Winter Widow

(also on ao3)

Valeska Romanov was born in 1918 and had never really had a home because of her father being the Sergeant Major of the Army.
Val knew what she wanted to be from a young age. She admired her dad and everything he did so she wanted to train to be just like him.

As she grew up and her father was stationed in Brooklyn for a time, Valeska met Steve Rogers. Rogers had a close friend, Bucky, who Val met shortly after.

When Valeska became a Sergeant Major, she quickly found out that Steve had also entered into the Army.
A scientist had chosen him for an undisclosed super serum which only complicated things further. A serum that would soon take over her life and change it for the worst.

Decades later, she discovered that her newly turned enemy, Bucky Barnes, and her past best friend, Steve Rogers, were still alive.

This fanfic is for those who can't choose between Bucky or Steve.

So what happens when Valeska can't choose? And what happens when she finally does?

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"𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜,𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟, 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕜𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕎𝕚𝕕𝕠𝕨."

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"ℝ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕪. 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕕."
"𝕀 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕕?"
"𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕙. 𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝟜𝟛. 𝕎𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 ℍ𝕪𝕕𝕣𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦..."