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• The Language of Loyalty by madam_magicc

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

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

  17 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
  • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Clint Barton
  • Steve Rogers
  • Red Room (Marvel)
  • Bucky Barnes Trained Black Widows in the Red Room
  • Slow Burn
  • Hurt Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
  • Eventual Romance
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • fixing each others wounds
  • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
  • Hurt Bucky Barnes
  • Natasha Romanov Is Called Natalia (Marvel)
  • winterwidow - Freeform

  Summary

  They told her loyalty was the only thing worth feeling. Love was for children, a distraction, a weakness to be punished. They did not have to tell her twice; she had seen what happened to those who clung to softness. She kept her eyes forward, her hands steady, her body obedient.

  And then he came.

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  English

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