Seven-year-old Aurora has spent most of her life in the foster care system, bouncing from home to home, leaving behind a trail of anger and broken furniture. She fights everyone - other kids, foster parents, even the social workers. But when she's placed for adoption, it's not with another ordinary family. S.H.I.E.L.D. has made their decision: Aurora is now the legal responsibility of Captain America himself. Neither of them wants this. Steve, forced into the situation by S.H.I.E.L.D., is furious about being saddled with a kid he never asked for. Aurora, convinced that no one ever truly stays, refuses to trust him - or anyone. Their first meeting ends in a screaming match, and things only go downhill from there. But as much as they push each other away, neither one is allowed to leave. And when Steve gets a visit from a friend from his past, stuck together, they'll have to figure out if family is something you're born into-or something you fight for. Cover by the amazing @greatwritesharkk

He was broken steel and silence - the ghost of a soldier who never really came home. She was all fire, sarcasm, and the kind of honesty that could burn through walls. Valentina Stark didn't expect to bond with anyone at the compound - especially not with the quietest, most haunted man in the room. But Bucky Barnes sees the world in shadows, and Val doesn't know how to be anything but light. She doesn't flinch when he walks into the room. She talks to him like he's human. She makes him laugh when he least expects it. And for the first time in a long time, he wonders if maybe - just maybe - there's something left in him worth loving. But healing isn't loud. It's unspoken. Slow. Delicate. And sometimes, the smallest spark is enough to start melting the winter inside. This story does not follow the MCU timeline. All characters belong to MARVEL.

Forced to move from California to Hawkins for a so-called fresh start, Maddison Hargrove has no interest in rebuilding her life in a town that feels too small and too watchful. Things change when she befriends Nancy Wheeler, until Maddison catches the attention of Nancy's boyfriend, Steve Harrington. What starts as harmless interest quickly turns into something more complicated, forcing Maddison to choose between loyalty and temptation in a town where secrets never stay hidden.

Victoria Hammer had her career all planned out-graduate from MIT with a degree in robotics engineering, land a prestigious internship, and make a name for herself. But when her own cousin, Justin Hammer, rejects her application, everything comes crashing down. One impulsive night at a bar to forget her troubles changes everything. A chance encounter with Tony Stark, billionaire, genius, and certified pain in the ass, turns her rejection into an unexpected opportunity.