𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐒，Bucky Barnes【𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍】

⸢𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞.⸥

Bucky never thought his name could sound gentle. No one was allowed to call him James-not anymore. That name belonged to someone who had once bled for his country, fought wars he actually believed in. But now? Now he was the Winter Soldier. A Hydra assassin.

Irina didn't know life before Hydra, but she knew life with him. With James Barnes. With the Winter Soldier. She kept him human-with her stubborn devotion, her reckless kindness, the way she looked at him like he wasn't a monster with a kill count higher than he could remember. She didn't flinch at the blood on his hands. Didn't shy away from the nightmares. Just held him like he was something worth holding.

She was his lifeline.

The one thing tethering him to whatever was left of his humanity. The last piece of James Barnes in a world where the Winter Soldier had swallowed him whole.

But James had to choose.

Keep her with him, in this nightmare where their lives belonged to men with needles and Russian accents- Or force her to escape.

And he chose.

It was the right choice. The only choice.

He let her go.

｢𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 '𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺' 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘹 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 ❝𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬❞ 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺!｣