New fic: Stucky Big Bang

[gwyn]

So, in a fit of madness, I signed up for the Stucky Big Bang last May. Through a lot of circumstances, mostly to do with unpleasantness that made it hard to write but some other stuff too, I really struggled to get through this, but somehow I eked out 40,000 words of dreamsharing awfulness. But the best thing was that an artist signed up for my fic who turned out to be incredible, and incredibly inspiring for me to reach the finish line--one of the art pieces is an animated gif, I kid you not--and I'm actually way more excited about the amazing art than anything else.

Still Let Me Sleep (40489 words) by gwyneth rhys, Riakomai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel 616
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Thor
Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Peggy Carter, Jimmy Jupiter (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Frigga (Marvel), Jim Morita
Additional Tags: Dreamsharing, Dreamscapes, The Land of Nowhere, Road Trips, Asgard, Grief/Mourning, See the USA in your Chevrolet (with an Asgardian prince), We're Dream Engineers
Summary:

When the Valkyrie hits the water, Steve doesn’t die. Instead, he crawls out of the wreckage and finds himself in an amazing, confusing land that could be the alternate universe of Nowhere—or it could be his dreams. And he gradually realizes he’s not the only one. Steve doesn’t know if he’s even alive, but he’s certain of this: Bucky’s there with him, sharing his dreams, and outside their idyllic world, he’s suffering. Something is terribly wrong. Steve has to find Bucky—if he can. But how does he do that in a new century where he feels like he’s all alone?

Thanks so much to sineala for all the BB advice and helping me with the summary and just being a sounding board.

Comments

[kore]

I'd love a coda! (and I'd love the playlist for Radio Station Super Creepy too)

[gwyn]

Sure, I can do that.

[gwyn]

I couldn't find some of the songs I wanted in Spotify or 8tracks so I had to make a playlist on YouTube, this is only a sampling of 1950s through 1960s. I might make one for the '70s through Steve waking up.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrYiZGEhfd8owuAgBWZDaQBRi9ADLN5FA

[kore]

Aww, thanks dear! This is great.

[mackiemesser.livejournal.com]

Woo! New fic!

An interesting take, and I really enjoyed the idea of Steve being able to plant his own trigger word.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you--I liked the idea of him creating trigger words, too, out of love instead of doing harm.