They were forged in fire-raised in shadows. Two young operatives, conditioned side by side in the isolated forests of Wyoming under the ruthless guidance of John Garrett. Grant Ward and Valeria Kreuz-two weapons, primed to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. and execute HYDRA's long game from the inside. But Val isn't just another ghost in HYDRA's files. She's the orphaned daughter of S.H.I.E.L.D. legends-agents whose deaths in Bahrain were ruled a tragic accident, erased from history by Melinda May's classified report. Now, Valeria wears a different mask, a different allegiance... and a war is brewing behind her eyes. As S.H.I.E.L.D. hunts down enemies they don't yet know walk among them, Grant and Valeria must juggle double lives, a dangerous past, and an attraction as volatile as the missions they undertake. Loyalties blur, secrets unravel-and when the walls come crashing down, neither side will emerge unscathed. This is the beginning of the end. This is Operation: Black Vow.

Grant Ward, double agent and evil Hydra mastermind. But what would've happened if he had someone to keep him sane? This is the story of Samantha Slater, Grant Ward's best friend and possibly his savior. ******** Samantha Slater has just graduated high school. She's been through several different bad foster homes, but now that she's 18, she's going to strike out on her own and make the most of life. Just as she was planning a whirlwind backpacking trip around the world, a certain agent of SHIELD stepped into her life to introduce her to all kinds of new possibilities and adventures. Samantha has a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet new people, see new places, and even fall in love, but no matter what happens, one thing's for sure: she's going to need to stay on her toes if she wants a shot at saving Grant Ward. ******** "WARD!" "What is it now Slater?" "THERE IS A SPIDER IN THE KITCHEN!" "Are you kidding me? You can fight off a hoard of Russian mobsters but you can't deal with one tiny spider?" "GRANT THIS IS NOT A JOKE GET IN HERE NOW!" "Fine! I'm coming. Just don't panic." "IT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT!" ******** I do not own any Marvel characters or canon storyline. Amazing cover by @srisrusri3292 😍 ******** Started: April 9th, 2017 Completed: December 14th, 2017 Editing: June 2025 (37/63 chapters complete)

At sixteen, Katya Volkova was one of the Red Room's deadliest assets - a ghost in the system, trained to kill without hesitation. When S.H.I.E.L.D. sent John Garrett to eliminate her, he saw something else: potential. Instead of killing her, he faked her death, and disappeared with her into the shadows. Wyoming became her prison and her battleground. Alongside another teenage recruit - Grant Ward - Katya was trained by Garrett to become the perfect operative. Hidden from the world, the two learned everything together: how to fight, how to survive, and how to lie. By twenty, Katya resurfaced at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy's Operations Division. Officially, she was a new recruit. Unofficially, Victoria Hand knew the truth - and chose to trust Garrett's judgment. In 2013, she and Grant were assigned to Coulson's team. Their mission? Infiltration. Observation. Control. But as lines blur between loyalty and love, Katya begins to question who the real enemy is - and whether her heart is the greatest threat of all. Because falling for your partner in the shadows of a crumbling world? That was never part of the mission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🔻 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙍 🔻 I do not own Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or any of its characters. All recognizable content belongs to Marvel and ABC. The original character, Katya Volkov, and this storyline are the product of my imagination. This is a work of fanfiction written for entertainment purposes only. There is no profit being made. Please do not copy or repost without permission. Expect canon divergence, strong language, violence, and emotionally intense themes. Read at your own risk - and enjoy the ride 💥

Hannah Ruby Garrett is the daughter of John Garrett and the infamous Ruby Garrett, who was gunned down in front of her daughter when Hannah was just 15, dying while trying to protect her. Like her parents, Hannah is HYDRA-deep within S.H.I.E.L.D.-and, like her partner Grant Ward, she's been undercover for years. Hannah infiltrated the Rising Tide, allowing herself and fellow member Skye to be tracked by S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of a larger operation. At 20, Hannah attended S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Academy, four years after first meeting Grant Ward. Both were raised by John Garrett and, though trained under HYDRA, their true loyalty has only ever been to Garrett-not the organization. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚠️ SPOILERS: This story contains major spoilers for the entire Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series. Certain elements have been changed to fit the universe's plotline. 📢 DISCLAIMER: I do not own Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or its characters. 🔞 RATING: Rated Mature in accordance with the MA15+ rating in Australia.

{Formerly named Țuică} If you asked Dr. Aurora "Rori" Harris whether she was your average psychologist, she'd probably laugh and say, "Absolutely yes!" She worked long hours, carried her patients' burdens home with her most nights, and went above and beyond for anyone she cared about. That was just who she was. But the truth? Rori was far from average. She had a particular set of gifts-skills that even she didn't fully understand. Skills that would make her indispensable when Sam Wilson and Captain America came calling, asking her to track down Steve's childhood friend, James Buchanan Barnes... aka Bucky, the Winter Soldier. She can't say no. She wants to help. But as she dives deeper into the shadows of Bucky's fractured world, one question hangs over her: Will she keep her promise to Steve and Sam? Will she reveal Bucky's location, or will she find herself dangerously drawn to the broken man behind the legend?

Y/N Stark. You are the daughter of the famous Tony Stark. Born in 1990, by a twenty year old Tony Stark. You don't know who your mother is...she was just a one night stand who passed away giving birth to you. Your father didn't want you...At least that's what you thought. Growing up you didn't have the best relationship, he never put you first and liked to hook up with girls and Party instead of being a father. In 2006, at the age of sixteen you were kidnapped when you had run off after your dad skipped out on yet another important event in your life. Hydra had taken you and tortured you...tried to break you. You were given many different experimental serums and forced to fight. You eventually meet a mysterious man who goes by the name "The Winter Soldier". But you just call him Winter. Training was tough...but you survived it because of Winter. You grow to care about him...that is until Hydra took you away and threw you into Cryo. Waking up was a blur, but you were blindfolded and taken to a new facility where you earned a few special abilities. You found your father again...everything was strange. He had changed and was now dating his assistant. And he was part of something called the Avengers. This story follows your complicated relationship with your father and your story of metal health issues. And of course love. I WILL NOT OUT WARNINGS IN THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTERS! ⚠️Smut, Violence, Language.

You can save anyone from themselves, as long as you get to them quick enough. ✈︎ "Hazel. . .are you avoiding me?" "Uh. . .were you waiting behind the door this whole time?" ✈︎ "Was any of it real?" "Everything. Since the beginning." ✈︎ "You would throw it all away, for her?" "If you hurt her? In a heartbeat."

[BOOK 1 OF STARK SERIES] When Tony Stark uncovers the existence of a long-lost half-sister, he discovers she's now Hydra's most lethal operative with a chilling mission: eliminate the Winter Soldier. Trained from birth to be Hydra's perfect weapon, she's lived as their puppet for years. But as she infiltrates Tony's world, she begins to question everything she's known, discovering the possibility of a life beyond her dark past. In an unexpected twist of fate, she finds herself falling for the very man she was trained to kill. -- I don't own any of the Marvel characters and/or places mentioned in the story. I only own the main character used for the purpose of this story.

Bucky may have been found and is being helped, but there were others with him. While regaining his own memories, he see's a specific girl fighting against him with HYDRA. She's fast, strong, and silent, just like him. He may not remember much, but he does know that he wants to save that girl from what the rest of HYDRA is doing to her. While they plan on how to get her to safety, they meet her outside in the streets. She's masked from the eyes down and she's ready to kill. After seeing and fighting her, Bucky remembers more about her than he thought there was to remember. He found that feelings sprouted inside the seemingly emotionless Winter Soldier, and maybe in the other soldier as well.

Dr. Elena Cătălina Mirea is one of the world's most skilled trauma surgeons - a reputation that makes her invaluable to the wrong people. When HYDRA abducts her from her hospital, she is forced into a frozen nightmare deep in the Carpathian Mountains. Their demand is simple: repair their greatest weapon, the Winter Soldier. ‼️: This series is extremely dark, touching on graphic violence, psychological torment, and human suffering in all its forms. If you choose to read, proceed with caution.