This story follows a woman who was once the fiancée of Bucky Barnes in the 1940s. She, Bucky, and Steve Rogers grew up together in Brooklyn and were inseparable. She wasn’t just Bucky’s fiancée—she was Steve’s closest friend too, the third piece of their little family. Bucky loved her fiercely and she loved him just as deeply, and Steve had always looked out for both of them. By 1943, she and Bucky were engaged and planning a fall wedding.
You have walked through centuries in the shadows, always apart from the world, always careful, always weary. You feed on those who have done the worst in the world—murderers, tyrants, abusers—leaving their darkness behind. And yet, even in your power, there is a softness you cannot hide, a shyness that has kept you small and cautious for decades.
Deathstroke thinks he’s won. The Batfamily is broken, Bruce Wayne is on his knees, and the wife he mourned stands before him—alive, empty, and under control. What no one realizes is that she remembers everything. And as she walks toward Deathstroke like a weapon, he’s seconds away from learning why some legends are feared for a reason.
In this AU inspired by Arcane, the island of Piltover is not only the City of Progress—it is the wealthiest and most influential trade hub in the world, an untouchable paradise of innovation, power, and political control. Far across the ocean, even the elite of Gotham speak of it with admiration and caution. When the Wayne Enterprises expansion project opens a rare opportunity for international partnerships, Batman and the rest of the family travel there under the guise of business and diplomacy. Officially, they are there to secure technology contracts and strengthen economic ties. Unofficially, Bruce hopes the trip will distract him from a loss he has never spoken about beyond a handful of people.