Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes were sent to find a target. Instead, they found her. For years, Zara Malik has hidden from the government, protecting a forgotten refuge of Autobots deep within an abandoned junkyard. She'd rather disappear than let the world discover what she's been protecting. She never expected the Avengers to find her. She definitely never expected Bucky Barnes. But when an ancient relic resurfaces and old enemies emerge from the shadows, hiding is no longer an option. Forced into a race across continents, Zara is thrown into a war between humans and Cybertronians, where every answer only leads to another impossible choice. Somewhere between burning cities, impossible destinies, and the quiet moments in between, one man begins to realise she's worth risking everything for. Marvel × Transformers • Bucky Barnes × OC • Slow Burn • He Falls First • Found Family • Dual POV Inspired by the events of Transformers: The Last Knight. NOTE: Just a bit of fun from someone who had a very specific idea in her head. I'm not an author, just a girl with an overactive imagination and a love of storytelling. If it's not your thing, that's completely okay-there are plenty of other stories out there. 💛 AI-generated illustrations are included at the beginning of each chapter to help readers visualise scenes and characters.

You are the assistant to Steve Rogers, and also a call in assistant to his best friend Bucky Barnes. Although the only one you really see is Steve. You've made it a mission to avoid meeting the rest of their team, but hiding in your office and not coming out until Steve is done for the day, and always using the employee entrance's. It isn't until your life changes with a meeting in a crowded bar, that you really start to re-evaluate your recluse tendencies. What happens when Hydra wants their experiment back? What lengths would Bucky go to keep you to himself.