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   The Life of a Showgirl by SmokeyRain

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
   • Steve Rogers & Reader
   • Steve Rogers
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Reader
   • Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Flashbacks
   • Bucky Barnes Has PTSD
   • Reader-Insert Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Pre-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • References to Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Mom Friend Steve Rogers
   • Post-Super Soldier Serum (Marvel)
   • Slow Burn
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Bucky Barnes Speaks Russian
   • Natasha Romanov Speaks Russian (Marvel)
   • POV Second Person
   • Therapy
   • Psychological Torture
   • Past Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
   • Hydra (Marvel)
   • Hydra Bucky Barnes
   • World War II | 1940s Era Bucky Barnes
   • World War II | 1940s Era Steve Rogers
   • Reader Speaks Russian
   • Reader is Healing
   • Reader-Insert Has Scars
   • 1940s Era Reader-Insert
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Reader-Insert is Steve's Roommate
   • Reader-Insert is a Super Soldier
   • Reader-Insert was a Hydra Agent

   Summary

   You were a good soldier. Obedient. Hydra relied on you enough to partner you with their best: the Winter Soldier.

   When Natasha Romanov inadvertently frees you from Hydra's control, you are reunited with a long-lost friend who thought you were dead. Steve Rogers helps you rediscover yourself as the showgirl you once were.

   The Winter Soldier is no longer in your life, but he haunts you in more ways than one.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,074

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   44

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by yyuuee

   04 Sep 2026