TumblingBackpacks
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step a little bolder (holding my world together) by TumblingBackpacks
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
09 Jun 2026
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“I don’t–” he starts, trying to find the words for the unease that had plagued him since he’d awoken in the medbay. “I can’t smell any of you.”
Ava looks at him strangely. “You’ve been out for nearly a day, Walker. We’ve already showered the mission off.”
In which John gets swapped with his omegaverse counterpart.
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- Part 5 of tfatws/tbolts*
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stories of old (they talk of ghosts) by TumblingBackpacks for ashesashesinmyarms
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
01 Jun 2026
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Ava knows she can’t fix all of her injuries on her own.
It’s still easier to try than to trust.
In which Ava reflects on a life of pain. Bucky commiserates.
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- Part 26 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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welcome to the madhouse by TumblingBackpacks
Fandoms: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
25 May 2026
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Lucy Gray is the Victor of the Tenth Hunger Games. As she is ushered out of the Arena, she wakes up back on the train to the Capitol.
Treech is the Victor of the Tenth Hunger Games. As he is ushered out of the Arena, he wakes up back on the train to the Capitol.
Lamina is the Victor of—
In which there is a time loop joined by the Victors of the Games. The Tributes quickly plan to get as many of them part of the loop to plan an escape.
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- Part 5 of (re)spite
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we fit like tea and honey (you melt into me so softly) by TumblingBackpacks for Ashs_American_pie
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
01 May 2026
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Devastation mars his features. “You’re married?”
Olivia stifles her laughter. “Married to you.”
“We’re married?” John gasps, awed.
In which John is loopy on meds, and Olivia takes him home.
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- Part 37 of graduates of custer’s grove
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how much can you stand (what more can you lose) by TumblingBackpacks
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
08 Apr 2026
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The Blip had given Bob everything, and what came after took it all away.
The Blip had taken everything from John, and what came after gave nothing back.
In which Bob becomes US Agent, John becomes the Sentry, and what led them there. (Role Reversal AU.)
Series
- Part 2 of backpacks’s whumptober 2025 | even the smallest cuts can bleed
- Part 1 of Sentry John Walker AU
Recent series
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tfatws/tbolts* by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks), TumblingBackpacks
Fandom The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
09 Jun 2026
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placeholder series as i get stuff organized. fics will be added/removed.
- Words:
- 9,491
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- 5
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😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔 by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks), TumblingBackpacks
Fandom Marvel Zombies (Cartoon 2025), Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
01 Jun 2026
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thunderbolts fics :D
- Words:
- 65,422
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- 26
- Bookmarks:
- 79
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graduates of custer’s grove by TumblingBackpacks
Fandom Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
01 May 2026
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tfatws fics (mostly john, lemar, and olivia <3)
taglist:
• lemar hoskins/john walker/olivia walker - my fics centered around the three of them in a relationship
• custer’s grove triad in my heart - my other fics that don’t explicitly say that they’re in a relationship but the triad vibes are there <3
• #custer’s grove trio / #custer’s grove triad- any posts about the three of them (tumblr)inspo. posts: the love was there. / love in all its forms.
- Words:
- 92,452
- Works:
- 37
- Bookmarks:
- 13
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sad bucky hours (get this man a hug) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks), TumblingBackpacks
Fandom Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
26 Mar 2026
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bucky fics ;-;
- Words:
- 30,052
- Works:
- 11
- Bookmarks:
- 19
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backpacks’s whumptober 2025 | even the smallest cuts can bleed by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks), TumblingBackpacks
Fandom Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
08 Apr 2026
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new year, new theme! (see prev years: 2023 / 2024)
even the smallest cuts can bleed — aka, i’m going to see now much john walker angst i can condense into shorter snippets (usually <1k words for each prompt)
- Words:
- 23,886
- Works:
- 5
- Bookmarks:
- 1
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Hold You With My Hands Tied by bleuvelvet
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
11 Jun 2026
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After everything that happened, John got to keep the shield and the title. It didn't take long for him to wish he hadn't, but he marched on anyway because he didn't know what else to do; until the secret he had been protecting since he was sixteen was exposed in the worst way possible.
Bucky, meanwhile, decided to try his hand at politics; changing the system from the inside for once. He'd been running a pretty okay race until he had accidentally implied that perhaps he wasn't as forthcoming and trustworthy as the platform he'd been campaigning on suggested.
Now, John needed an alpha to "combat his natural emotionalism as an omega" as well as someone strong enough to keep him in line if he wanted to keep his job and place in the military. Bucky needed an omega to "make him appeal to more traditional values" as well as someone sturdy enough to weather the political minefield if he wanted to win the election and actually be the change he wanted to see.
Two birds, meet one stone.
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
21 May 2026
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omega john + john stays captain america + congressman barnes + past jolivia/battleagent
ch4Hold You With My Hands Tied by bleuvelvet
Being Captain America had always been John's biggest dream, one that he had never expected to attain. When had it turned into such a nightmare? Why was he even trying so hard to keep it? Though, realistically, what else could he do? It was all he'd ever known; soldier was the only job John had ever had.
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Officially, John wasn't even supposed to have been there, still on probation while undergoing review of his actions. Unofficially, the people he'd saved in that truck had been grateful, with some whispering they'd support the return of the title of Captain America back to him, along with the shield.
He hadn't done it for that, but John would be lying if he said a part of him he wasn't relieved that he'd once again been deemed worthy of the symbol. John had quickly realized what a mistake it was, but he hadn't seen a way out. He was an omega without his alpha, throwing back heat suppressants in a desperate attempt to maintain the status quo, meanwhile he had a wife and new baby on the way at home.
John loved Daniel, and Olivia, but life without Lemar was like living in a world that had lost its color. He'd tried desperately to pull himself out of whatever funk he was in, but it was like a quagmire, continuously pulling him down, little by little, every day. When Olivia had finally shown him the divorce papers, something like relief had come over John; finally, he would be alone, no longer dragging others down with him in his misery.
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"I don't know," she admitted softly. "I didn't know you then. But I don't think you're the same man that broke my husband's - ex-husband's - arm over a piece of equipment."
"He told you?" Bucky asked in surprise. John had said he hadn't told anyone about what happened that day in the warehouse.
"No, but you just confirmed it for me." At his confused frown, she smirked, and Bucky saw why John must have fallen in love with her. "When you're the wife of a four-time combat tour veteran who also did several special ops missions, you learn how to read in between the lines."
Bucky stared at her. "He did four combat tours?"
Olivia chuckled, but it wasn't a particularly amused sound. "Two things John has always been good at: getting himself into fights, and finishing them."
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"If I thought they'd let him keep it, I would," said John with a shake of his head. "But they'd just take it right back and force it into my hands again." John thought about leaving it there, letting her think his motives were altruistic, but he owed it to her - he owed it to Sam - to be honest. "And without the shield, I have nothing," he made himself finish. "The serum and that shield are the only reason I'm allowed to stay in the army."
Understanding softened her features. It wasn't a forgiveness, she didn't owe him that and he didn't expect it, but it was something other than frustration and anger.
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John rolled his eyes. "Spare me the speech, Barnes. You don't give a shit what happens to me." A nasty thought occurred to him. "In fact, wouldn't it be good for you?"
"What?" Bucky recoiled slightly in shock.
"Yeah," John continued, finally regaining his footing. "You could be the poor congressman who's sub-par omega cheated on him. Everyone would understand if you filed for divorce, and then you could find a more acceptable omega for yourself, and the government wouldn't have any reason to keep me on board anymore." John could tell he was breathing faster, but he couldn't seem to get himself to calm down. "Then you could finally give it to Sam like you've always wanted. Like Steve always wanted. Like everyone wants," he ended, his voice cracking in the middle of the last sentence.
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Somehow, despite being a beta, Olivia had figured them out and kept their secret, and the three of them had been inseparable since high school. They'd all loved each other in their own ways, and John had been in love with Olivia - and she with him - since their senior year. Lemar had no problems with them marrying, and Olivia hadn't minded the bond between him and his best friend, knowing it for what it was and understanding the necessity of it.
No one had ever noticed, or if they had, they'd never brought it up to any of the three of them, so they'd lived in this tiny little triumvirate of balance, harmony, and love.
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Vanya wakes up in the apocalypse and finds her missing thirteen-year-old brother, Five, peering over her.
She destroyed the world and now she had to live with the consequences and, apparently, her subconscious' manifestation of her guilt. Because Five couldn't really be here... could he?
Series
- Part 14 of the kids aren't alright [whumptober 2020]
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
09 Jun 2026
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xiv. is something burning?
tempestauroraviktor and five in the apocalypse
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Honestly, Truthfully, and Sincerely by mariuspunmercy
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
19 Jun 2021
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Grian’s first crime was accidentally getting Scar killed.
His second was befriending him in a place where nothing was permanent.
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Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
22 Dec 2024
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Honestly, Truthfully, and Sincerely
mariuspunmercySummary:
Grian’s first crime was accidentally getting Scar killed.
His second was befriending him in a place where nothing was permanent.
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COMPLETED! Being reincarnated as Harry Potter's fraternal twin sister really puts a new meaning behind "death is but the next great adventure."
No relationships prior to year four.- Language:
- English
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22 Jan 2026
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Harry Potter and the Bucket List by Darkpetal16
Rosie Potter as OC
letters to fenrir + werewolf sanctuary
dumbledore as grandpa
eventual diary tom/rosiech14 - potion lore and lycanthropy
ch36 - graveyard povs
ch47 - umbridge dies
ch61 - bucket list harry meets canon golden trio—
“SHUT UP! YOU KNOW NOTHING YOU STUPID LITTLE—”
“ Little girl again? ” she shrieked in fury. “Is that all you can think of? Whore or little girl? What happened—”
She cut herself off, pale with rage as she trembled from the leftover remnants of the torture done to her.
“It doesn’t matter,” she said as she waved her wand and conjured and launched six glowing blades. Voldemort rapidly created a magical shield that the blades slammed against. She held up her mangled right hand as she coldly laughed. “None of it matters anymore. You’ve ruined it. You’ve RUINED it! ”
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The One Where the Thunderbolts* Swap Powers by spentlizard
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Thunderbolts (Marvel Comics), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Jul 2025
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Bob tries to fix John's shield. Somehow this ends up with the team swapping powers.
(The obligatory power-swap fic nobody asked for but I'm gonna give anyway)
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
04 Jun 2026
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The One Where the Thunderbolts* Swap Powers
spentlizardTHUNDERBOLTS POWER SWAP !!
john: ghost powers
ava: bucky serum
alexei: john serum
bob: alexei serum
yelena: sentry powers
bucky: nope :P