"𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘹." "𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘙𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘢, 𝘶𝘩𝘩," 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥, "𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥." "𝘈 𝘨𝘶𝘺'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦?" "𝘜𝘩𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩." "𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯." Black shadow operative Ryan Knox is a liar. There's no other word for it, she lies to everyone like it's a sport. Which is ironic, considering how much she hates being lied to. The only person who knows everything? Nicholas Fury, the man who had Ryan's files sealed and recruited her under heavily confidential circumstances. She works alone, in the dark, acting as SHIELD's personal cleaner of messes she never made. When strange things keep happening, Ryan uncovers a trail of corruption and bloodshed, all leading back to her. Without knowing who to trust, she has to keep sniffing out the truth on her own. Ryan is forced to stare her past in the face, realizing that she's not as in control as she would like. Will Ryan Knox continue to be a liar, or will she take a leap of trust and fight back like she was meant to? bucky barnes x f!oc (age gap) tws-thunderbolts