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They called Y/N Stark a miracle—a hyper-intelligent child prodigy who graduated high school at seven and accumulated a wall of PhDs before she was old enough to drive. But to her older brother Tony, she was a ghost of his own failures, left behind in the wake of his playboy billionaire lifestyle. Now living in Avengers Tower, Y/N uses her brilliant mind as a shield, treating the world with sharp sarcasm and keeping everyone at arm’s length—her only real anchor being her closest friends, Natasha Romanoff and Bruce Banner. Until Steve Rogers brings home a ghost of his own. Fresh from the wreckage of the Potomac, Bucky Barnes is a shattered weapon tracking the missing pieces of his mind. While the rest of the world trembles, Y/N ignores his terrifying glares, matches his dry wit, and treats him like a man instead of a monster. What starts as silent, midnight companionship in the glowing dark of Y/N’s lab slowly ignites into a searing, undeniable pull. Between quick-witted banter and the gentle, healing touch of repairing his vibranium arm, Bucky realizes that Y/N is the only thing in the modern world that can make his tortured mind go entirely quiet. But peace is a luxury they cannot afford. As the Avengers launch dangerous global raids to shut down the bleeding remnants of HYDRA, the ghost of Bucky's past refuses to sleep. HYDRA wants their asset back, and they are hunting the trigger words to reactivate him. When HYDRA realizes that Y/N is the only scientist brilliant enough to permanently deprogram Bucky's mind, the target shifts directly to her back. Stranded between an overprotective brother she barely trusts, a war zone outside the Tower, and a terrifying race against time, Y/N must rely on the one variable she can't rationalize with logic: love. He lost his past, and she lost her childhood—but as the world burns around them, Bucky will destroy anyone who tries to take away their future.