You landed an impossible internship working on Capitol Hill with a congressman. The part that scares you? You won't know who it is until you start.

If you haven't read the first book you can find it here https://www.wattpad.com/story/413044926-winter%27s-widow . This is a continuation from that so it will make more sense. This book is a little different. Book 1 was very much from my own fantasy land. This book covers the events portrayed in Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captain America: Brave New World and the Thunderbolts, using those characters, plot and some dialogue, but placing you inside the story alongside Bucky while also tackling the challenges you now face after what the Contessa did to you and how you and Bucky face it together. Author's Note: I wrote this to escape reality for a while. It was just meant for me. I'm not a writer, but I realised after putting it together how many others also needed an escape sometimes and how many people LOVE that James Bucky Barnes. I hope to release a third part after Doomsday in the new year. Don't worry ya'll if he dies in Doomsday I WILL resurrect him. We are not losing our Bucky! Disclaimer: I don't work for Marvel or have any affiliation to them. I've taken inspiration from the comics, shows and movies that I love and created my own happy place. I hope it can make you smile too! Although there may also be one or two parts that make you cry and one or two scenes with a bit of... shall we say spice? * Some coarse language, some sexual references, some violence Please enjoy! Also available on TikTok (because I like to put music to my scenes) @buchanans.dolls

POV: You are the Black Widow and Bucky? Well, he's the guy you fall for of course! This story begins post blip, however in this reality there are a few key differences: - Clint perished on Vormir, not you - Steve never stayed in the past with Peggy - Tony survived, he was not the one who used the stones to wish for everyones return. Choose your own player in that game. - Vision also survived Author's Note: I wrote this to escape reality for a while. It was just meant for me. I'm not a writer, but I realised after putting it together how many others also needed an escape sometimes and how many people LOVE that James Bucky Barnes. Will be dropping part 2 in the coming months and hopefully adding a part 3 after the release of Doomsday, sometime in the new year. Disclaimer: I don't work for Marvel or have any affiliation to them. I've taken inspiration from the comics and movies that I love and created my own happy place. I hope it can make you smile too! Although there may also be one or two parts that make you cry and one or two scenes with a bit of... shall we say spice? * Some coarse language, some sexual references, some violence Please enjoy! Also available on TikTok (because I like to put music to my scenes) @buchanans.dolls

*MAINTENANCE HAPPENING. Mostly grammar, sentence structure, and flow. Nothing crucial is changing in the storyline* You both survived Hydra, the Blip, and even survived each other. Yet you still hadn't survived the hardest part-learning how to live normally. Bucky Barnes is trying to make peace with a world that finally stopped hunting him. He traded his rifle for a congressional seat, promising himself he'd do what he could to help. Congress meetings instead of missions, making headlines instead of spilling blood. But politics has its own kind of crosshairs and ghosts don't rest easy. Neither does the woman who once fought at his side. You're learning what it means to stay and build something that isn't just survival. To trust the quiet when all you've ever known is the fight. You weren't what Hydra made you, but when others start moving in the dark again-sanctioned killers under government badges-you can't ignore what's coming. Not when you've seen what simple orders can turn into. Bucky wants you safe. You want to protect him at all costs. And somewhere between that love and loyalty, both of you will have to decide if you can hold onto each other without losing who you're trying to become as new threats stir and the past resurfaces. But even when you think the war is over, it still casts a shadow.

You were the best at what you did: hunting dangerous things. Your target for the last decade was the most dangerous of all, a shadowy figure known only as Winter's Eternal Soldier, a mythic vampire whispered about in fear. But when your paths finally crossed, the hunt collapsed into something else entirely. You discovered the creature behind the myth is not the cold-blooded killer you were led to believe, but a charismatic, tormented individual with a history of violence and a soul weary of the fight. As an undeniable and dangerous attraction sparked, you started questioning everything you believed in, torn between the duty that defined you and the man you were never supposed to know.

James Buchanan Barnes had been through a lot in his life: Fighting in wars, brainwashed and forced to kill for decades, fighting to remember who he was... The hardest part of it all? Finding his place back in the world. Then, there was you. You had been someone else for so long, you didn't know how to step back into life. From being taken to the Red Room, brainwashed, and then taken and experimented on by HYDRA for decades, you and Barnes shared your fair share of trauma, both separately and together. You had grown close, although it hadn't happened overnight. You hated each other. There were multiple times over the years when you tried to kill each other and almost succeeded. Eventually, you both escaped HYDRA, and the most peaceful years were when you were on the run. Unfortunately, the world had other plans. You were thrown back into the fight, on a galactic scale this time. Bucky blipped, you didn't. After five dark years, the fight was won, but at a severe cost to both of you. *The main story takes place during TFATWS, but flips between the past and present story of Bucky and Reader.* *This is being written as I get time. I will try to edit before posting.* *Marvel characters are not mine. There may be some original characters throughout the story. Some of the chapters contain dialogue directly from 'The Falcon and Winter Soldier' show.*

Waking up with little to no memory of her past, and being saved by a group of individuals who call themselves heroes, sends a long time captive for a whirlwind trying to find some form of grounding in this world she quickly learns runs on chaos. But she's not the only one trying to figure out her forgotten backstory. Bucky Barnes, along with the other Avengers, can't help but sense that there is a lot more to the whole situation than a diagnosis of amnesia. Her background slowly starts to come forward in pieces of her past and hidden information discovered. Who is she? And why was she in the room they were meant to destroy? (Sequel coming soon...) (There are one-shots to come of bonding stories that were not mentioned, but all and all the overall story is complete) Word Count: 79,000+ Pairing: Bucky Barnes x (Enhanced) Reader TW: Torture, cussing, and gore. (Mature is on due to traumatic scenes and 18+ content) #1 Buckybarnesfanfic (March 2023) #1 Marvel Series (September 2023) Last edited: 5/29/23

⚠️Under 18, DNI⚠️ After the flaming dumpster fire that was SHIELD's collapse and the whole "surprise, Hydra was here the whole damn time!" debacle, one former agent slipped through the cracks like a pissed-off ghost in a leather jacket. She vanished from the grid, reputation scorched, trust obliterated, and purpose? Shattered. Enter Tony Stark. Because of course it was Tony. He found her somewhere between a breakdown and a bar fight, took one look at the smudged eyeliner, the sarcasm-drenched trauma, and the "bite me" attitude-and said, "Yeah, I can work with that." He brought her in, tucked her away in the shadows of the compound, and trained her like a secret weapon no one saw coming. Four years of quiet sharpening. Four years of sweat, rage, Red Bull, and a whole lot of therapy avoidance. And when he finally deemed her ready? He unleashed her like a feral raccoon with a vengeance complex. Gone was the clean-cut SHIELD poster girl. In her place: chaos incarnate. Combat boots, chipped black nail polish, hair that looked like it had been in a fistfight with a Lisa Frank folder, and a mouth that could out-swear a sailor with road rage. The Avengers? They didn't know what to do with her. And yet. Two of the most emotionally constipated, chaos-flavored men on the roster found themselves utterly, stupidly hooked. Bucky Barnes tried to pretend he wasn't watching her-like she didn't short-circuit something in his brain every time she threw a knife with that smug little grin. But he noticed everything. Then there was Loki. The God of Trouble himself. She was unpredictable. Unrefined. Unapologetically alive. So now? It's a quiet war between two broody bastards who've never properly communicated a feeling in their lives, and the chaos gremlin woman who thinks emotional vulnerability is worse than waterboarding. There's blood. Banter. Probably some light property damage. Spoiler: it's not going well. But it's going loud.

Start an electric, passionate romance with a known superhero. Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier. Congressman. Avenger. Falling in love with a professional photographer with secrets of her own? Who knows where this story will go...

Bucky Barnes has walked through decades of violence, shadows, and silence. Haunted by memories he can't escape and a past he never chose, his soul is fractured. But one thread holds steady - a presence, a warmth, a name whispered in the dark. Angela. He doesn't know her. Not yet. But she's out there. His soulmate. His light. "Some stories are born in fire. But the best ones are planted in light." Published: 3/8/2025 Finished: 2/9/2025 1k reads: 4/9/2025 #33 in buckybarnes 5/8/2025 #2 in buckybarnesfanfiction 6/8/2025 #1 in buckybarnesfanfiction 9/8/2025 #1 in thefalcon 21/8/2025 #1 in thefalcon 25/8/2025