chase_acow

The Endless Summer Exchange (Top Gun summer/heat/sharks theme) is going live this weekend, and I'm really proud of writing this fic! I made myself cry at it, so it's been really fun seeing the comments of making other people cry too.

I rewatched 50 First Dates about a billion times since April, and except for whatever the fuck they were doing to Rob Schneider, it's still a pretty good movie 19 years later.

Days Like This (25226 words) by chase_acow
Fandom: Top Gun (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw/Jake "Hangman" Seresin
Additional Tags: Married Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Alternate Universe - 50 First Dates Fusion, short term amnesia, Jake "Hangman" Seresin Needs a Hug, and he gets many, Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw is a Little Shit, And then he grows up, Falling In Love, First Time, And it's embarrassing
Summary:

Jake's in Hawaii to lose himself after getting the Navy's first air-to-air kill in decades. Instead he finds a ramshackle diner, a cast of odd characters, and possibly the love of his life.

Bradley goes to the Hard Deck to order waffles. He orders waffles. He goes to the Hard Deck to get some waffles. He goes to the Hard Deck, and who is this hot asshole acting like they know each other?

I received this Top Gun/Stargate Atlantis fusion Bird's Brains Not Bird-Brained and the author also commissioned a piece of art!

( I always loved the Atlantis uniforms, and their faces here are just so squishy and perfect! )

I also stumbled over this tumblr -> catwheezie of amazingly illustrated cats. They sell their stuff here -> @ teepublic and I want to buy so many magnets! Like this little black taco!

I posted a fluffy little Sam/Bucky thing:
Sweet Little Kitten (1000 words) Rating: Mature
Additional Tags: naps, Intimacy, a soft dick
Summary: Sam tries to wake Bucky up.

I went to see Top Gun Maverick because one set of my parents were in town and wanted to see it. I'd never seen Top Gun, Dad assured me I wasn't missing much. Maverick, however and despite the embedded military propaganda, was very entertaining. My review: big planes go fast - zoom zoom, big dudes leak emotions - talk to me goose. Danny Ramirez (Torres on Falcon and Winter Soldier) continues to be adorable and an excellent addition to the cast. His call sign was fanboy.

I enjoyed this fic which I guess spoils a little bit of what little plot there was in this movie, but it's also a real good rivals-to-lovers with emotionally compromised flyboys who put all the emphasis on their call signs:

( IDK if a spoiler cut is necessary, but just in case. )

I tried to watch the original Top Gun at work on Monday, and it was so bad. Like I had some nostalgia for the soundtrack, but otherwise I had no attachment, and it was a good thing I was getting paid to watch it, because yuck. The volleyball scene was not worth it. There is a shirtless beach football scene in the new movie, and it was definitely necessary and should be made into all the gifs.

1.
( one more on the cloudier next day )

a. I spent Fri/Sat nights at a cabin at Foss State Park and had a good time. The lake was real low, and sadly I did not have a good view from the cabin, but there was a great rooster across the street that crowed at any and every time of the day.
b. It was really for my little brother's wedding in a tiny town about 20 mins away. The wedding was cute and everyone in our stupid family behaved. They've got three kids altogether and they did a great job blending their families and getting all the kids involved.
c. I also spent three hours watching my football team choke away a conference championship in a game that came down to the last second and about ten inches. (We wouldn't have been in a nail biter if it hadn't been for the FOUR F-ING INTERCEPTIONS and TERRIBLE PLAY CALLING IN BACK-TO-BACK RED ZONE POSSESSIONS!!!) I'm fine.

2. I'm doing episode reaction posts over at disneyplusshows for the Hawkeye series. I'm really enjoying Kate, a disaster, Lucky, he eats pizza, and the soundtrack, holiday music!
episode 3, episode 2, and episode 1
2a. Friendly reminder that if someone is ruining a community or your network page, there is a CSS code you can use to block their posts and comments so that you don't have to see their crappy commentary. Here's the tumblr post explaining, but if you need any help, let me know!

3. I finally posted my Professional Wrestling AU Sam/Bucky fic for marvel_bang! I'm so glad to get it out of my wip folder cuz I had a lot of fun with it, but I also wanted to strangle it at several points.

The art is HERE and it is really cute! Please head over there and look at Sam's awesome jacket, and Bucky's yoga pants and how soft they are playing footsie under the table. Also, a kitten!!!!

All American Face (14632 words) by chase_acow
Fandom: Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Professional Wrestling - Freeform, the briefest mentions of pain medication addiction, the briefest mentions of racism and homophobia, ridiculous wrestling soap opera style storylines, Sam's real life is kinda ridiculous too though
Summary:

After Steve is screwed out of the championship by Rumlow and the surprise return of Bucky Barnes now playing a brainwashed goon called the Winter Soldier, Sam has to deal with his real life crush on Bucky and competing professional storylines for the camera.

When he outs them on national television during a tag-team match after Bucky gets hurt, the reaction from the world is actually positive. Sam has to decide what he really wants for a life after wrestling, but not before he wipes that stupid smirk off Rumlow's face and gets his own chance at the title.

And so I can cross off the two goals I made for snowflake. I finished the Friends With Benefits . . . And Lube series and I enjoyed Falcon and Winter Solider even though it's not perfect. I am so pleased that if it was a low bar they cleared it, and I'll be able to rewatch this series at least as much as I can stand.

For smut4smut I wrote not the worst thing - Alistair/Zevran Arainai, Dragon Age: Origins, explicit dream-sharing sex in which feelings happen.

And I posted Sex -> Not Just For Pals to conclude the Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson, MCU, explicit Bucky's dick wants to have a good time but oh no now everyone has feelings trilogy.

There is a small possibility I have a trope problem, but honestly I'm gonna embrace that and make all these boys admit their most vulnerable wants and needs. It's for their own good.

The Perfect Man (24955 words) by chase_acow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Inspired by Hallmark Christmas Movies, Lonely Bucky Barnes, Magical Realism, so many xmas tropes, also some organized crime, Sam's family is awesome, temporary sad feelings before the happy ending, Alpine the Cat
Summary:

The perfect man if what a person wanted was a three inch, chocolate, hanging ornament. Bucky twisted the box in his hands again, angling until he could read the words again. He’s sweet and decadently rich! Bucky snorted, he got by just fine, no need for riches he just wanted someone kind. Meet me under the mistletoe! He'd never tell anyone besides Natasha who had caught him in the act one year, but he loved those over the top holiday movies. He couldn't help wishing he'd end up in some ridiculous meet-cute and the hard work of finding someone wouldn't be his problem. He doubted it was in the cards for him, no one had even tried to set him up this year, they must have given up too.

“Happy Saturnalia to us,” he said, kissing Alpine’s head and taking the cat with him to bed. “You’re an okay cat for company, but I wish I really could find the perfect man.”

I started so strong on writing this one, and then super started falling off the horse when it came to writing the action scene. Normally I like action, it's fast and I can usually see it all play out in my head to follow the beats. I think it was probably the fact that I didn't want xmas to get here. Oh well. I hope someone enjoys this long nonsense.

Someone finally picked one of my male!Adaar/Dorian Pavus prompts to write for me and I was so pleased! There were bears! And pining! And confessions! Kisses!

Enclosed by Zilentdreamer
“Will it make you feel better if I admit you were right?”

Crouched over Dorian on all fours and surrounded by rock that was still making ominous rumbling noises above them, Jarad thought about it for a second. “Not right now it won’t. Maybe once we’re not half buried under a mountain.”

It was for a male slash flash challenge where the due dates were not especially well explained and ended up with me writing mine in about an hour. I also asked for cop/criminal but when it came to writing it, I froze in the implications of making Sam a criminal. Like sure I could have gone with the comics fauxpas of Snap Wilson and tried to make it better, but I was scared of fucking it up. As much as I like the trope and wanted a more straight take of it, I remembered The Fugitive and off I went.

The Fugitive Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes -G -1,377 words
“I didn’t kill my partner,” Sam yelled, desperation fueling his voice when all he wanted to do was whimper and mourn. He’d been running for days now and every time he thought he’d found a way back inside his life something had gotten in his way, most recently a particularly aggravating and attractive Federal Marshal.

I also posted a bingo fill for "awkward sex" and now I'm googling "how to spank an adult" and I fear for my search history.

Lube -> Not Just for Weird Stuff Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes -R -2,144 words
"Listen," Sam said, moving the pot of oatmeal off the lit burner so it could cool. He let his mouth carry him forward before he put this conversation off again. "I have mostly resigned myself to having awkward conversations with time broken, old, white dudes."

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We won the football game yesterday. I mean we were 17.5 pt favorites so, duh, but we also got the drama of the first string qb getting a thumb ouchie the back-up (who is well loved and the fans have been asking for all season) got to play, threw a long-bomb on his first series, and generally didn't make mistakes. The refs weren't calling the other team for some rather egregious chippiness so I also got to boo a lot. I love boo-ing the refs.

Dad was in a mostly good mood. We had a 10am beer and bratwurst. I was not the best seeing-eye-human for him and I felt bad, but he was real sweet. He's a yeller at these things, but he listens to the game on the radio, so he's about 5 seconds behind everyone else when he's congratulating the guy the just caught the ball or whatever. I really enjoyed watching folks react to him.

Jonathan Frakes Has Questions And So Does Sam (22052 words) by chase_acow
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
Characters: Peter Parker
Additional Tags: slightly haunted curtain fic, Developing Relationship, Post Spider-Man Far From Home, post falcon and the winter soldier, mentions of announced bad guy, brief overt racism, avengers as a big weird family, flawed characters making better choices, peter parker/mj


Summary: Sam has questions. Peter has memes. Bucky has a secret.

Strange is an unscrupulous real estate wizard.

Where do you hide a teenage superhero fugitive? The only answer Sam can find is the hidden and slightly haunted house Strange offers. They have room to breathe but after everything, Sam knows he wants Bucky in his life, he knows he needs to help Peter figure things out, but he's not sure if he's ready to put down roots again. Also, why is there a man in a giant Rhino suit tearing up downtown?

This is my Sam Wilson Birthday Bang fic, with art from esaael! This one, while being fun to write was a beast. I dragged and the word count kept growing and Sam kept having emotions. I'm really proud of it right now. Sure it's a bit of an id fic -> I desperately want Sam to have a team and family, Peter to have real mentors and friends, and shove a bunch of cameos in places - but I stand by it. This fic is going to make you feel good for these boys and their future.

So if you've got an extra hour or so, have a gander!

This is what I wrote for mcu_exchange, and I ended up enjoying it. My recipient didn't want the antagonistic relationship, so I decided to go with a soft slice-of-life piece during Bucky's time in Wakanda. Now I have my own Wakanda thoughts, like how much a city boy like Bucky would really know about living in the middle of nowhere alone with a herd of goats. Peace, and solitude, and not trying to kill anybody while nobody's trying to kill you is a nice vacation, but it isn't home. In my head-canon, I gotta think the Steve, Sam, Nat trio took turns visiting. Here's one of Sam's.

I'm not good at drabbles, though sometimes I can make a double or triple work. I do like the challenge of shooting for an exact word count, because sometimes it is not easy. I think it makes the writing tighter and gets rid vague or weasel words. Not all the time, but sometimes.

You'll Wait For Me (1000 words) by chase_acow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
Additional Tags: Wakanda, Goats, Goodbyes, Pre-Relationship
Summary:

"You're leaving."

( You're leaving. )

And for my gift, I got several of the good Sam tropes: talking to birds, flying, Redwing! It's so cute!

Birds of a Feather (4745 words) by Meatball42
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tony Stark/Sam Wilson, Redwing & Sam Wilson
Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Original Bird Character, Tony Stark, Redwing (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Post-Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie), Sam Wilson Can Talk to Birds, Flying, Training, First Dates, Food Kink, On The Author's Part, not in the fic, Genius Tony Stark, Awkward Conversations, Pining, Artificial Intelligence, Magical Realism, First Kiss, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Friends to Lovers, Timeline What Timeline, Childhood Trauma, that is not discussed in depth
Series: Part 85 of Rare Pairs
Summary:

Sam experiences a painful loss, but his teammate is there to make him smile. He soon realizes that Tony may be more than just a teammate.

I'm happy for some more Sam/Tony! And the author did great with a short time frame, I mean, I was the last kid picked from the pinch hit list. Even the hydra trash party prompts went first. Tony had some good lines, those awkward rushed things he does. And listen the description of their meal is also hungry making.

I Don't Mind You Comin' Here
(part 4 of the I Kinda Lose My Mind Series)
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson
Mature
~2400 words
Square R4 - slime

( There was a lot Tony would do for the man he loved, but slime of questionable provenance would make him hesitate a bit. )

I am an angry old person now. Businesses, especially doctor offices should have to leave a voice mail when they call even if they can't actually share the pertinent info on a recording. I've been playing phone tag over my blood test results for three days now, but I didn't even recognize the number at first so I wouldn't have answered anyway. I don't think there's anything wrong with my thyroid, but it's never been tested so I thought 'what the hell, let's do it'. Now I've very irritated again.

Also irritating, fests, prompts, dear author letters that don't spell out the entire name of the ship. I remember back in the McShep days, and I thought, aw that's cute. But it's not cute anymore dang it. It just makes it difficult to figure out what people are actually asking for and makes it harder to get sucked into fandoms.*

I am cranky.

You're Just What I Needed
(part 2 of the I Kinda Lose My Mind Series)
PG-13ish
~1800 words
MCU
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson
here at ao3
For square S4- Kink: Costume Porn

( 'Uh, believe it or not,' Tony said, having to clear his throat when it threatened to close over the delicious things Sam was doing with his tongue to Tony's neck. 'I actually need your help down in the workshop, not a quickie before dinner.' )

*in an effort not to be too hypocritical, I've been updating my pairing tags.