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    The Avengers embark on a dangerous mission that takes a devastating turn—Steve Rogers is killed in action. His body is never recovered, leaving his team to mourn and move on, though some wounds never truly heal. No one feels the loss more than Bucky Barnes, who not only lost his best friend but the man he secretly loved.

    6 years later, during an unexpected call for help, Bucky sees a ghost—Steve Rogers, alive and well. But he’s not the same. He’s living a new life, and a woman by his side. The catch? Steve remembers everything. He knows who he is, what he left behind, and that he chose not to come back.

    Rage, heartbreak, and years of unresolved feelings rise to the surface as Bucky demands answers. Why did Steve let them believe he was dead? And more importantly, why did he let Bucky suffer alone?

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    23 Mar 2025

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    “The President gave the order. He gets a pardon.”

    “An experimental pardon,” Val corrected. “And the President needs to look just as good as the rest of us. He’ll lean into that war hero image until the first disaster and poof! Tune changed. But guess who will get all of that blame?”

    “We have very advanced technology to ensure that won’t happen,” Ross said.

    “Thaddeus, Thaddeus,” she tutted. “That soldier has withstood every single torture method known to man. Chemicals, deprivation, solitary confinement. Literal brain injury! And he was barely kept in check. What do you think’s going to happen when he’s let loose? We can take bets on the number of casualties.”

    Maybe she’d said that last part a little too gleefully. In any case, Ross narrowed his eyes. “Do you have a suggestion?”

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    Bucky's pardon requires that he wear an artificially intelligent shock collar as a term of his release. Bucky accepts, knowing it's his only chance to get out and do some good in the world.

    Unfortunately, there are plenty of people ready to severely misuse that power.

    A retelling of TFATWS.

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    22 Mar 2025

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    “I would greatly recommend against ever returning to Madripoor. The nature of your celebrity there will not have improved with our latest visit. To reestablish the status quo your presence once held would require extremely violent methods.”

    Bucky felt his face twitch, sending a sharp twinge through his still-healing jaw. “I wasn’t planning on going back.”

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    The consequences of the trade to Selby are more far reaching and lasting than anyone could have prepared for. When Bucky goes missing, the reality of that hits home hard.

    (Direct sequel to unjust means. Post-TFATWS.)

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    23 Mar 2025

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    Longing, rusted, furnace, daybreak, seventeen, benign, nine, homecoming, freight car.

    Zemo said he wanted to see how the new Bucky would react to the old words. Bucky thought his reaction would be little more than annoyance, but Zemo has an effect on him, and now he’s reacting to the old words in a way he never could have anticipated.

    Or: Bucky’s brain is rewriting all those awful memories associated with those trigger words with new memories of Zemo and, yeah, some of them are getting pretty sexual.

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    Each story can be read independently.
    If you read them in order, you get a slow-burn from enemies to begrudging allies to lovers.

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    23 Mar 2025

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    After his killing spree, Danny drives away from his hometown. Trying to find peace and keep a low profile, he settles in a quiet and boring town. Little did he know that he would get involved in someone else’s crimes.

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    11 Jul 2022