steve rogers – ealdor

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Winter’s Herald: a Steve/Bucky Heralds of Valdemar AU

Words: 112,551
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Valdemar Series – Mercedes Lackey
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships:
James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson, James
“Bucky” Barnes & Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov,
Steve Rogers & Original Companion Character, James “Bucky” Barnes
& Original Companion Character
Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Original Companion Character(s)
Additional
Tags: Alternate Universe – Fusion, Alternate Universe – Fantasy,
Captain America Valdemar AU, Alternate Universe – Valdemar Series
Fusion, Marvel Cameos, Fluff, Captain America canon typical violence,
minor Valdemar canon non-compliance, Soulmates, Lifebonds, Additional
Warnings In Author’s Note, absolutely no Valdemar knowledge required,
Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Happy Ending

“Steve,
if there’s a time when you don’t have to worry about anything, it’s
now. I’m a Herald-Trainee, Winter’s a Companion. You’re exhausted.
Just…trust us. We’ll get you home safely.”

For a long moment, a moment in which Bucky felt gifted with sudden
insight into who Steve was, he thought it could go either way. Then
Steve smiled, this one warm and bright and just for Bucky, and it raced
through him, lodging inside him like a miniature sun. “Guess I’d be a
bit ungrateful to say no.”

Some Heralds change the world. Some Heralds save it. Some
Herald’s names are woven through the very fabric of Valdemar. But most
don’t, and most aren’t. Most Heralds simply do their duty, their
Companions by their side, their stories recorded in dusty Crown records,
not Bardic ballads.

Steve and Bucky figured they were most Heralds—no ballads required, thanks—and they were mostly right. What they didn’t account for was that no Herald was ordinary—and with two of them bound so tight together, extraordinary was sure to happen.

[Absolutely no knowledge of the Valdemar series required for this fic]