verb. To fall back under pressure. To shrink back physically or emotionally. noun. The kickback of a gun upon firing. • It takes a stubborn mind to cling to their humanity when the world seeks to strip it away. It takes a desperate soul to reach for the faintest glimmer of light in the darkness. It takes a courageous heart to admit they chose the wrong side. He didn't ask for this. She walked in willingly. Getting out is the easy part. Surviving is second nature. Forgiving themselves will not be so simple. • #1 in 'MARVEL' - September 2021/July 2022/January 2024 #1 in 'Bucky Barnes' - June 2023/January 2024 #1 in 'James Buchanan Barnes' - February 2022/May 2023 #1 in 'Winter Soldier' - June 2021 #1 in 'TFATWS' - July 2021 #1 in 'Marvel Fanfic' - August 2021 #1 in 'Original Character' - August 2021 #1 in 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' - September 2021 #1 in 'Superhero' - October 2021 #2 in 'Captain America' - July 2021 [Book One of the 'Redemption Arc'.] [Based on characters and events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Characters not featured in the MCU are my own.] [Mature themes: Violence, language, some sexual themes and mentions of lack of consent. All non-explicit or MCU Canon Compliant.] [Covering events in the MCU Chronological Timeline to Captain America: Civil War] [Bucky Barnes X OC]

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IRON | ❝Hail Emperor, those who are about to die salute you.❞ Vesper knows that if she were ever to be picked for the Hunger Games, she wouldn't leave much behind in District Six. That is, until Icarus Brunel's name is called. The little boy of only thirteen years who wouldn't hurt a single soul. She could never let him die. Taking on a sisterly role, Vesper makes it her mission to do what she can to protect Icarus for as long as she can, and return him home safely. But in the arena, when faced with survival, trained killers and the prospect of death, Vesper's objective is easier said than done... ( extended summary inside ) the 68th hunger games | no love interest BOOK 1 of THE PRECIOUS METALS TRILOGY © starryeyedturtle cover by @bayports

death is centrifugal. © taryn → pre-trilogy CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS #1 completed: 07/09/2020 cover & graphics by @bayports

I purse my lips. "Maybe I don't want you to look out for me. Like I said, I don't need anyone." He lets out a laugh. It's a little jarring, how much Zombie resembles his namesake. Sunken eyes, rattling jaw, bared teeth. It's dark and twisted and genuine. Zombie, what happened to you? "You can lie to everyone, Croak. You can pretend that you're some tough little soldier who doesn't hurt and doesn't need anyone, but I know. I just saw proof that it's all a lie, that you're just as human as the rest of us. Even if you won't admit it to yourself, I know." A fanfic for the book "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancy. [COMPLETED]

"𝒩𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝓁𝒶𝓏𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇." "𝐼'𝓂 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑒𝓉." An ambitious girl with anger bigger than herself and even more confidence was unfortunate enough to be reaped for the 73rd hunger games. Daphne Westefall was not afraid; she would come back. And she did. A part of her fire had been tamed, and her ambition seemed to have died along with the twenty-three tributes. But she was still who she was; Daphne. Strong and tough. She just was a bit broken, too. (Johanna Mason x OC) (Pre-hunger games - Mockingjay) (Based on both the books and the movies) Disclaimer: I do not own the hunger games or it's characters. All I own is Robert and Daphne Westerfall and their storylines.

― 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕. ❝ she is made of bullets; shrapnel. i am solar flares and soft lips. better creatures could love me - but now they'll have to get through her. ❞ or, in which harley murphy wonders when her son is going to set. the 100 s3-4 , octavia blake x fem!oc.

❝ Aren't you a little ray of sunshine? ❞ All nightblood Glass kom Azgedakru wants to do is win the conclave and take the Flame, yet things become difficult when 100 criminals fall from the sky. ❝ Only for you, John Murphy. ❞ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎 John Murphy x OC Seasons 1 ⇢ 4

𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑒𝑠𝑡. clato | hg au | gladiators trilogy book 1 | COMPLETED

Venus Bartone is one of the 100, the people that were put into the skybox because they were too young to be executed. She was put there because her knowledge on building weapons out of next to nothing was too "dangerous". After being told that she was a danger to the remainder of mankind for almost nine years, she started to believe it. And she hated it. But when her abilities are needed on the ground, she realizes that what she knows and is able to do is not a sin, it's a gift. After making a certain young man a knife, she becomes closer with the boy that everyone seems to be afraid of. They had more in common than most people. However, she soon begins to realize that Murphy might be her downfall, but could also be her savior. She just doesn't care. The only problem is that everyone has a skeleton in the closet, a demon that hides under the bed waiting to destroy anything in it's path. And both Murphy and Venus have some of the darkest demons known to man.