Ashes of the Heart: Cover and Foreward, marvel cinematic universe, captain america - all media types fanfic

KittenJedi

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Characters

Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Thor (Marvel), Pietro Maximoff, Scott Lang, James "Bucky" Barnes/Original Female Character(s), Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Original Female Character, Laura Barton, Lila Barton, Cooper Barton, Nathaniel Pietro Barton, Steve Rogers/Original Female Character(s), Brock Rumlow, Jim Morita, Cassie Lang, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Original Female Character(s), Howling Commandos, Jacques Dernier, Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan, James Montgomery Falsworth, Gabe Jones, Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton, Jonathan "Junior" Juniper, Sam Sawyer, Agent Blake, Brock Rumlow's Mother, Brock Rumlow's Father

Tags

Eventual Happy Ending Anal Sex Oral Sex Threesome - F/M/M Character Death Eventual Smut Masturbation Violence Alternate Universe - Historical Vaginal Sex Slow Build Gun Violence M/M Sex Mail Order Brides MCU AU Old West M/F Sex

Summary

MCU mail order bride AU set in the USA circa 1873Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers fought in the war, and were finally able to buy and build up their own ranch. They are more than just friends, they are partners in nearly every sense of the word. Bucky is perfectly fine with how things have been going between them, until Steve surprises him one day by putting out an ad for a mail order bride, saying it is high time to settle down. After all, to build an empire, you need someone to pass it on to. Will Bucky and Steve be able to switch back to being just friends, or will their not-so-secret relationship come out into the open? Will Steve be able to save his fledgling marriage if it does? What will happen to them when it turns out Steve's bride is more than she appears and winds up bringing trouble to Texas and the cozy community of Amaranto Springs?Tags and warnings updated with new chapters.

Cover and Foreward

April 30, 2025 at 01:23 AM

Cover

Welcome to the Marvel AU that has been brewing in my head for a couple of years now. The plot is mostly laid out, the characters are cast, and writing has commenced.

I am trying to be as historically accurate as I can with certain aspects of this. I've done... Probably too much research, but I want to write something I can be proud of and research is my security blanket.

Mail order brides is one of my favorite romance novel genres. I own a small mountain of them, if mountains could be made of ebooks. So this will follow some of the standard format of such stories. Just bear with me for a couple of chapters, I promise we'll get to the meaty bits eventually.

I've, uh, also been reading some Louisa May Alcott and Lucy Maude Montgomery lately, so some of it shows in the writing. Sorry.

Also, religion is mentioned, but I'm not going to make it a big thing. I know that's a no-go for some people, and I respect that. However, for the sake of historical accuracy, there will be aspects of American Christianity in the story, but... With a more modern outlook in some regards. It's my sandbox, damnitt, I'll play in it how I want, but I will also try to be respectful of beliefs while I do it.