TumblingBackpacks
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Recent works
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you’re a sad sight honey (but you look so cute) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks) for shatterfry
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
14 Jun 2026
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You cannot ask a guy you met less than an hour ago to manhandle you because you thought it was hot, Joaquin tells himself. That is insane behavior.
In which Joaquin sneaks into the Watchtower as part of a plan to get SamBucky back together. He gets intercepted by John Walker.
Series
- Part 6 of tfatws/tbolts*
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step a little bolder (holding my world together) by backpacks-lite (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.
Series
- 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.
Series
- 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.
Series
- 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.
Series
- Part 37 of graduates of custer’s grove
Recent series
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tfatws/tbolts* by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandom The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
14 Jun 2026
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placeholder series as i get stuff organized. fics will be added/removed.
- Words:
- 10,583
- Works:
- 6
- Bookmarks:
- 3
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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
- Works:
- 26
- Bookmarks:
- 80
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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
Recent bookmarks
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In the Vents by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
03 Jun 2025
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Ava discovers a labyrinth of tunnels in New Avengers Tower. Walker wants to go to Starbucks without being reminded of the war crimes he committed. Someone, somewhere, is hoarding Pop Tarts.
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
19 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
In the Vents by startingatmidnight
thunderbolts + 2012 avengers era
- ava in the vents that clint explored
- john cannot get coffee + cardboard steve prank
- alexei finding thor’s old poptarts -
The Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 48,280
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Comments:
- 2,513
- Kudos:
- 9,973
- Bookmarks:
- 3,212
- Hits:
- 100,290
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
19 Jun 2026
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The Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight
grace and rocky bodyswap
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Cherry Tree Dreams by finitevoid, infinitelimited (finitevoid)
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
20 Sep 2025
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It's not that Five is "obsessed with the apocalypse". He's not a junkie chasing an adrenaline high of danger. It's just that the public's shared hallucinogenic memory of a timeline that shouldn't exist is weird, and so are the cross-dimensional artifacts, and so are the fully formed human beings that keep falling into Five's lap. Figuratively.
"Okay, man, just think about it," Diego interjects, loudly, pointing at Five with the mouth of his bottle. "Remaking the world's gotta be a messy process. It's not that surprising that there's just some weird cracks, a few spots that Dad didn't get super well. It's not a big deal."
"Just some weird cracks, he says," Five says dryly. "'Some weird cracks', like the man squatting in my apartment. The man I found unconscious in an alleyway with no memories. Weird cracks like those?"
Said man grins and waves a hand cheerfully, his inhuman orange eyes glowing eerily in the bright morning light. When nobody waves back, he reaches his hand to awkwardly paw at the feathery hair at the nape of his neck. His smile goes from cheery to awkward, and he whines, "You act like it's my fault, or something!"
Series
- Part 1 of Skeleton Universe
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
18 Jun 2026
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Cherry Tree Dreams by finitevoid, infinitelimited (finitevoid)
Summary:
It's not that Five is "obsessed with the apocalypse". He's not a junkie chasing an adrenaline high of danger. It's just that the public's shared hallucinogenic memory of a timeline that shouldn't exist is weird, and so are the cross-dimensional artifacts, and so are the fully formed human beings that keep falling into Five's lap. Figuratively.
"Okay, man, just think about it," Diego interjects, loudly, pointing at Five with the mouth of his bottle. "Remaking the world's gotta be a messy process. It's not that surprising that there's just some weird cracks, a few spots that Dad didn't get super well. It's not a big deal."
"Just some weird cracks, he says," Five says dryly. "'Some weird cracks', like the man squatting in my apartment. The man I found unconscious in an alleyway with no memories. Weird cracks like those?"
Said man grins and waves a hand cheerfully, his inhuman orange eyes glowing eerily in the bright morning light. When nobody waves back, he reaches his hand to awkwardly paw at the feathery hair at the nape of his neck. His smile goes from cheery to awkward, and he whines, "You act like it's my fault, or something!"
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Five x OC, Five x Percy/Gray
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Something Old, Something New by whothebuckisfucky
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
11 Mar 2026
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An uncertain knock comes this time, making Buck realize he's still pressing both hands against it. Still gritting teeth and frowning hard.
"Mr. Barnes?"
"Who the hell are you?" Bucky calls back.
"John Walker," The man calls back, pausing before continuing, "I came to pick you up?"
The brunette doesn't budge from his place holding the door shut as though someone was trying to break it down. He doesn't say a word, staring at the faint lines of grain down the door as he tries to exhale calmer.
"For the apartment? Uh— I'm the guy they assigned to monitor you?" The unsure voice continues.
Bookmarked by TumblingBackpacks
17 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Something Old, Something New by whothebuckisfucky
Summary:
An uncertain knock comes this time, making Buck realize he's still pressing both hands against it. Still gritting teeth and frowning hard.
"Mr. Barnes?"
"Who the hell are you?" Bucky calls back.
"John Walker," The man calls back, pausing before continuing, "I came to pick you up?"
The brunette doesn't budge from his place holding the door shut as though someone was trying to break it down. He doesn't say a word, staring at the faint lines of grain down the door as he tries to exhale calmer.
"For the apartment? Uh— I'm the guy they assigned to monitor you?" The unsure voice continues.
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soldier john sent to monitor bucky :D
grumpy x sunshine winteragent
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The Sentry Slayer by Bluefire510
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
04 Sep 2025
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Mel couldn't avoid The Sentry forever. She knew that. But could he just stop… staring at her. Please?
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Mel and Sentry finally talk about what happened with the kill switch.
Series
- Part 1 of The Gold, The Golden, and... Bob