verb. To fall back under pressure. To shrink back physically or emotionally. noun. The kickback of a gun upon firing. • It takes a stubborn mind to cling to their humanity when the world seeks to strip it away. It takes a desperate soul to reach for the faintest glimmer of light in the darkness. It takes a courageous heart to admit they chose the wrong side. He didn't ask for this. She walked in willingly. Getting out is the easy part. Surviving is second nature. Forgiving themselves will not be so simple. • #1 in 'MARVEL' - September 2021/July 2022/January 2024 #1 in 'Bucky Barnes' - June 2023/January 2024 #1 in 'James Buchanan Barnes' - February 2022/May 2023 #1 in 'Winter Soldier' - June 2021 #1 in 'TFATWS' - July 2021 #1 in 'Marvel Fanfic' - August 2021 #1 in 'Original Character' - August 2021 #1 in 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' - September 2021 #1 in 'Superhero' - October 2021 #2 in 'Captain America' - July 2021 [Book One of the 'Redemption Arc'.] [Based on characters and events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Characters not featured in the MCU are my own.] [Mature themes: Violence, language, some sexual themes and mentions of lack of consent. All non-explicit or MCU Canon Compliant.] [Covering events in the MCU Chronological Timeline to Captain America: Civil War] [Bucky Barnes X OC]

»She was not fragile like a flower. She was fragile like a bomb.« ------------------------- »When everyone wanted her, she only ever was his.« ------------------------ Series with 2 parts; 1 (»Lilith Callan«) & 2 (»The Winter Soldier«) finished --------------------- Trigger warnings mentioned in the chapter's title: violence (🔪), smut (🌶) and depression/very emotional (🌤). ------------ Nova, and every person of her personal life is fictional, created by me. James, and (almost) every person of his personal life is fictional, taken from the MCU.

CAPTIVE /'kaptiv/ noun A person who has been taken prisoner/kept within bounds or under control/whose ability to move or act freely is suppressed ▪︎▪︎▪︎ When M fails her last mission, she finds herself in a cell once again, until one day she wakes at the Avengers' compound, looking in the same blue eyes she's been hunting for years. After Keller's death she learns a bounty's been set on her death, so M flees into exile - with Bucky. Hiding in plain sight with the help of Madripoor's crime lord. To extinguish what's left of Hydra. To kill Rumlow. To run from their pasts or learn to finally accept them. ▪︎▪︎▪︎ Major trigger warning for the whole story. [100.000 to 120.000 words]

𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫 || 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬. ▁𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ • ᴀɢᴇ ɢᴀᴘ • ꜱᴍᴜᴛ, ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴜɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀꜱ • ᴅʀɪɴᴋɪɴɢ {ᴍɪʟᴅ} • ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜꜱʏ, ᴘᴏꜱꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀ

daydreams involving a certain super soldier written down to make up for the fact that he is fictional and out of reach..

"You got it, angel. We'll sway nice and slow," he murmured, soft and low as his hands found her waist. "I'll hold you close, just like this."

Book 1 in the Stasis series. 'What's more relaxing than setting something on fire?" "Is that rhetorical?" Bucky Barnes x male oc. Captain America the first avenger.

❝ You always save everyone else, but who saves you? ❞ ❝ No one, because I can save myself. ❞ . ☾ . ! UNDER HEAVY EDITING ! { Captain America : The First Avenger } { Bucky Barnes x OC } { Book 1 of 3 } { Cover by @-effloresxcene }

"You can only truly love someone when you've seen their inner demons and realize that they're the same as yours." Highest rank: # 2 in Barnes #4 in Bucky #2 in Fury #2 in Romanoff CA: Winter Solider - CA: Civil War Started April 29, 2018 Completed December 18, 2020

❝Warrior child, you carry such coldness in your veins. War-torn child, you carry such loneliness in your bones. War-born child, you carry such horror in your heart. Warrior child, you were born with legends breathing inside your name and history books waiting to trace your footsteps.❞ ─ j.p. via tumblr pencap COPYRIGHT 2015 JASPERHAIE. COVER BY NÎCIMOS, BAYPORTS. RANKED #73 IN FAN-FICTION. RANKED #1 IN THE WINTER TAG. MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE. CAPTAIN AMERICA | THE WINTER SOLDIER. BUCKY BARNES | THE WINTER SOLDIER. BOOK ONE. Started June 12th, 2014. Ended July 2nd, 2014. Ended editing December 26th, 2015. Re-editing started April 16th, 2016. Re-editing ended July 27th, 2016. Featured in the reading list 'The Bad Guy's Not Always the Bad Guy' on the official Wattpad Superhero account, May 15th, 2018.