"𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" "𝐔𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲." "𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫?" "𝐖𝐡𝐲?" "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬." The (mis)adventures of the Marvelous Ms. Rachel Bennett also known as the Cypher or Secret.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐆𝐲𝐯𝐞𝐫." Amongst other skills, trying her luck happened to be her greatest yet. They're not much of an unlikely pair; Even a Winter Soldier needs saving sometimes. She's more of a dubious friend, the "mechanic" who's luck just never seems to be there...but they didn't quite call her Dice for nothing. Candice Collins had a high tolerance for bad luck. In fact she was showered in it. But for the girl who could fix anything, she was given the biggest challenge yet: Fixing Bucky Barnes. Literally and figuratively.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥." I used to think I was normal. Not ordinary, but normal. Yes, I did believe that speaking and translating over twenty different languages for a living was a normal thing to be able to do, and I still do think so. However the use of the word normal is such an...enigma to me now. It all started with a sweet, charming strangely simple man I knew as Steve. Others knew him as other things. Super soldier, Captain America, but I just knew him as Steve. He helped me understand who I was. It was hard to pinpoint the exact moment when I truly became who I was. I wasn't just good old Rachel Bennett anymore, that was for sure. I was something, someone so much more now. I'd been through struggles, a million of them, physical and mental. It took me a moment to realize that a struggle is one's greatest strength. Being an Avenger was one thing. Navigating life? That was so much harder. © copyright 2017 LVNDR books ; All rights reserved. #10 in Comics - 5/16/2018

❝ WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA. ❞ In which his feelings weren't enough for her. cover by @biIIielourds (steve rogers x oc) (au)