A/N: first few chapters are a bit 'cringy' with spelling errors (I write this on my phone) but if you can get past those two things, I PROMISE the story and writing get better. Will be doing heavy editing/construction once the book is complete Agent Amelia Hayes is the newest recruit to the Avengers team after getting a second chance at life thanks to none other than Tony Stark. While learning how to use her powers for good and what it truly means to be a hero, shes also creating bonds with everyone on the team as they help her along her journey. All except James Buchanan Barnes that is. She doesn't know why the moody super soldier has such a vendetta towards her but she does know that she can't help but get flustered and ogle around him. Getting to the root of everything is one problem. Figuring out where to go when she gets her answers is another. But Amelia Hayes never backs down from a challenge. RANKED #1 jamesbuchananbarnes as of 03/13/2021 RANKED #2 Barnes as of 03/16/2021 (thank you all so so much <3) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I do NOT own any Marvel characters or events, only my OC. All rights reserved to MCU

❝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. 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.

James Bucky Barnes, the former soldier, doesn't think he's got any gentleness left in him. But Grace Juniper Cunningham, the former child prodigy, strongly disagrees. ; "𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯." "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭." ; 【１８＋】 has ranked #1 in buckybarnes #1 in marvel #1 in bucky #1 in steverogers #1 in captainamerica #1 in wintersoldier #1 in jamesbuchananbarnes #26 in romance #35 in fanfiction

**WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2022** Bucky Barnes is lost. After going into hiding, he winds up in Las Vegas, struggling to reclaim his identity and craving human connection. He meets Alice, a dancer at Empire, who finds herself unable to ignore the mysterious blue-eyed stranger who has been coming into the club every night looking for her. This fic takes place after Captain America: The Winter Soldier, BUT IS NOT CANON WITH THE MCU OR THE COMICS. 18+ MINORS DNI. DO NOT REPOST OR TRANSLATE. PLAGIARISTS ARE FUCKING LOSERS. THANKS!