts that the Soldier is clinging to and how they match up with what Bucky's clinging to, also so good.

(Also for me I'll Be Seeing You is totally THE STUCKY SONG so I'm so tickled you included it)


Oh he IS dancing with Peggy, I rushed to read the fic so fast I ignored the header with who appears in it. Heh.

[gwyn]

Yes, he's dancing with Peggy--probably the closest I'll get to writing a threesome. ;-)

I've been thinking about this story since probably the third time I saw the movie, because I've always thought that since Pierce knew Steve's place was bugged, Hydra would have to tap into that--there's no other real explanation for how they found Fury there and Bucky was set up enough in advance to make that kind of shot. But if they knew Steve was out, and they knew someone was in the place…they'd probably have him patched in. Operationally, it just made sense, and I wondered what the music would do to him. Because yeah, music is incredibly powerful at triggering memories. I first did some research into that after I had a complete breakdown in a store about six months after my sister died, just kind of curious why a song that we'd never shared had caused that. It's really cool how they're using it with stroke patients and things.

I'll Be Seeing You is totally the Stucky song 4ever. Absolutely. Also, I'm really glad you liked the facts--that was my favorite thing of all, and the thing that helped me find a way into the story when I'd struggled with how I was going to move it past that first scene.

[kore]

Yes, he's dancing with Peggy--probably the closest I'll get to writing a threesome. ;-)

DANCING IS TOTALLY SEX //waggles eyebrows

music is incredibly powerful at triggering memories. I first did some research into that after I had a complete breakdown in a store about six months after my sister died, just kind of curious why a song that we'd never shared had caused that. It's really cool how they're using it with stroke patients and things.

Yeah, I remember listening to an album (Blue Bell Knoll) I hadn't heard since probably sophomore year of college, and WHAM this whole flood of memories and associations came flooding back, in incredible detail. I had to turn it off!

I'll Be Seeing You is totally the Stucky song 4ever. Absolutely.

YES, especially maybe the Billie Holiday version, possibly.

Also, I'm really glad you liked the facts--that was my favorite thing of all, and the thing that helped me find a way into the story when I'd struggled with how I was going to move it past that first scene.

I could totally see poor Bucky trying to cling to that as a grounding thing. And there's so many things he's been told as facts, facts he doesn't remember, and so on....it really fits.

[kore]

Also, if you ask me 2P works perfectly for fragmented dissociating Bucky struggling to bring everything back together, and you're also a great writer, so people who don't like this ONLY because it's 2P can get stuffed.

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

That was lovely.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much!