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Winter's Child - Born For War

Summary:

'The retrieval of the 'Little Winter' is under way. Bucky is a pile of thermals on the floor of the Quinjet.'

Six years since the fall of SHIELD, 3 Years since the UN bombing. Bucky is still remembering everything that was stolen from him. And it is only now that he remembers the children.

Only one child, his daughter, has survived, and Bucky is determined to help her. But in order to play father to the Soldier's daughter, he must learn to accept that side of himself.

***UPDATE***

This work has not been abandoned. It is being rewritten.

Notes:

***UPDATE***
I just wanted to let every one know that i haven't abandoned this fic.
I have just finished University, and I am now currently in the process of rewriting this fic to correct aspects that have changed over the course of writing.
I have an actual plan for where this fic is going this time around, which is new for me as a writer.

Largely things will remain unchanged, but there are at least five new chapters added so far. This thing just keeps getting longer and longer. so much for streamlining.

Please heed the warnings in the tags before reading. I will not be held responsible for any incidents that you have been forewarned about.
On the other side, if you think I need to add something to the tags or up the maturity rating, please let me know, and I'll do that! I'm only human, and my ignorance to the horrors of this world is blissful.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Chapter Text

WINTER SOLDIERS DAUGHTER FOUND TERRORISING SCHOOL

 

Recent revelations have brought to light information about a young girl suspected to be the Winter Soldier's daughter. This intriguing revelation was brought to me by a St Lourdes High School student who was apparently left hospitalised by the girl, who cannot be currently named.

The student, Joshua Atlem, aged 16, is a prospective footballer, whose dreams of going professional could be thwarted by the severity of his injuries. The student states that he was not aware of who the girl was, or even that the Winter Soldier had a daughter, prior to a visitation from the renowned assassin himself while still in hospital.

Josh Atlem was hospitalised after an attempt to make friendly conversation with a 'Russian transfer student' whom he had noticed does not have many friends at their school, ended with her breaking and dislocating his arm and leaving him severely concussed.

 

The relationship between this schoolyard terrorist and the known Hydra Assassin was revealed when the Winter Soldier warned Atlem to 'stay away from his daughter' using both verbal and physical threats to emphasise his point.

 

The young girl in question was confirmed to be not Bucky Barnes's daughter, but the Winter Soldier's; a young Hydra loyalist who has been attending St Lourdes since last year.

 

Though the Avengers have yet to make an official statement to confirm or deny the existence of the Soldier's daughter, initial investigations to the plausibility of Mr Atlem's claims have proven to be in favour of his story.

 

If this girl is the Winter Soldier's daughter, we must ask ourselves; Is she Hydra? Is she safe for our children to be around? Should she face trail for her crimes?

 

If she faces trial, will we see a repeat of the pointless debacle of the Winter Soldier Trail of 2018. The Winter Soldier was acquitted of 73 counts of murder, terrorism and treason in the televised trail.

The acquittal came at the small price of five years of monitoring, in which his recent foe, Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, agreed to house the Winter Soldier at his tower in central Manhattan, which is equipped with state of the art security and surveillance, designed to keep threats out and the Hulk in. Though we may sleep soundly knowing that the notorious assissin is on a short leash, the same rules do not apply to the daughter, whom is presumably just as skilled as the father, and whom is attending a local school, like her previous life is no danger to the children around her.

 

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