What does it actually feel like to be erased? Everyone talks about the Winter Soldier like he's just this scary story, but they don't see the parts that got buried along the way. They see the missions and the name, but they weren't there when his whole life was being ripped apart. They didn't see him being broken down and rebuilt into someone he doesn't even recognize. People remember the name. But they have no idea what was lost to make it.

"𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵.... 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.. 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺." Verinah was just a girl when HYDRA took her. Born in Russia and stolen from everything she knew, she was experimented on, trained in both HYDRA and the Red Room to become a perfect assassin-silent, deadly, and obedient. For years, she knew nothing but pain, orders, and blood-soaked missions. Her only constant was another ghost like her: the infamous Winter Soldier.

Svetlana Ekaterina Barnes was a science experiment. She wasn't made with the intents of being used as a weapon or in the name of science. She was made for the use leverage. Leverage against the only person in the world who cares about her. tik tok: starfliestories.wp started: 12/20/23 published: 2/13/24 finished: most impressive ratings: #1 in mcufanfiction 04/09/24 #1 in buckybarnesdaughter 03/01/25