UnholyPetrova
Set before Iron Man 2, Natasha Romanoff is still finding her place in SHIELD, haunted by the ghosts of the Red Room and determined to prove she's more than just a weapon. When a mission in Moscow leads her into the crosshairs of the Winter Soldier, she expects death. Instead, a single phrase in Russian makes him hesitate.
For the first time in decades, Bucky Barnes falters.
Against every order, Natasha makes the reckless choice to hide him. What begins as survival spirals into something neither assassin was trained to endure: trust. Moving through safehouses across Eastern Europe, they forge a fragile bond in stolen moments, teaching each other, fighting side by side, and discovering a love as dangerous as it is impossible.
But freedom is a luxury HYDRA never forgets. And SHIELD doesn't forgive betrayal.
Their year together is a secret carved out of shadows, a brief rebellion against the lives they were forced into. It's a story of masks and ghosts, of a woman who learned to smile like a weapon and a man who once forgot how to live.
It is the year they stole-doomed from the start, unforgettable to the end.