In a world where heroes fall and secrets are more lethal than bullets, former Winter Soldier James "Bucky" Barnes has traded his metal arm for the power of a Congressman's handshake. Once America's nightmare, now he's Washington's golden boy, championing reform while quietly burying a past he's desperate to forget. Enemies to lovers on a deadly dance of covert operations, explosive political intrigue, and alliances more fragile than glass. In the shadows of power-who can you really trust? ___________ authors note: I love plot, teasing and smut's so I will try to combine all of them in this story. Friendly reminder like always - English isn't my first language and I'm dyslexic, so please be kind. Comments keep me motivated <3 [ across various marvel media ] Warning: I do use A.I to scan through spelling mistakes and grammar errors.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞" Liliya Hart spent eight years as a puppet of Hydra's, after being captured at 16. Her powers, now almost drained completely, we're used to power Hydra's machines, and her body, used to aid their workers.. physically. Now 24, Liliya is living in the avengers tower, with someone all too familiar. Stirring emotions, she is tormented by memories and terrified of touch. Set in post-CATWS and pre-CACW. Follows MCU timeline with a few tweaks. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥.