"The hardest part about survival is not surviving. The hardest part is to find a reason to keep living once there is no longer any danger threatening your life. When you become your own predator. Your mind baring its teeth like a wounded wolf would." HYDRA is all she has ever known. Without it, she has to learn to know herself. AU: Post Captain America the Winter Soldier. TW: graphic depiction of violence, strong language, child abuse, torture, sexual content, gore, and mental health issues. Please be careful when reading. **text in italics refers to thoughts, dreams, memories.**** ***ALL RIGHTS*** for all characters/images/likeness are owed and trademarked by Disney, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stan Lee, and their rightful proprietary owners. Story and Original Characters are owned by me, all rights reserved. Reminder: I'm just a fan having some fun and creative license, please do not sue me.

Where winter goes, darkness follows... Adeline (Addie) Stark was supposed to die in the car crash that killed her parents. Up until that night, she had been 20 years old, worrying about her sophomore year of college and her annoying playboy of a brother, until December 16th, 1991. Someone pulled Addie from the car. Someone saved her life. Fueled with only the memory of a man with a metal arm, Addie spends the next few years searching for the person responsible for the deaths of her parents. But the winter soldier has been looking for Addie, too. Kidnapped by HYDRA, Addie is experimented on and tortured, wielded into a super soldier weapon who has the ability to control shadows. She becomes The Nightingale. Equipped with these new abilities, she is forced to become the partner to the Winter Soldier. Forced to forget her brother and the life she used to live, she quickly learns to trust the man with the metal arm. The two are all they have in an ocean of darkness and pain. But what happens when the past comes calling? When two of the most elite weapons aren't strong enough to fight their own feelings? Covers Pre-Winter Soldier, Winter Soldier, Post Winter Solider, Civil War, Black Widow, Infinity War, Endgame, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Thunderbolts! Mature Readers only! There are strong depictions of violence, grief, suicidal thoughts, torture, and (ofc) sexual content *wink, wink*

She's the Shadow that follows your every move. She's the best hunter Hydras ever had. The winter soldier was the only person she cared for. Shadow has an anti-hero complex, don't like it? Not sorry. Trigger warnings are at the top of each chapter. This has dark themes not suitable for all audiences. This is a Fanfic for Marvel. The only thing I own is the character I created and some of the storyline here. Every Friday there will be a new chapter for part 2! I will let everyone know when I'll be taking a break so they'll be aware! Thank you for reading! Still editing*** #1 Buckyxyn 3/23/25 #1 buckyxyn 9/16/25 #1 captainrogers 9/25/25 #1 buckyxyn 9/29/25 #1 buckyxyn 11/10/25

❝ 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝? 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. ❞ IN WHICH two souls that were once filled with happiness and light become a ghost story; haunted by the demons that were conditioned to possess their once bright souls. or IN WHICH Bucky Barnes and Amelia Dawns' once fairytale love story becomes tainted with blood. 𝘍𝘌𝘔𝘈𝘓𝘌 𝘖.𝘊 ☢︎︎ 𝘉𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘠 𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘕𝘌𝘚 𝘊𝘈𝘛𝘍𝘈 - ??? Cover by - @evanschris-

Arienna Volkova was born in the quiet snow-dusted streets of Moscow. She remembers warm tea, lullabies, and her mother's smile-until the bombings erased it all. Taken in the chaos by Dreykov, she became a ghost of her former self, molded in the cruel heart of the Red Room and sharpened further under Hydra's twisted blade. She was designed to be perfect: obedient, silent, deadly. Her final refinement came under the command of the Winter Soldier-Bucky Barnes. To her, he was not a legend, not a myth, but a handler. A shadow of a man with steel in his arm and emptiness in his eyes. Together, they trained. Together, they survived. And when she screamed through the endless torture and experimentation, no one answered. Now, years later, Arienna has escaped. Not into the light, but into the shadows. She lives off-grid, hiding from both enemies and the ghosts of her past. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes walks free-redeemed, reformed, and praised by the world as a hero. But she remembers everything. She remembers him. When fate crosses their paths once more, Arienna is torn between vengeance, forgiveness, and a fragile hope of reclaiming what little of herself remains. Does Bucky remember what they did to her? What he did to her? Can two broken weapons find peace in a world that only ever saw them as monsters?

Sergeant Isabella Rogers, Miss Americana.

𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 is a selective mute. Ever since her mother died, she felt like life was hopeless. That she didn't deserve love. Her father is never home. Her step-brother uses any excuse to hit and punish her and her stepmother is too oblivious to actually help her. She was broken and beaten....and then she met him. 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌 𝐃𝐔𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐒 was ruthless when it came to his work. He was always focused and aware of everything that happened. But, when he isn't working he's a total goofball making inappropriate joke after inappropriate joke. Humor was the only way to cope with his mental problems. It made him forget about what his medication was really for that he takes every night. But when Liam walked into the local library, his eyes met with a brunette girl who held so much pain in her lavender eyes that Liam right then and there made it his mission to save her. 🝮🝮🝮 ༞ ༞ ༞ ༞ "If you want me to leave--to never see or talk to you again, then I want to hear you physically say it! If you can't then I'm going protect, love and care for you until I stop fucking breathing-because you Izabela deserve the whole goddamn world!" 𝟏7+ 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬!

Bailey Rumlow, forged in the same fires of the Red Room as Natasha Romanoff, is a formidable operative with a past as complex as her fighting skills. Haunted by her upbringing, she finds an unexpected connection with Bucky Barnes, a kindred spirit struggling with his own dark history. Their bond deepens amidst the chaos of the Avengers' world, blurring the lines between comrade and something more, as Bailey grapples with her loyalty, her past, and the possibility of a future with the Winter Soldier.

For the heart, both altar and hell. / For the heart, both heaven and grief. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER. ♱ Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In a world where heroes fall and secrets are more lethal than bullets, former Winter Soldier James "Bucky" Barnes has traded his metal arm for the power of a Congressman's handshake. Once America's nightmare, now he's Washington's golden boy, championing reform while quietly burying a past he's desperate to forget. Enemies to lovers on a deadly dance of covert operations, explosive political intrigue, and alliances more fragile than glass. In the shadows of power-who can you really trust? ___________ authors note: I love plot, teasing and smut's so I will try to combine all of them in this story. Friendly reminder like always - English isn't my first language and I'm dyslexic, so please be kind. Comments keep me motivated <3 [ across various marvel media ] Warning: I do use A.I to scan through spelling mistakes and grammar errors.