[ In which a broken assassin falls for a homicidal war vet. ] BOOK ONE IN THE / AN ODE TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY STRONG WOMEN/SERIES

── 𝘉𝘖𝘉 𝘙𝘌𝘠𝘕𝘖𝘓𝘋𝘚 𝘟 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅 𝑁𝐸𝑈𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐿 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘟 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘝𝘖𝘐𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘠. 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆/𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙎 ᵎᵎ Following your resignation from the position as leading clinical psychologist for the CIA, you'd thought that maybe, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, you'd have a moment to unwind. Bless your soul. Because a call from Valentina says otherwise. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, the man that all but swallowed New York into an abyss of darkness and mental torture needs professional help ⎯ plus a friend to boot. Accepting the offer had, undoubtedly, been your first mistake. Falling in love with him? A close second. You'll come to find that sweet ol' Bob isn't just 𝘉𝘰𝘣. Not by a landslide. He's a package deal of three. And somewhere along the way, you find yourself collecting them all. But hasn't anyone ever told you not to feed strays? They come back. Again, and again. Because strays seek attention and warmth. Strays yearn for kindness and care. Strays will bite, attack, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 their territory when they think that comfort's being threatened. Just know Bob's canines will sink in bone deep, because once you let him in⎯ letting you go was never an option.

❝ 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 . . . 𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮? " " 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙧? " " 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 . ❞ BOB "SENTRY" REYNOLDS x FEM!OC ───✱*.｡:｡✱*.:｡✧*.｡✰*.:｡✧*.｡:｡*.｡✱ ─── ╰──► in which the former captain america's baby sister, better known as the psychopathic super soldier with secret powers, finds herself in a mission meant to permanently wipe her off the face of the earth. not only did she manage to scrape out of it alive, but she joins hands with an unlikely band of misfits, one of whom is named bob. just bob. started [05/07/25] completed [05/28/25] HIGHEST RANKING: #1 robertreynolds #1 bobreynolds #1 thunderbolts #1 void #1 bucky #1 lewispullman #1 johnwalker #1 captainamerica #1 usagent #1 newavengers #1 avastarr #1 whitewidow #1 yelenabelova #2 sentry #2 bob #13 buckybarnes

❝ You really don't know when to quit, do you? ❞ ❝ Not when it comes to you. ❞ ──── 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄 craves control. Over her career, her emotions, and now, the icy powers she never wanted. But Johnny Storm has always been her exception. Reckless, charming, and impossible to ignore, he gets under her skin in all the worst ways. Their attraction is volatile and undeniable. What starts as a reckless, physical affair becomes something far messier. Johnny's been holding back a truth he can't hide forever. He's been drawn to her long before the storm that changed them. But with Victor Von Doom's schemes closing in, Cassandra has to choose: keep Johnny at arm's length, or risk letting him in. Because the more she tries to deny him, the harder he fights to stay. ── .✦ [ 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓 ] 𝘖𝘊 𝘹 𝘑𝘖𝘏𝘕𝘕𝘠 𝘚𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘔 (𝘊𝘏𝘙𝘐𝘚 𝘌𝘝𝘈𝘕𝘚) STARTED: MAR 30, 2025 - PRESENT COVER BY ME @maryheichou

─── ❝ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ❞ Celeste Avram was born from silence and shadows, an orphan shaped by cold halls and forgotten dreams, yet fierce and brilliant enough to rewrite her own fate. Discovered by Reed Richards through her reckless genius, she found a home amid the chaos of the Baxter Foundation, a quiet force weaving through storms alongside Ben's steady strength, Sue's calm light, and Johnny's wild fire.. the boy who made her laugh and set her heart ablaze. When cosmic forces fractured their world, Celeste's touch bent metal and sparked with electric whispers, a power both beautiful and dangerous. As the universe darkens with the shadow of Galactus, she stands poised between worlds, the tether that binds her family to hope and the harbinger of a storm yet to come. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺! 𝗼𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 4 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 25' started : 7/28/25 ended : tbd #1 in reedrichards #1 in marveluniverse #3 in johnnystorm #2 in fantasticfour / fantastic4

remind me how it used to be, pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks and say you want me! 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 the impending destruction of Earth-828 forces Johnny and Lacie to see past their so called friendship (or what Sue would call it: flirting) and work together to protect their universe. Meanwhile, Johnny follows his perfectly crafted list on 'How To Get The Girl (because it's been four years and she still calls me 'flame boy')' adamant that one day, it will prove to be a success. 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜 the fantastic four: first steps (2025) @-hmustilinski started: july 2025 finished: september 2025