Beyond the bone, memories linger. In the heart of a Hydra facility, silence is the only language you and the Winter Soldier have left. Between the experiments and the relentless static of his conditioning, you are his only connection to the life he lost. A story of fragile trust, deep-seated trauma, and the desperate, slow struggle to stay human when everything else has been stripped away.
I don't remember her name. Sometimes, I struggle to remember my own. But in the void left by the code words, her presence is the only piece of data the system hasn't managed to overwrite. We are two ghosts in a metal box, waiting for the doctor to open the door again to remind us that we are nothing. - Bucky Barnes
Memory is strong. But the pain is faster.