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1. Still Bright, Still Broken by BiBob (Barnable)

   Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   05 Dec 2025

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   • Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds & Ava Starr
   • Yelena Belova & Ava Starr
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds & Alexei Shostakov & Ava Starr & John Walker
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Yelena Belova
   • Ava Starr
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • Alexei Shostakov
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • POV Alternating
   • POV Yelena Belova
   • POV Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • POV Ava Starr
   • Bipolar Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Bipolar Disorder
   • Mania
   • Studying
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds Needs a Hug (Marvel)
   • Protective Yelena Belova
   • Ava Starr Has Chronic Pain
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Hallucinations
   • Delusions
   • Psychosis
   • Psychotic Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Panic Attacks
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Drug Use
   • Self-Harm
   • Suicide Attempt
   • (sort of)
   • Unreliable Narrator Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Drug Addiction

   Summary

   “I’m psychotic. You know I’m psychotic. You’ve known that.” It was true, Yelena had known that, but she was shocked that Bob actually said the words he’d avoided for so long. “You’ve all known for months. Why are you mad at me for it now?”

   “Bob, I’m not mad.” She sounded a little mad, admittedly, but it was because she was irritated. Because it was impossible to talk to him about something that was so damn important. “I’m not mad at you, okay? I just want to understand what you’re going through so that I can help you.”

   “I don’t need help. I don’t want your help.”

   Bob, in the midst of an undiagnosed manic episode, decides to get his GED. Ava and Yelena join him.

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