Alex never asked for her telepathic abilities. Forced into isolation and institutionalized by a world that did not understand her powers, she is haunted by the constant flood of others' thoughts-and the crushing weight of prophetic nightmares. At the brink of suicide, she stands on a rooftop, her mind spiraling, until a familiar figure arrives. Nick Fury sees beyond the walls Alex has built around herself. Instead of using force, he offers empathy, bringing her off the streets and into a new life as his ward. He provides her with care, a safe haven in a remote cabin, and an unexpected chance at recovery. But Alex's mind is a battlefield, and she's not sure who to trust. When Fury brings Alex to the Avengers Tower, the team's reactions are far from welcoming. Wanda senses something off, and Tony demands answers, while Natasha, Bruce, and the others tread cautiously. As Alex grapples with her blindness, trauma, and uncontrolled powers, she begins to question whether the safety Fury promises is enough to heal the scars Hydra's experiments left behind. As the Avengers uncover Alex's mysterious past, her telepathic abilities grow stronger, and her visions of an impending alien invasion threaten everything she's just started to build. The line between friend and foe blurs as Alex tries to reconcile her growing connection with the team and the emotional walls she's built to protect herself. Can Alex learn to trust those around her, or will the ghosts of her past continue to define her future? Will the emotional barriers she's spent years constructing finally crumble, revealing the family and belonging she never thought possible? A gripping slow burn of survival, trauma, and the fight for control over powers that threaten to overwhelm, this story dives deep into the heart of a girl who must face the impossible choices ahead-while navigating the complexity of trust, love, and what it truly means to be part of something greater.

Note, this takes place before Infinity War and ignores the bit in Black Widow where the Red Room, also known as the Black Widow Program, was terminated. Also ignores the Socovia Acords. It stands to reason that there were others to escape the clutches of the Red Room other than Natasha Romanoff. Would they also be Avenger material? Would they maybe even help Natasha to see that her past does not need to haunt her forever, that she can let go and have what normal people have? Luka-short for Lupus-was a widow. The Red room ran experiments to create the best widow. They experimented with cell manipulation. They've fused Lu's cells with wolf DNA and they can not know that they were successful-at whatever the cost. Shortly after she was experimented on, Luka escaped and supposedly died from the inhuman transformation. However, she did not die and went on to live a life as an assassin-the only life she knows how to live. When a string of strange, animalistic, maulings occur in New York in a time between battles when the Avengers have too much time on their hands, Captain America aids in the investigation. Little do they know that the perpetrator is an ex Widow experiment and that she needs their help. Note, it's a slow burn and all characters belong to marvel other than the oc. **currently I haven't added any smut, there's some hot scenes tho