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**Soldier, Not Savior**
After the war, the world moves on.
Bucky Barnes doesn't.
Haunted by the life he was forced to live as the Winter Soldier, Bucky is trying-and failing-to adjust to something that resembles peace. Sleep doesn't come easy. Silence is worse than noise. And no matter how many times he's told he's free, it never quite feels true.
He doesn't see himself as a hero.
He never has.
Lola knows what it's like to carry ghosts.
A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a past she can't outrun, she's spent years living in the aftermath of her own choices-of orders followed and lines crossed. She's learned how to survive, how to stay in control, how to keep people at a distance.
What she hasn't learned... is how to let go.
When their paths cross, there's no instant trust. No easy connection. Just two people who recognize something broken-and familiar-in each other.
But healing isn't linear.
And some wounds don't close cleanly.
As old instincts resurface and the past refuses to stay buried, Bucky and Lola are forced to confront the parts of themselves they'd rather forget-and the possibility that maybe, just maybe, they don't have to face it alone.
Because they were never meant to be saviors.
But that doesn't mean they can't choose to be something more.
BUCKY BARNES X OC
Takes place after endgame!
I DO NOT OWN MARVEL OR CLAIM TO LOLA IS MY CHARACTER