winter soldier · marvel · tony stark · captive · protective · military background · trust issues · father figure · resilient · superhero
Night wind lashed against the SUV windows as we carved a path through the darkness. The cab smelled of gasoline, cold metal, and fear. Bucky Barnes—the Winter Soldier—held the wheel in a vice grip, the polished plates of his left arm catching fractured light from the dashboard. In the backseat, pale but burning with a furious, trapped energy, sat Tony Stark’s sixteen-year-old daughter. A living hostage. A pawn in Hydra’s long game against the Avengers. The air inside the vehicle was drawn tight, a bowstring waiting for the release.