A Bucky Barnes recovery story. Completed. First book in the three part 'Run' series. Sequels are 'Ready Set Breathe' and 'To Go Unseen'. Also found on FF.net and AO3 PG-13 for some violence.

To many he was Robin, the ill-tempered, violent, ruthless and a manipulative teenage hero cladded in traffic light colored spandex. To his family, he was an assassin with an inflated ego, a dangerous beast and out of control for the rules and restraints of the Bats. To her, he was blessed with insanely beautiful emerald eyes with the same inflated ego and maybe a heart of gold hidden under all those layers of pain and trauma. Whenever he was with her, the sins of his past and the secrets he held didn't matter at all. Little did he know he wasn't the only one with a mask to hide behind as well. Swords will be crossed, lives will be lost, friendships betrayed and lovers torn as secrets unveil, one by one.

You stumble upon the Winter Soldier after one of his assassinations. Do you become his next target?

I thought a life of masks was behind me, becoming Gotham's District Attorney. Until he had to protect me. This pretentious asshole; this murderer; this sinner that I love with every sadistic fibre in my heart. ~ Venus Meadow is Gotham's young, deadly, elegant, sharp and beautiful District Attorney, called the best the city has had since Harvey Dent. This ex-vigilante attracts more attention than she bargained for when two organisations and a particularly motivated old enemy plan to destroy her. Resources stretched thin, Batman leaves his capable ally under the protection of the Red Hood, AKA Jason Todd. The two disagree on everything, until one factor has them at an understanding; an understanding that leads them from long nights beneath the sheets together, to a relationship. Things were never going to be easy for this dangerous mix of sinner and sadist however, when jealousy, previous rivalries, old flames, family, murder and dark pasts begin fighting at the edges of their bond. Guns blazing, the two take on the challenge readily; together. ~ •1st Place in the Jason Todd category •1st Place in the Favourite Cover category •1st Place in the Favourite Title category •1st Place in Favourite Couple category for Venus Meadow X Jason Todd •1st Place in Favourite OC category for Venus Meadow •2nd Place in Favourite Villain category for Sukiyo Ame