CAPTIVE /'kaptiv/ noun A person who has been taken prisoner/kept within bounds or under control/whose ability to move or act freely is suppressed ▪︎▪︎▪︎ When M fails her last mission, she finds herself in a cell once again, until one day she wakes at the Avengers' compound, looking in the same blue eyes she's been hunting for years. After Keller's death she learns a bounty's been set on her death, so M flees into exile - with Bucky. Hiding in plain sight with the help of Madripoor's crime lord. To extinguish what's left of Hydra. To kill Rumlow. To run from their pasts or learn to finally accept them. ▪︎▪︎▪︎ Major trigger warning for the whole story. [100.000 to 120.000 words]

Dark!James 'Bucky' Barnes/OC AU ~~~ Margaret Everlee is a terribly timid little thing. Living her life as a struggling artist in New York, trying to find her place in the world. That is until the CEO with a dark past, James Barnes sets his sights on her. His infatuation is instantaneous, becoming a man possessed. Desperately needing her to be his own little doll and willing to take down anyone that gets in his way. This story is 18+. Specific tags in the first chapter.