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Last published Tue, Jul 23, 2024
Lilly is the owner of a small Café in the Bronx. Pressured into going to a speed dating event, she shows up with low expectations, and ends up meeting someone important to her very existence. The man who saved her grandfather's life during WWII, Sergeant James 'Bucky' Barnes. The former Hydra assassin known as The Winter Soldier, is finally living on his terms. Love didn't seem like it would ever be an option for him, but Lilly has him thinking maybe it is after all.
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