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After the events of Thunderbolts, Bucky Barnes should finally be moving forward.
Instead, something follows him back.
In the Void, he saw a little girl-alone, frightened, and impossibly familiar. She looked at him like he was safe. Like he was hers. And just before she disappeared, she called him one word he can't forget:
Papa.
Now, the nightmares won't stop.
Sleep brings him back to that moment-back to the girl he couldn't save. Awake, her voice lingers, slipping into his thoughts, haunting his every move. As the missions grow more dangerous and the lines between memory and reality begin to blur, Bucky finds himself unraveling in ways he never has before.
The rest of the team-Yelena Belova, John Walker, and others-start to notice. What begins as concern quickly turns into something deeper as they realize this isn't just trauma.
Something about the girl feels real.
As Bucky is forced to confront the life he believes he doesn't deserve, one question refuses to let him go:
Was she just a dream...
-or someone he was always meant to find?