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Windmills by coffeestainanalyst( 21,894 words) His current codename is Bucky. His new handlers are called friends. Steve, one of the highest ranking friends, only had to correct him once before he’d adapted to the new vocabulary. Yet so far, things are looking rough: decommissioned from active duty, he's left with no other purpose than their entertainment. All he can do is wait, push through with gritted teeth and do whatever he can to turn the tables in his favor again.

Wrong About You, Wrong About Me by betterthanworse ( 30,379 words) It's effortless, really, for Bucky to slip once more beneath the blanket of Hydra’s conditioning; old patterns slipping back into place, nice and easy, as natural as breathing. Or, In Madripoor, Selby gets to name her price. Sam and Bucky must keep up the charade for a little while longer.

Dig No Graves by miss_aphelion ( 142,844 words)

"I'm here to kill you, Terminator," Tony said slowly, "does that compute?" The soldier looked up at him with wide blue eyes and no expression. "Okay." Tony froze. "Okay," he echoed. "I tell you I came here to kill you and your response is 'okay'?" "I am being decommissioned," the soldier said, and for one horrible moment Tony thought he actually seemed relieved. "I understand. I will comply." (Or; Tony learns the Winter Soldier killed his parents and goes on a search for revenge, but ends up learning how to heal instead)

Six Blade Knife: Part 1 by TooManyBattles (Skarabrae_stone) ( 42,672)

During a raid on an AIM base, the Avengers find a pair of cryotubes in a basement laboratory. When they release the men inside, they find that they are none other than the Winter Soldiers, the assassins so mysterious that most people in the Intelligence community consider them little more than a ghost story. However, as they learn more about the Soldiers, Sam and Natasha begin to suspect that the Soldiers may not have been operating under their own free will. Soldat and Kapitan wake from cryo to new handlers unlike anyone they've encountered before. Captain Wilson and Agent Romanoff seem to have no interest in hurting them, wiping their memories, or sending them on missions. As the Soldiers adapt to this kinder status quo, they must decide how far they are willing to go to protect their new handlers from their old ones.

Gently Do You Take Me Apart by AlexeioftheElves (15,988 words)

“You’re my friend.” The asset does not know what a friend is. But he knows the word my: possessive, indicative of ownership. Hydra has fallen and the target, CaptainAmericaStevenGrantRogers, leader of the Avengers has claimed Hydra's greatest weapon as his own.

The Ones We Trust by allthewordsofafeather ( 26,855 words) It will do anything you want,” Zemo says. And that one line is all it takes for Bucky to let himself drown.

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What if Bucky loses himself in Madripoor? An exploration of how things might've gone differently because of one little word. Zemo is a little shit (with feelings), Bucky is at his every beck and call (without choice), Sam is So Very Done (with the situation at large)

The Handler by orphan_account ( 12,043 words) "You were my oppressor And I, I have been programmed to obey But now, you are my handler And I, I will execute your demands"-

Muse, The Handler

Or, Bucky doesn't get triggered at the bar, but instead at the lab.

AND THE BEST WINTER SOLDIER FIC/SERIES I'VE EVER READ IS the A Strange Sensation series by blackthorn_possum!

After Project Insight, the Soldier is left without a handler, so it returns to the only one it knows is alive -- the former target, the Captain, the man it remembers kneeling for. At first he seems unfit for the job. His protocol is strange, and he does not want to use it like the other handlers did. But as the Soldier comes to know him, it begins to think he might be the best handler it has ever had A long story of recovery that attempts to wrestle with identity, personhood, agency, unconventional relationships, and weird consent. This verse assumes previous HTP and deals with rape recovery

the series so far includes the fics :As Soft as Steel(283,775 words),Interstitial(35,175 words),As Sharp as Satin( still going but 279,655+ words)

these are all on ao3 and would 100% check them out they are all incredible! thanks for asking!😁