Ashes in the Snow

The war had already taken everything. Villages burned. Camps bombed. The sky itself felt sick with smoke and snow. When the Avengers were deployed to what was left of Outpost Delta, they weren’t looking for survivors — only bodies. But in the middle of the blizzard, they found one. A teenager, frostbitten, shaking, clutching a broken dog tag in her hand. She didn’t remember much — just fire, screaming, and her father’s name. Tony and Natasha weren’t sure, but Bucky was already picking her up.