jamie_winchester
Cluster
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2010
James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes had been many things in his near century worth of life. Bucky Barnes, the boy soldier., James, The Winter Soldier., James Barnes, Captain America. But most recently, James Buchanan Barnes, had been a soldier who’d lost everything for a mistake made in a past he could only remember in fragments.
After Hydra had been exposed to the world as still existing, as Red Skull had nearly killed the true Captain America, Steve Rogers, his world had imploded on itself as the blond refused to take the mantle of Cap back, leaving a soldier seeking redemption holding the shield, as Steve took over as Commander of SHIELD in place of Nick Fury, who had disappeared in the wake of hyda’s exposure. Tony Stark’s subsequent fall from grace as director of shield, had left the world with only person willing to pick up the pieces, Steve rogers. While the big plays crossed the board, viewed on the big screen and in daylight, someone moved behind the scenes, protecting and saving the world before it even knew it was in trouble.
When the public demanded that James Barnes be put on trial for war crimes committed as his time as the winter soldier, the man had calmly accepted that he would have to. Even if it meant prison. Willingness to accept the burden of his actions, got him a sentence of ‘time served’....yet it wasn’t enough. It would never be enough. Sent back to Russia to stand trial, the man fought and nearly died in his fight for freedom. And despite having come to the idea that he was not worthy of bearing the shield, he accepted that he needed to. As redemption.
Yet, battle for the Soldier was something he never shied away, and somehow he’d always known he’d die in it. And one day....it came to pass. His death at the hands of the Viking-god Skald, seemed to spell the end of the super soldier. And yet....even as the americans mourned the loss of their captain, he was once again reborn as the Winter Soldier. Given a new freedom, to return in secret, in silence he sought to carve out a corner of the world for himself. And he had, with his equally scarred partner, Natasha, until a past mistake saw a former student of his kidnap his lover, brainwashing and torturing her, until the only thing that existed for her was Natalia....eventually the fight was won, but at a great cost. Her memories of James Barnes. And he considered it a good price, to simply know that she still survived, to thrive. Even if it meant watching her go happily back to her relationship with Clint Barton and Phil Coulson. It was so painful, that the man known as the winter soldier had retreated, taking on the mantle of a dying Nick Fury, as Guardian of the Wall. The Watcher.
And it was his new duty as the Guardian, that brought him here. To this moment. Shifting to lay out on the rooftop as he watched the girl through the scoop of his rifle, he frowned ever so slightly as he watched the Inhuman as she interacted with the rest of her small team, and the avengers. Because despite his brief time dead, Phil Coulson had returned to the avengers as their handler, friend and mostly...babysitter. Since it was his first time back on earth since he’d left, James was still familiarizing himself with everyone again, figuring out how to approach the woman without tripping every alarm any of them had. Sighing quietly as he ran a hand through his newly cut hair, for the first time since waking, he looked like the Bucky Barnes Steve had known as a child, younger and less world weary as he packed up the rifle and headed for the coffee shop the girl was in with the rest of the team, realizing he needed a up close spying if he really was going to find out anything, despite seeing things better from afar, he needed to be close.....and the reason he refused to look at was because of the redhead Skye and Phil were having lunch with.
Natasha. His Natalia.
After Hydra had been exposed to the world as still existing, as Red Skull had nearly killed the true Captain America, Steve Rogers, his world had imploded on itself as the blond refused to take the mantle of Cap back, leaving a soldier seeking redemption holding the shield, as Steve took over as Commander of SHIELD in place of Nick Fury, who had disappeared in the wake of hyda’s exposure. Tony Stark’s subsequent fall from grace as director of shield, had left the world with only person willing to pick up the pieces, Steve rogers. While the big plays crossed the board, viewed on the big screen and in daylight, someone moved behind the scenes, protecting and saving the world before it even knew it was in trouble.
When the public demanded that James Barnes be put on trial for war crimes committed as his time as the winter soldier, the man had calmly accepted that he would have to. Even if it meant prison. Willingness to accept the burden of his actions, got him a sentence of ‘time served’....yet it wasn’t enough. It would never be enough. Sent back to Russia to stand trial, the man fought and nearly died in his fight for freedom. And despite having come to the idea that he was not worthy of bearing the shield, he accepted that he needed to. As redemption.
Yet, battle for the Soldier was something he never shied away, and somehow he’d always known he’d die in it. And one day....it came to pass. His death at the hands of the Viking-god Skald, seemed to spell the end of the super soldier. And yet....even as the americans mourned the loss of their captain, he was once again reborn as the Winter Soldier. Given a new freedom, to return in secret, in silence he sought to carve out a corner of the world for himself. And he had, with his equally scarred partner, Natasha, until a past mistake saw a former student of his kidnap his lover, brainwashing and torturing her, until the only thing that existed for her was Natalia....eventually the fight was won, but at a great cost. Her memories of James Barnes. And he considered it a good price, to simply know that she still survived, to thrive. Even if it meant watching her go happily back to her relationship with Clint Barton and Phil Coulson. It was so painful, that the man known as the winter soldier had retreated, taking on the mantle of a dying Nick Fury, as Guardian of the Wall. The Watcher.
And it was his new duty as the Guardian, that brought him here. To this moment. Shifting to lay out on the rooftop as he watched the girl through the scoop of his rifle, he frowned ever so slightly as he watched the Inhuman as she interacted with the rest of her small team, and the avengers. Because despite his brief time dead, Phil Coulson had returned to the avengers as their handler, friend and mostly...babysitter. Since it was his first time back on earth since he’d left, James was still familiarizing himself with everyone again, figuring out how to approach the woman without tripping every alarm any of them had. Sighing quietly as he ran a hand through his newly cut hair, for the first time since waking, he looked like the Bucky Barnes Steve had known as a child, younger and less world weary as he packed up the rifle and headed for the coffee shop the girl was in with the rest of the team, realizing he needed a up close spying if he really was going to find out anything, despite seeing things better from afar, he needed to be close.....and the reason he refused to look at was because of the redhead Skye and Phil were having lunch with.
Natasha. His Natalia.
