Bucky Barnes never allowed himself to be selfish.
After years of carefully guarding the fragile family he'd built in the new world with Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres, falling headfirst in love with Joaquin's older sister, Viviana, was out of the question. She was off-limits by trade-bright, fierce, and far too good for a man still carrying the ghosts of his past. So Bucky buried his feelings and kept his distance.
Until the night Viviana shows up on his doorstep, bleeding and terrified, with nowhere else to turn.
Forced to take her in and protect her while the threat against her life looms, Bucky finds himself living with the one woman he's wanted for years. Every glance, every conversation, every touch chips away at his ironclad restraint. Viviana truly sees him, and for the first time in decades, Bucky starts to wonder if he's allowed to want something for himself.
But crossing that line means risking the only real family he has left. When desire turns into something deeper, Bucky must decide:
Will he stay the selfless man who's always put others first...
or finally become the selfish one who claims the woman he loves?
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