Thank you to everyone who participated in Round 7 of Cap-IM TRB 2018! Below you can find all the amazing fics written for last week’s wonderful artworks.
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Want to join in? Late fills are awesome! You can write a fill for any of the TRB artwork posted so far until September 14th — just follow the TRB guidelines listed here! We also have a new round posted here.
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“Was he always this difficult to fix up on a date?” Natasha asks, drawing Bucky’s hair up into a ponytail on top of his head.
“I’m right here,” Steve says with exasperation.
“Yes,” Bucky replies, hand held up where she can reach it, an assortment of hairbands encircling his fingers. “I musta tried it a million times. He always had a goddamn excuse for why it wouldn’t work out.”
“I did not!” Steve says indignantly.
“’Didja see the way she looked at me, Buck’, ‘she only had eyes for you, Buck’, ‘she never gave me the time of day, Buck’, ‘I don’t date bullies, Buck’. Nobody was good enough for Steve. Then in walks Peggy Carter and bam. Game over. Guess he knew what he wanted after all.”
Natasha sees Steve’s expression soften and she looks up at him as she smooths Bucky’s hair into a perfect ponytail, finding all the lumps and fingering them flat. “So he requires a more hands-off approach is what you’re saying.”
Bucky huffs. “The more you push, the more he’ll fight. Anyway, he’s already sweet on someone.”
Steve starts to flush strawberry pink and Natasha raises an eyebrow. “Oh is he? Are you going to share with the class, Steve?”
“I hate that you two know each other,” Steve says, scrubbing a hand over his face, like he might be able to purge the blush if he rubs hard enough.
“No you don’t,” Natasha says, and grins widely. “You actually love it. You’re happy Bucky’s making friends and you like seeing me be normal. You love that we hit it off. Who is it? Who’s the lucky girl?”
Steve pinches the bridge of his nose and says, “It’s not a girl.” Then he freezes, going a little deer in the headlights. “Um.”
Natasha leans forward over Bucky’s shoulder, and demands, “What? Who? Steve, you didn’t tell me you were bisexual the whole time I was trying to set you up with someone?!”
He’s fire-engine red now, stammering and stuttering and not making any sense whatsoever.
“It’s Stark,” Bucky says finally and Steve’s eyes go wide.
“You know?” he squeaks.
Bucky laughs, a low, rasping sound that makes the back of Natasha’s neck tingle. “Yeah, punk, you think I don’t know what you look like when you’ve hung a lantern?”
“Oh, that’s perfect,” Natasha says delighted. “He’s been side-eyeing you for months! I thought I was going to have to deal with his inadequacy issues in perpetuity.”
“Wait,” Steve says, “hang on, he has?”
Natasha just sighs. “No wonder Carter made the first move.”
Remember, if you’d like to participate in the 2018 Cap-Iron Man Big Bang, all you need to do is send us your Steve/Tony-focused fic draft, which should be a minimum of 20,000 words, to cap.im.events@gmail.com by September 26th.
No prior sign ups required!
For past inspiration posts, click here. If you scroll through, you’ll find some fantastic scans and screenshots, advice on how to find and work with beta readers, and past years’ posts which include some themed prompts such as fix-its, villains and more!
For past quizzes, click here. These were created as a fun way to open your eyes to how many Marvel canon universes exist, and the variety of places you can take your fic. Plus, who doesn’t like a light-hearted quiz?
As we know, there are dozens of universes that populate the Marvel Multiverse. Some are an issue or two long; some are just couple of panels in an issue! While some ‘verses are lighthearted and fun, others can present a more grim outlook – but all are worth writing about!
As a neat way to get writers’ imaginations going, we’ve got a fourth quiz ready for you to take, with a whole new set of scenarios and canons! We hope that after reading some prompts, you’ll get inspired to write what you want to see! Some of these might not be suitable for a whole 25K fic to be based on, but maybe they’ll spark an idea, or maybe you can use the inspiration as the foundation for your fic.
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