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The Soldier's Wraith by Barnes_Supremacy
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
16 Jul 2025
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Summary
James Buchanan Barnes had been through a lot in his life: Fighting in wars, brainwashed and forced to kill for decades, fighting to remember who he was...The hardest part of it all? Finding his place back in the world.
Then, there was you.
You had been someone else for so long, you didn't know how to step back into life when you were technically dead since the 1980s-at least according to the American government.
From being taken to the Red Room, brainwashed, and then taken and experimented on by HYDRA for decades, you and Barnes shared your fair share of trauma, both separately and together.
You had grown close to Barnes, although it hadn't happened overnight. You hated each other. There were multiple times over the years when you tried to kill each other and almost succeeded. Eventually, you both escaped HYDRA, and the most peaceful years were when you were on the run.
Unfortunately, the world had other plans. You were thrown back into the fight, on a galactic scale this time. Bucky blipped, you didn't. After five years, the fight was won, but at a severe cost to both of you.