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1. Public Bookmark 88

   Here we are now, Entertain us by AutumnGoesWinterFollows

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Black Widow (Movie 2021), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)  

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

   12 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
   • Vasily Karpov
   • General Dreykov (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
   • Tony Stark
   • Steve Rogers
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
   • Post-Movie: Black Widow (2021)
   • Not Canon Compliant with Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
   • Bucky Barnes Trained Black Widows in the Red Room
   • Red Room (Marvel)
   • Black Widow Program (Marvel)
   • The Winter Soldier is a warden to The Red Room
   • Angst and Feels
   • Pining
   • Stockholm Syndrome
   • Natasha Romanov Needs a Hug
   • Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Guilt
   • Tony and Steve are actually capable of fixing their shit
   • Bucky Barnes Calls Natasha Romanov "Natalia"
   • Natasha Romanov Calls Bucky Barnes "James"
   • The Winter Solider is called "The Asset"
   • Natalia Calls The Winter Soldier "Ivan"
   • Minor Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
   • Black Widows in training
   • Tony and Natasha have the weirdest bromance
   • Self-Hatred
   • The Winter Soldiers didn't lose control when given the serum
   • The Winter Soldier handbook
   • Steve and Bucky are besties for resties
   • Protective Steve Rogers
   • Platonic Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
   • Bucky Barnes Has DID - Dissociative Identity Disorder
   • Bucky Barnes gets IIT - Identity Integration Therapy
   • Parents Bucky Barnes and Natasha Romanov
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • the Winter Soldier Program
   • Miscarriage
   • Rape/Non-con Elements
   • Underage Rape/Non-con
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
   • There's a lot happening in the red room
   • alcohol consumption
   • mention of suicide
   • Tony Stark Has a Heart
   • Platonic Tony Stark/Natasha Romanov - Freeform
   • winterwidow - Freeform
   • Physical Abuse
   • Choking
   • Sexual Tension
   • Hair-pulling
   • Face Slapping
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Underage Sex - Freeform
   • Torture Lessons
   • Blood and Injury
   • Non-Consensual Spanking
   • trigger warnings at the beginning of each chapter

   Summary

   
   A story from the beginning. The Red Room was her nightmare, but he was the light in the dark.

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   Everything she had ever known was fake; Fake family, fake happiness, fake comfort. Learn, fight, survive. She was a tool, a puppet, a facade. Until she wasn't.

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   It was as if she was stuck in a bad dream. Her family congregating on the tar mac of that airfield. The battle that ensued. Seeing him. Again.

   She never would admit it. Not to Clint, nor Steve. The things she knew and witnessed by his own hands. It wasn’t something she discussed openly, her past in The Red Room. Sure, they knew. Knew that she was raised there. Knew of the trials, training and torture. The way that it had shaped her mind, body, and soul. Clint had seen it, the girl that came from their ranks. Saved her, reminded her of her worth even, but they still didn’t know everything.

   She never talked about the nightmares. Memories of her life before SHIELD, before Clint and Phil, before The Avengers. They wouldn’t understand anyway. 

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   214,912

   Chapters:

   35/42

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   264

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   02 Jul 2025

2. Public Bookmark *

   Were I Your Wave by Vermillions

   Fandoms: Blue Eye Samurai (Cartoon)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   16 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mizu/Taigen (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Akemi/Itoh Takayoshi (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Akemi/Mizu (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • (hints of Mizu/Akemi anyway)
   • (mention of past Akemi/Taigen)
   • Mizu (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Taigen (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Ringo (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Swordfather (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Abijah Fowler
   • Akemi (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Itoh Takayoshi (Blue Eye Samurai)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Porn with Feelings
   • Assassination Attempt(s)
   • Shipwrecks
   • Sharing Body Heat
   • male and female pronouns for Mizu situationally
   • Emergency Field Medicine
   • Bisexual Panic
   • fellas is it gay to be in love with your mortal enemy i'm asking for a friend
   • Past Abuse
   • Swordplay
   • this is a shameless smut vehicle that has gotten out of control
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • is it a slow burn if it's not but it is but it's not?
   • RINGO SUPREMACY
   • Edo Period
   • Courtly Love
   • boutta feel like a whole period K or C-drama up in here
   • Political Intrigue

   Summary

   Taigen laughs uproariously, eyes glittering. “Oh, I’m conceited? I think everything is about me? Look in a mirror sometime, Mizu! You’re so selfish, you rip through people’s lives like they’re paper. Nothing matters as long as Mizu gets what he wants.”

   There’s truth to his words, and Mizu knows it, which makes her all the angrier.
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   When her ship is destroyed at sea and Fowler is nowhere to be found, Mizu will do whatever it takes to find him, kill him, and continue her quest for revenge. Whether the journey takes her far afield, brings her back home, or lands her in the middle of Edo castle, Mizu is determined to see her violent errand through... and no arrogant, stubborn, infuriating ronin is going to stand in her way.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   146,362

   Chapters:

   25/?

   Comments:

   655

   Kudos:

   834

   Bookmarks:

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   01 Jul 2025