One mission One night One surprise. One moment changed the Winter Soldier's life forever. One little girl who couldn't speak. One little girl who became his very reason for living. One little girl who saved him and who would always wait for him to come home. In light of the recent concerns with AI and writing, I have moved this story to Archive of Our Own to keep it safe. It is under the same title and username. Sorry to everyone who enjoyed reading it here, but this just makes me feel safer with everything that is currently going on.

Echo Lightwood, now a Demon, has changed far more than just her appearances. Her transformation is just the beginning to her fight. She will battle the relationship with her family as well as her own mind. Little does Echo know, somebody vital to her life will show her just how to survive the Shadow World. But the real question is, will she survive the game? Or will somebody new take her place?

You were his wife in the 40's through thick and thin, sickness and health, richer or poorer, and through all of the twists of life. Even 70 years later you continued to love him, and stay by his side.