The Winter soldier has never known kindness from anyone. When he starts receiving it from the new doctor brought to Hydra against her will, it resonates in him. Even after being wiped, he remembers her face, that she is a friend, she is good. He will protect her, not because he's ordered to, but because he wants to. His heart and head aren't as heavy when she's around.

COMPLETE - "Your presence here in Middle-Earth is like the wind in the trees, Miss Darrow," Gandalf said, smoke wreathed around his head. "You may stir the branches, even knock loose a few leaves, but the tree itself remains untouched." Thorin/OC,

Bucky didn't understand the concept of a coffee house giving away free coffee. From what he remembered, hardly anything in Brooklyn was given away for free when he lived there. And why wasn't the coffee house girl frightened by him when he struck fear in some of the most competent SHIELD agents? Learning to be Bucky Barnes again, he wasn't prepared for the curious coffee girl.

Millie is completely ignorant to the world of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, thinks Kili is one dreamy Dwarf, and is completely incompetent. So what happens when she gets thrown into the journey with thirteen Dwarves, a Hobbit, and a Wizard? This is Millie's inconvenient and unexpected story. Inspired by The Awkward Adventures of Meghan Whimblesby by febuarysong. Complete.

In her three years at SHIELD, Mackenzie Donahue has run into some strange things. Weird hammers, egocentric billionaires, and of course her archer SO. Somehow, a gentleman soldier out of his time turns out to be the best of it all. Steve/OC - Chapter 50: Where You Belong - For now, in that small nightclub, Steve Rogers and Mack Donahue were where they belonged.