Title: Legacy

Author: dazzledfirestar

Artist: littenstinymittens

Fic: (AO3)

Art: (AO3)

Archive Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Rating: M

Relationship(s): Sinthea Schmidt/Brock Rumlow
Wordcount: 21,607

Tags: child abuse, torture, kidnapping, sexual situations, brainwashing, de-programming, the Snap

Summary: From the moment Hydra infiltrated SHIELD, there were always events going on behind the scenes to promote their agenda of fear. In an effort to preserve the history of the organization, Arnim Zola created an heir to Hydra’s founder, Johann Schmidt. His daughter was raised in his image, trained and conditioned to be the perfect heir and the perfect operative for Hydra. Sinthea Schmidt knows she is the future of Hydra, whether the powers that be like it or not. But power is never easy to get, and it’s not easy to hold onto. Especially when there are so few people to trust.

She has one person that fills that role, though. He saved her from capture and from his superiors. She saved him from prison and Captain America. He was the only one she trusted and loved. Brock Rumlow was her partner in everything, and the two of them wreaked havoc all over the world. When that world falls into shambles, will she still have the support she’s gotten used to, or will her tenuous grip on her own humanity blow away like so much dust in the wind?