🖤 Marvel | Bucky Barnes x OC | Dark Recovery | Psychological Trauma | Slow Burn "They broke her to build her. Now she's learning how to be human again with the man who delivered her to the ones who shattered her." Nora was taken. Conditioned. Turned into something unrecognizable under Hydra's doctrine. They called her The Wraith. She was never supposed to come back. But when Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes uncover her identity on a mission, they don't capture her. They rescue her. Brought to Wakanda to recover, Nora finds herself surrounded by people who care and by the man who once delivered her into Hydra's hands. Bucky doesn't know how to live with what he did. Nora doesn't know how to forgive him. Together, they walk the razor's edge of memory, trust, and slow healing. As she navigates moments that blur the line between tension and tenderness, and fragments of a life she never chose, Nora must decide. Is survival enough? Or is she strong enough to want something more? With Sam pulling strings to give her a chance at freedom, and Bucky standing at her side with more guilt than answers, Nora must confront the past Hydra forced on her... and the future she might finally choose for herself. ⚠️ CW: PTSD, trauma recovery, past non-consensual experimentation, emotional intimacy, flashbacks, identity loss, slow-burn romance