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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Captain America (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Riley/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes/Brock Rumlow, James "Bucky" Barnes/Hydra Agents Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Riley (Captain America movies), Brock Rumlow, Jack Rollins, Hydra Agents, Original Male Character(s), Original Male Character(s) of Color Additional Tags: Injury Recovery, Disabled Character, Permanent Injury, Body Modification, Alternate Universe, Hydra (Marvel), Ableism, Ableist Language, Abuse, Slow Burn, Falling In Love, Heartache, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Dehumanization, Pet Names, Hydra AU, Caretaking, Emotional Hurt, Suicidal Thoughts, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Racism, Homophobia, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt No Comfort, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:
Sam Wilson was a young pararescue soldier in the airforce, testing out the new EXO-7 Falcon pack, he got married to the love of his life, Riley Mason, and only had a year left on his tour before he could go home to Delacroix, Louisiana and live as a civilian.
Life is cruel, though, and takes unfairly, leaves the wrong kind of people alive.
Sam Wilson's life gets turned upside down, backwards and inside out. He suffers a spinal cord injury on a standard rescue ops mission, falls from the sky and loses the one person that meant the world to him, loses the ability to feel and use his legs.
And sold to HYDRA to boot, who experiments on him, modifies his body and defies the laws of nature. Sam is forced to learn the horrors of how HYDRA operates and is given a choice; do as they say or become a mindless weapon. Sam is a soldier, a good one at that. So he can follow orders and do as told until his time catches up to him.
He can only hope he doesn't get pulled into cruelties of HYDRA and be changed from the man Riley once knew, maybe with the help of a metal armed maniac, he can keep his humanity. Only time will tell.
