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1. How the Light Gets In by WinterComesAround

   Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

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

   03 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Lovers to Strangers
   • Bittersweet
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Loss of Innocence
   • Domestic Violence
   • Jealousy
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Blood and Injury
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • First Time
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Therapy
   • Abusive Parents
   • Cheating
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - No Powers
   • Eating Disorders
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   It will take years to undo the damage — to unlearn the sadness, to stop flinching at the sound of footsteps in the dark.
   You don’t know how to fix yourself. Not yet.
   But Bucky wants to try. Even if you don’t believe you’re worth saving.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   78,432

   Chapters:

   11/?

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