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    There wasn’t anything left to salvage. That’s what Fury believed. It would have been a kindness to put him down.

     

     

    When SHIELD finally releases Bucky from custody, he is not the man anyone expects him to be. Steve struggles to reconcile the stranger with the man who was once his best friend, but with Hydra regrouping after the events at Triskelion, Steve is dragged back into battle when Bucky needs him the most. Meanwhile, Hydra is itching to have its prize weapon back under their control, and a devastating betrayal pits Bucky against a terrible piece of ex-SHIELD tech that threatens to destroy everything he's struggled to rebuild. In order to survive, he must decide who he is going to be: the vulnerable Bucky Barnes or the indomitable Winter Soldier? It turns out there might not be as big a difference as everyone seems to think.

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    21 Aug 2026

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    “Unlike forgiveness, trust is a deliberate decision,” Zemo declared after his pause. “As such, it can be misplaced. Though once one decides to trust, he also accepts the consequences that may come with it.”

    Inside his jacket’s pocket, metal fingers curled into a fist — a nervous habit.

    Fear was legitimate. But it never led Bucky anywhere. Just another link on the cuffs he’d left, broken, at the foot of those prison bars.


    Or James Bucky Barnes learns what freedom and trust actually mean — with some help.

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    06 Aug 2026

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    HYDRA was prepared to play the long game. In order to win, they needed a weapon.

    So they made one.

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    22 Jul 2026

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    They had a system.
    The lights stayed off. They were there, in case of emergencies or guests, but outside of those extenuating circumstances, they never turned on. On especially dark or cloudy nights, Kris cracked a glowstick and circled it around their wrist when they walked into the kitchen around 4:00 AM to make coffee after giving up on sleep for the night. Sometimes, the smell drew it out of its room; she'd come grab a cup, and they'd sip the hot, bitter liquid together in silent camaraderie. Usually, Kris drank the small pot alone.
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    It feels selfish, like some violation of the silent pact they’ve made with themself, with Dess. An unspoken agreement to fade quietly from this world, to break away in little pieces over time, make their peace and let the others make theirs.
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    They are warm. A hand on their wrist. Breath on their shoulder. Snores shaking the floor. They are comfortable, and safe, and loved, and somehow this is worse. Because the warmth isn't theirs in the same way the screams weren't theirs; because Kris is a quiet thing, a cold thing, and the pain belongs to them but the fire does not.

    (i.e. Kris and Dess are forced out of their downward spirals and learn to be loved.)

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    01 Jul 2026

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    17 Jun 2026