Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

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.

"I want you to know that I care about you, a lot. I don't ever want to see you hurt, and I promise, I am going to do everything in my power to make sure HYDRA never gets to you again. I'm gonna make sure you get the life you deserve. I'll make that promise to you right now, I-..." "Bucky," she said, smiling. She knew what he was meaning by all this, and how just three little words could sum it up perfectly, he was just taking the long way around. "Yeah?" Bucky asked. "I love you, too," Lizzie grinned, nodding her head.