Where the Dark Remains || Bucky Barnes
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Last published Thu, Sep 11, 2025
"We've spent so much time apart, we don't know how to be together. Not anymore."
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Josephine Lancaster was the first woman deployed on the front lines. Having grown up in Brooklyn, she called Steve Rogers and James Barnes her best friends.
Selected for Project Athena, she became the programs lone success, finding herself placed in the U.S infantry. Josephine earned her respect amongst the men she fought besides. However, when Bucky went missing, and Steve was too busy with his new Role as Captain America, Josephine was left alone.
Captured by Hydra, Josephine was subjected to years of torture and torment. Her body warped, her mind and soul taken from her. She was turned into a weapon, trapped in a daze for decades before she finally awoke.
Now a stranger in a world she once recognized, Josephine has to relearn to live. She isn't too sure what she is anymore.
A soldier.
A weapon.
Or a ticking time bomb.
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