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1. Touch Me, I’m Drowning by Witch_Hazel_Writes

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Captain America (Movies)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Original Female Character(s)
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Darcy Lewis
   • Darcy Lewis & Thor
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Steve Rogers
   • Tony Stark
   • Pepper Potts
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Thor (Marvel)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Darcy Lewis Is a Good Bro
   • Bucky Barnes Feels
   • Bucky Barnes Recovering
   • Panic Attacks
   • Dom Bucky Barnes

   Summary

   Ayden is an emotional stability analyst working alongside Darcy in the Stark Tower. She’s excellent at her job—able to turn emotional responses into usable data for the Avenger’s team. She’s also hiding a few dark secrets and abilities of her own. Ayden’s violent past is following her in more ways than one, and it has left deep emotional scares.

   After an encounter with the God of Thunder leaves her triggered and panicked in an elevator, Ayden is confronted by Bucky Barnes, a surly soldier with an attitude problem. Bucky may be the last person Ayden wants to accept help from, but he may also be the safe place she’s been looking for.

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