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When Steve Rogers rewrites history to save Bucky Barnes from Hydra's hands, he doesn't just rescue his best friend-he creates an entirely new timeline. One where the Starks are still alive. Where Thanos never snapped his fingers. Where Ultron was never born. And where Bucky, though bearing a metal arm, has never taken a life.
Waking together in 2011, Steve and Bucky are pulled into a world that feels too bright, too good, too wrong. Only Steve remembers the world they came from. The world full of grief, war, and blood.
In this new timeline, Yelena Belova is one of Earth's most trusted Avengers-a fearless, sharp-tongued fighter who's never had to lose her sister. When she meets Bucky, he's quiet, cautious, and out of time. But he's also gentle in a way she doesn't expect. And he's haunted by memories that were never real.
As Bucky struggles to adjust to a life he was never supposed to have, and Steve hides the truth of what was sacrificed, Yelena becomes the only thing keeping Bucky anchored in the present. Their bond forms slowly-through midnight coffee runs, bruised knuckles, and whispered promises in the dark. But even in a timeline where peace reigns, love has never come easy.
Now, with reality threatening to fracture again, Steve must decide whether to protect the world he fixed-or risk losing the only happy ending Bucky's ever had.
Because sometimes, the best timelines aren't the ones that were meant to be.
They're the ones you fight for.