Great Minds
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MatureOngoing3h 8m
Last published Mon, Jan 12, 2026
She grew up in the chaos of Stark Tower - raised by Tony Stark, forged in the glow of arc reactors and midnight inventions. To the world, she's just another Stark heir, sarcastic and sharp-tongued like her father. But behind closed doors, she's finishing a doctorate in brain and cognitive sciences, building neural tech capable of repairing what Hydra once shattered.
Her research was never supposed to leave the lab...until James "Bucky" Barnes steps into her orbit. Haunted by trauma no therapy can untangle, he becomes the test case she can't walk away from - and the person who might finally see through her deflections. Between Steve Rogers' steady watch, Tony's meddling, and the weight of a legacy she never asked for, she's caught in the impossible: choosing between fixing the past and building her own future.
Equal parts Stark snark, slow-burn tension, and moral gravity, this is the story of what happens when genius collides with brokenness - and when love isn't about saving someone, but finding them.
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