Never gone

Eleanor Kelly has never been the kind of girl to back down from a fight.

Growing up behind her father's boxing ring in Brooklyn, she learned early that standing up for the people she loved was worth every bruise. That's exactly how she meets Steve Rogers-and eventually his best friend, Bucky Barnes. What starts as childhood friendship becomes an unbreakable bond, forged through scraped knees, late-night adventures, and dreams of a future untouched by war.

But war changes everything.

When Eleanor is captured by HYDRA, the life she once knew is ripped away. Years of pain, experiments, and isolation leave her transformed into something feared across battlefields-a ghost in white, a weapon with a name people whisper rather than speak.

By the time she's finally free, the girl Bucky once knew is gone.

And she's furious.

Furious that he couldn't save her. Furious that he moved on. Furious that despite everything HYDRA took from her, a part of her still remembers the boy she used to love.

As old wounds reopen and buried truths come to light, Eleanor and Bucky are forced to confront the past that haunts them both. But some scars run deeper than memory, and forgiveness may be the hardest battle either of them has ever faced.

A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story filled with heartbreak, loyalty, war, and two damaged souls trying to find their way back to each other.