Shattered Lines

Shattered Lines: Breaking is Just the Beginning.

Celina Lopez thought she'd finally escaped-escaped the cartel legacy her father built, escaped the abusive ex who nearly destroyed her, escaped into the shadows where no one could find her. At twenty-four, she's a ghost: a former S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops agent in hiding, raising her two-year-old daughter, Ainsley, alone. She's broken, haunted by storms and memories she can't outrun, and convinced she's safer keeping the world at arm's length.

Then Tony Stark-mentor, protector, the closest thing to family she has left-brings her to the Avengers Compound. It's supposed to be a safe haven. A place to heal.

But Bucky Barnes doesn't do safe havens.

He's spent decades as a weapon, a ghost in his own right, and he's barely holding the pieces of himself together. The last thing he needs is a prickly, guarded woman and her crying kid disrupting the fragile routine that keeps him sane. He's cold, blunt, and makes it clear: she's a problem he doesn't want to deal with.

Celina fires right back. She doesn't need his approval, his patience, or his pity.

But broken recognizes broken.

Beneath the sharp words and slammed doors, two people who've survived the unthinkable begin to see each other-not as enemies, but as mirrors. She's running from a past that won't let go. He's fighting a future he's not sure he deserves. And maybe, just maybe, the only way forward is together.

A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story about two people who've been shattered by their pasts-and might just be able to heal each other.

Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel or any of the characters except Celina Lopez, Ainsley Lopez, and Jason Alvarez