Run to Ground by hollimichele (PG-13)

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Hi, I'm victoria p. and I'll be flying the quinjet for August. Most of my recs will be Steve- or Natasha-centric, though there will also be some Darcy-centric stuff and some team gen, as well. To start, though, my ot3 in the fandom:

Fandom: AVENGERS
Pairing: Steve/Bucky/Natasha
Length: 7600 words
Author on LJ: holli
Author Website: at AO3
Why this must be read:

Steve and Natasha go on a life-changing field trip to find the Winter Soldier and bring him home.

I could read a million variations on this theme and this one is one of my favorites. It's from Natasha's POV and does a great job at showing the slow-growing affection and desire between her and Steve as they search, and how Bucky fits into that when they finally get him back.

"They bought-- what? A body in cryo?" Maria Hill looks skeptical. "How'd one guy fresh out of the ice kill a whole room?"

"There are a few possibilities," Natasha says, and the corners of her mouth flick down. "None of them are good. There aren't a lot of organizations that have good cryo tech, and the Red Room was always head of the class. They've had it for decades, and they liked to keep their best operatives on ice between missions." She looks down at the table. "And there's one in particular who hasn't surfaced since the Red Room fell apart. Someone better than any of their other agents."

Fury huffs a laugh. "You're not talking about--"

"Yes. The Winter Soldier." She can see the skepticism on every face but the Captain's. On his, there's only honest puzzlement.

"Okay," he says, "for the benefit of those of us who've been frozen for seventy years, the Winter Soldier is?"

"A myth," Fury answers. "A ghost. Not, in fact, a real person."

"Oh, he's real enough," Natasha says, allowing herself a small smile. "He had a hand in training me. Or someone they called Winter Soldier did, anyway."

Run to Ground by holli (or at Dreamwidth)

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