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1. he's a keeper, he's a believer by gracixcx

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Steve Rogers/Reader
   • Steve Rogers/Original Female Character(s)
   • Steve Rogers
   • Reader
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Arnim Zola
   • Yelena Belova
   • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Steve Rogers as the Winter Soldier (Marvel)
   • Hydra (Marvel)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Memory Loss
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • bad google translated Russian
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Animal Metaphors
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Insanity
   • Blood and Injury
   • Steve Rogers Needs a Hug
   • Slow Burn
   • Dark
   • Bucky Barnes Has Issues
   • Sam Wilson is a Ray of Sunshine (Marvel)
   • Religious Guilt

   Summary

   "I didn't mean to hurt those people," he says firmly. You almost laugh because of how serious he looks, but in a moment of sobriety, you catch the slip. The slightest slip of emotion no one else would. The smallest tightening of skin at his jaw. Then you realise it really is him. Because the Winter Soldier doesn't speak. Not like this.

   "I’m not a bad guy."

   or

   You escaped HYDRA baring the scars from a past life, head hazy and mind fuzzy. Steve, just like you in more ways than you like to admit, searches for you.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,600

   Chapters:

   7/?

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   Kudos:

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