After time in Wakanda, Bucky Barnes returns to the Avengers Compound - a place full of familiar faces, but nothing that feels like home. He's not looking for redemption. He just wants to keep his head down, follow the rules, and stay in control. But Elizabeth Carter, the team doctor with a sharp tongue and no time for ghosts, has other ideas. What happens when the person you least expect becomes the only one who sees through the silence? He's not a soldier anymore. He's not a weapon. Bucky just wants to be... something human.

There were three things you knew about yourself: 1. Your Dad was a Grade-A asshole 2. You were a mess 3. The Winter Soldier saved your life The world went to shit five and a half years ago, when you had been a fresh-faced twenty-year-old on the run. You took the opportunity with both hands and rebuilt yourself, disappearing and emerging with a whole new identity. That was until Bucky fucking Barnes crashed his way into Madripoor and completely blew your cover. And worst of all- he wanted to help you because your name was on some dumb list of his.

They were forged in war and fractured by the same hands that made them monsters. Katherine Zola was born with a name she never chose, the daughter of HYDRA's most notorious architect. A child genius, a living weapon, and the program's most effective ghost. Her mission logs were sealed in blood and buried in silence-until one day, she was given a name: Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes. She didn't know why HYDRA wanted him-not at first. Only that she was ordered to track, weaken, and retrieve him. That her mission began before his fall from the train in 1945. That she was the reason he ended up in enemy hands. And she did it. She followed orders. She delivered him. What she didn't expect was to care. What she didn't plan for was falling in love with the man she helped damn. Bucky Barnes thought he was just another casualty of HYDRA-another soldier stripped of self and turned into a weapon. But the truth was darker. His capture wasn't chance. It was chosen. He was targeted by a girl with smoke in her lungs, ghosts in her eyes, and a lie tucked in her smile. A girl who became everything to him, right before she disappeared. Decades later, they stand on opposite sides of the same war-both survivors of mind control, both drowning in guilt. And both still tethered to each other by a past neither can outrun. Because she was his mission long before he ever became hers. -Set during Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Thunderbolts -long book, buckle up for the ride. #1 in thewintersoldier 9.24.25 #1 in original character 9.23.25 #2 in jamesbarnes 9.24.25 #3 in samwilson 10.9.25 #6 in wintersoldier 9.24.25

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]

❝𝙎𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝘿𝙀𝙀𝙋𝙇𝙔, 𝙈𝘼𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙔, 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙇𝙔 𝙄𝙉 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙑𝙀 𝙍𝙊𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙎 ❞ ✧.*𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃✧.* 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝟏𝟖+ - in which sweet Honey Daniels runs into the grumpy Steve Rogers 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮

When Elizabeth Halsted was rescued from an uncomfortable situation on her way home from work in August 1943, she never dreamed she'd become so attached to her rescuer. Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes is good looking and he knows it, but he's also charming and endearing and she is drawn to him. But when Elizabeth joins the Army Nurse Corpse and Sergeant Barnes is declared Missing In Action everything changes. Will the two ever find happiness? And can she bring him home? Cover Art and Chapter Headers by @queenbitch117 I do not own any of the MCU storylines or characters and do not intend any copyright infringement, but all characters added to this, not previously known in the MCU are original to myself and situations have been crafted by myself for the purpose of this story. Entered the Watty's August 2021 #1 in BuckyBarnes 21/04/21 #1 in Soldier 22/04/21 & 12/05/21 #2 in Captain 10/06/21 - 19/06/21 #2 in TheWinterSoldier 30/07/21 #3 in TheWinterSoldier 11/08/21 - 18/08/21 #1 in Captain America 20/08/21

Emotions, as everyone knows are hard enough already. But when you add the ability to feel other peoples emotions, well that just makes things a little bit harder. That's why Elizabeth Grace's life was just a tad bit overwhelming. Bucky Barnes on the other hand didn't feel much anymore. And on the rare occurrences that he did, they weren't exactly great emotions. Which is why, the two were a perfect match. *Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Avengers Endgame Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Completed Avengers: Age of Ultron - Completed Captain America: Civil War - Completed Avengers: Infinity Way - Completed Avengers: Endgame - Completed (The lovely cover is by @vintagewanda)

"𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜, 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛." "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚎." ~ Mildred Mae Elliot was a young girl from Brooklyn, NY when the war effort called her name, putting her on the frontlines to nurse the wounded soldiers back to health. She left behind friends, family, and the love of her life in order to do her part for the greater good. But after being captured and taken as a prisoner of war, the world forgot her name, and nobody acknowledged the missing nurse ever again... That is, until Steve Rogers stumbled upon an abandoned Hydra base, seventy years later, and was met with a shocking discovery. Secrets are revealed and memories resurface as the age-old lovers are thrust back to one another, making them question everything they thought they once knew of each other. - ⚠︎ ︎Rated mature for coarse language, smut, and adult themes. ⚠︎︎ - Ranks: #1 in preserumsteve (12/12/21) #1 in postserumsteve (15/1/22) #1 in wartime (6/2/2022) #1 in worldwar2 (7/6/22) #1 in marvelfanfiction (16/7/22) #2 in theavengers (16/12/22) #2 in WW2 (7/1/22) #2 in steverogersxoc (28/11/21) #2 in 1940s (20/5/22) #3 in wwii (28/7/22) #7 in steverogers (10/2/2022) #15 in buckybarnes (14/11/2022) WORD COUNT (EXCLUDING AUTHORS NOTES): 190,317 © 2021, Lonah Lennox

!SLOW UPDATES! When she was just two years old, Chiara Rose Bernardi was taken away from her family by her mother, to keep her safe. Taken to Sydney, Australia she lives under the name Chiara Wilson with her mother and her stepfather. Throughout her early life, she was abused by the two people she looked up to. Chiara had to grow up very quickly learn to fend for herself, and learnt lessons no one should ever have to learn. On the other side of the planet in New York City, USA the Bernardi family have been a living mess since their princess was taken away from them a long 14 years ago. When Chiara's mother and step-father 'unfortunately' pass away from a drug overdose, what will happen when the Bernardis finally find their princess and Chiara is sent to live with them? [in editing] TW - in this story there is mention of drugs, rape, sexual assault, violence, mature content, strong language, self-harm, suicide, abuse and degrading name calling, and intimate scenes. Started - 21st of September 2021 Finished - It will be at some stage.

Old version Just a modern-day love story between a quiet boy with obnoxious friends and a girl that likes flowers Sommerstall Academy is a contemporary teen romance novel filled to the brim with cute, funny, and occasionally heartbreaking moments- not to mention steamy scenes... Tw's for this story can be found on my website (check bio) If you are nee here, better to read the more recent version on my account!