Haunted Dreams

Thunderbolts!Bucky x Dreamwalker!Reader • Canon • A 1000-Follower Event!

Bucky Barnes isn't doing well after the Void incident, and he doesn't want help. You have been tasked with repairing a man who doesn’t believe he can be fixed. By day, it's silence, resentment, and anger. But when night falls, you two have to battle his nightmares. Together, or not at all. 

This is a Dreamwalker!Reader insert fic. I will be posting twice a day, at 8am and 8pm EST.

Trigger Warnings: ANGST (with a happy ending); Reader Insert Series ("you"); void-level Bucky trauma (being the winter soldier, the chair, Steve, the people he's killed); Reader goes through some shit (like the chair). I'm honestly not yet sure if there will be smut in this. And if there is, I'm not sure if it will be in the Day or the Night portion.

Author's Note: I had this idea back in September and thought, what an interesting idea, to have a night and day dichotomy, post it in real time, twice a day. Wouldn't that be a great idea for an event?! Well, I didn't think about how much work it would be. And it is. But I think it's worth it. Let's see if we can heal our favorite super soldier, shall we?

Day 0: Prologue: The Assignment

Night 1: Day 1:

Night 2: Day 2:

Night 3: Day 3:

Night 4: Day 4:

Night 5: Day 5:

Night 6: Day 6:

Night 7: Day 7:

I have a tentative start date of Wednesday November 26, and will be posting at 8am AND 8pm EST daily. However, there may be delays to the start date. Once it starts, it's not stopping.

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Merry Friday, everyone <3

For those who have been waiting... Chapter 1 of Jenny Grinteeth is up on AO3! This is a completed 10 chapter fic, which I'll be posting on Fridays mostly, in between some other Merthur coming up soon.

It's my longest Merthur fic yet and, if you can believe it, the angstiest. Yes, even angstier than Heart Wound. I'm sorry. But I promise you, I believe in happy endings!

Waiting for a Miracle

Characters - Joel Miller x Reader, Ellie Williams

Summary - After being attacked by raiders, you sustain a serious injury - Joel and Ellie do everything they can to save you but will it be enough?

Word Count - 2.5K

Warnings/Tags - 18+ only Minors dni. Typical canon language, Angst, mentions of blood and wounds, swearing, hurt, anxiety, pain, guilt, insecure!Joel, upset!Ellie. Suicide attempt mentioned but not heavily discussed. Im not a medical professional so forgive me if anything is medically inaccurate!

A/N - I hurt myself with this one! Set Post-Outbreak! This is heavily inspired by EP.6 ~ Kin and the beginning of Ep 7 ~ Left Behind, and I thought it would be fun to reverse the rolls on this.

Reblogs, comments and feedback are so welcome and so so appreciated!

If you enjoyed this check out my other works here ~ Masterlist

Divider credit to @saradika

As he walked through the barren wasteland, he could feel the all-too-familiar sense of desolation wash over him. The air is thin and icy, hurting his lungs as he inhales. The only sound that can be heard is the howl of the wind and the crunch of fresh snow under his tired, heavy footsteps.

Max, Wake Up

Tw: heavy on the angst, THAT lumax scene rewritten

"Get your fucking hands off my sister, Carver!" a large bloody blur appears out of thin air, launching itself at a bewildered Jason.

"Billy? How-" Lucas starts, his throbbing head trying to process what he's seeing.

Billy Hargrove is in one piece, and he's angry- this resurrected embodiment of nothing but pure rage makes prior images of him at the Byers house look like child's play.

A wild animal has been unleashed, and by the grace of God, he's not even remotely interested in focusing any of that on Lucas.

He's never seen anyone fight with their entire body. Billy is pounding his fists into Jason, and his boots make squelched sounds as he stomps Carver's flesh like a Halloween pumpkin.

Crack.

Oh shit. Max.

His fiery soulmate is still suspended in mid air, and to Lucas's horror, her limbs are starting to contort into opposite positions.

Billy must see it, too, because he drops Carver, and grabs at Max's sneakers. "Shitbird, snap out of it! Sinclair, where's her damn walkman?" he snaps, urgency in his tone.

Lucas points to the damage on the floor beside Carver, and Billy shakes his head, his matted hair slapping his face.

Max's vibrant blue eyes are squirting out blood, and another agonizing crack fills the air.

"MAXINE! YOU LITTLE BITCH, WAKE UP!" Billy roars, and suddenly Max's crumbled body falls into her brother's arms.

Lucas's mouth is open but no words are coming out. He reaches for Max and Billy actually growls at him.

He's about to give Hargrove a piece of his damn mind, but then he notices how Billy is holding her. He's cradling her in his arms, shaking her gently, his shoulders moving up and down.

He's crying.

"B-billy?" Max gasps out.

"It's me, Shit Bird," Billy says, voice cracking.

"Billy, I-I can't f-feel or-or s-see anything."

"You're gonna be fine, Max, you hear me?"

"I don't.. I don't wanna die..."

"You're not gonna! I'm not gonna let you!" He cups Max's ears, and yells, "SOMEONE GET A FUCKING AMBULANCE! PLEASE!"

"D-don't cry, Billy..."

"ERICA! ERICA, HELP!" Lucas shouts for his little sister, tears streaming down his face.

"Don't... be mad, I'm going... to the movies with... Lucas..."

"I'm not mad, Shit Bird, I'm not. You're gonna be fine- SINCLAIR WHERE'S THE GODDAMN AMBULANCE!"

"ERICA!"

"Big... bro..." Max struggles to speak, her sightless eyes unfocused.

"I'm here, Maxine. Keep talking to me," Billy pleads, sniffling.

"Wish..."

She goes still, and Billy starts to shake her again. "No, no, Shit Bird, don't die! DON'T YOU DARE...Max?"

His voice sounds so small, a grieving mouse in a lion's body.

Lucas is watching one of the big bads of his childhood come undone before him.

But Billy Hargrove isn't a villain at this moment. Maybe he never was.

Right now, he's just a little boy, trying to wake up his sister.

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