One thing Mazzy Stark has always found peculiar is how her scraped knees always seem to heal within a few measly seconds while the other kids have scabs over their knees for several days. Her dad always says it's medicine, but Mazzy isn't so sure about that. It isn't until Mazzy is faced with a familiar metal-armed man that she begins to realize that it isn't medicine that makes her the way she is; it is a little, red star and a man with a crooked smile. • ⚠️ This book has mature themes, like anything else you might see in a typical Marvel movie.⚠️ Updates set in Captain America: Civil War. If there are any typos/errors, please don't hesitate to point them out so I can fix them! Comments are appreciated! Enjoy!

Two different directions. One being left, and the other being right. Going right landed Kristofferson Vorobeva in Madripoor, and having no other choice than to fall back onto his old ways in order to survive after having freedom for the first time in sixteen years. Going to the left landed, Bucky Barnes having no other choice than to go back in cryo-freeze without ever getting a chance to tell Kristofferson what happened, or being able to keep his promise of finding him. Leaving Bucky with no other option than to send Steve Rogers to track him down and bring him to him so they can be together, even though Kristofferson has no paper trail that proves he even exists in the first place and hates him more than can fathom. Only for Bucky to turn into dust when Kristofferson is finally found, leaving him abandoned by him once more for the next five years without ever getting to explain to him what happened to get them into this situation in the first place. !! Please note before reading, this book contains themes heavy themes such as: graphic descriptions of violence, internalized homophobia, mentions & descriptions of blood, mentions of child abuse, mentions of alcohol abuse, panic attacks, manipulation, past and present physical abuse, past and present medical abuse, food restriction, mentions of past murder of a child/children, murder, thoughts of self-harm, suicidal thoughts & tendencies. If you are unable to handle these topics, this book will be triggering for you !! cross posted, and more frequently updated, on ao3

"By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes," Macbeth, ACT IV, scene I