Bucky Barnes

Sgt. James Buchanan Barnes of the 107th 

[bubbarnes]

*The New Avengers

[rylandsgrace]

Thunderbolts* *The New Avengers (2025) dir. Jake Schreier

[bietrofastimoff23]

Bucky after Thunderbolts*:

who would have thought that the Winter Soldier would one day become a babysitter for a group of messed-up people, as the most mentally stable one around?

[nandanandada]

[bubbarnes]

“... at least you're kinda cute.”

[visualsbyaina]

WATCHED THUNDERBOLTS TODAY AND OMGGGGG I LOVED IT SO MUCH AND MY BUCKYYY HE LOOKS SOOO GOOD, ALSO BOB IS SOOO CUTE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I NEED FANFICS OF HIM RN, YELENA SHE’S SO HOT AND GORGEOUS AS ALWAYS, I CAN’T STAND WALKER BUT I MEAN HE’S THERE WHAT CAN I DO

[iwillnotbow]

"Oooh, is it the one ramen place that has bubble tea too? I haven't had one in forever . . . we're definitely getting ramen."

Nat pulled a long scarf out of one of the pockets of the coat, lazily looping it around her neck, then pulling her hair out from under it. It was a shade of red dotted with little black stars. The color matched her coat, a non-descript black wool that hit her at mid-thigh.

She flounced past the soldier to the door, and her boots she'd set to the side of it. She turned her butt to the wall, bending to straighten out her socks and loosen the laces. "I'm here until you decide to toss me out." Nat paused in mid-action, looking up to give James a wink. Then she went back to getting her boots on.

"Besides," she continued. "I did the 'lonely miserable holidays' thing last year. I'd rather be here with you, 'cuz I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not. Being able to take off 'the mask' is honestly the best gift I could ask for."

[jbbarnes107]

@iwillnotbow

In his very, very, very, very long life, Bucky had seen Nat dressed as a spy, as a ballerina, as a superhero, as a femme fatale and yet here he was checking her out in her mismatched outfit that included his shirt that was way too big on her. He knew why too. It had nothing to do with the outfit. Hell, it might not even have much to do with the fact that Nat was a 10 on any man's scale. It was how comfortable she was, and not just physically comfortable, she looked relaxed. Seeing Natasha relaxed was a very rare thing. Bucky appreciated it.

"I wouldn't toss you out." His blue eyes glanced over to the couch as he took another gulp from his beer, looking towards he white cat that looked way too comfortable on that single cushion he had there. "It's her you have to worry about it." That wasn't Bucky being funny either. Alpine was clingy and territorial when it came to her dad. Bucky hadn't put it to the test but he was pretty sure that cat would attack to defend him.

Another gulp of his beer, this one long enough to finish and he set the empty bottle down on the counter as he reached for his coat. "Ramen it is."

His coat was on as he moved his boots away from the corner and began to slip his feet into them, a smirk on his face when he heard Nat confirm what he already knew. "I don't know if anyone's ever told you, but you're weird, Nat." Bucky kneeled down on one knee, then the other, to tie his boots. "You're the only person I've met that's relaxed around the Winter Soldier." Everyone else felt like they were waiting for the shoe to drop, the wall to break, or for someone to say some Russian words.

[scottxlogan]

[dauntingdaydreams]

BUCKY BARNES - CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

[plaguedoctor049]

I like how they both have a beef with each other and yes, in this universe Fury lot his eye because of Bucky.

Some sweet stucky angst.

[iwillnotbow]

The box of blue lights was set down and nudged out of the way with her toes; the multicolored lights set on the couch. "Yes sir, Sergeant Barnes, sir!" She threw him a totally improper salute followed by a wink, then turned to look through the ornaments.

"Don't they feed you guys down there?" It was a rhetorical question, really. James could eat a three-course meal, and still kill an entire large pepperoni and cheese pizza by himself. Whether he was making up for lost time, barely functioning on rations for the decades he was Hydra's deadliest, or that super soldiers simply needed more calories - not something she asked about. The two of them were always very careful to leave the world of murder and espionage untouched in their conversations.

The redhead did move away from the pile of boxes towards where she'd thrown her coat over one of the tall stools beside the kitchen island. "What're you thinking, Chinese, the deli, that new fro-yo place?" Natasha tugged the tie from her bun, giving her head a shake to give the long cascade of wavy hair its freedom.

[jbbarnes107]

@iwillnotbow

The rank came as a surprise, not an unwelcome though. Hearing Nat call him Sergeant instead of the Asset or the Winter Soldier was a good thing. Bucky struggled with that for a long time - seeing himself as something other than what he was turned into and it just made sense for Nat to see him that way too. After all, half of the shit Nat went through wouldn't have happened without him.

"I haven't been to the cafeteria once." Bucky's own decision. People were still weird around him. He couldn't go into certain places without people staring - whether that be in fear, admiration, or just curiosity. So he kept to himself when he could and often it meant staying in an office.

Another surprise was the tiniest little smile that creeped onto Bucky's lips as he saw the redhead throw on her coat over her sweatpants and his shirt. It'd be difficul to explain that to anyone but for Bucky - it was just mundane. It was just Natasha being a girl, comfortable and he never got to see that all that much. His interactions with Nat were always very professional, Winter Soldier and Black Widow, until they weren't. And those weren't moments were far and in between.

"I'm thinking… ramen or pho." It was freezing outside and that just felt right. "Or steak." Anything that would feel nice against the cold weather. As much as Bucky loved New York in the winter, he had to fight against all the bad memories he associated with the cold. Nat was helping though - that tree that desperately needed decorations was helping.

"So is this a short visit or are you spending Christmas here?"

[iwillnotbow]

"All of the Christmas films I've seen had tinsel on the trees." That dated the films; she and James had a lot more in common than was comfortable. Assassins didn't have a thing for holidays.

Nat got to her feet, holding up two boxes of lights, turned towards the soldier so he could get a good look. "The blue ones, or the multicolor? I got way too many, but I didn't want to completely steamroll the decoration choices.

"And giving Her Highness her kibble was the first thing I did," she went on to say, an amused grin quirking a corner of her lips up. "But I think she'll be gracious enough to forgive your transgressions once she wakes up." Green eyes went to the end of the couch, to the fluffy round bed situated beside the heat vent on the floor.

The bed was new, but Alpine apparently didn't hesitate on making herself comfortable. She was on her back, one rear leg stretched out, fast asleep.

[jbbarnes107]

@iwillnotbow

"Wasn't Christmas without tinsel." Funny how that worked. Gifts were hard to come by for some families but tinsel was somehow always present. "Christmas doesn't feel the same anymore." Not that anything felt the same anymore. Can't really compare life now to life one hundred years ago. And Christmas without Steve didn't feel like Christmas either.

As for Nat's questions, Bucky's brows furrowed making his expression look like that old Winter Soldier glare. He looked at her like she'd just asked him the dumbest question he'd ever heard. "Multicolor." It was simply stated. Blue would dim the chaos that was a true Christmas tree - it needed to be a mess of color and tinsel to really get that holiday spirit going.

A sip of the beer was soon followed by a yawn, his left hand coming up to cover his wide open mouth. "Well, I haven't had kibble yet. You wanna come get something to eat?"

Natasha had broken into his apartment, made herself at home and gone full North Pole elf on it and Bucky was acting like it was the most normal thing in the world. It was. It really beat that one time that Nat showed up bleeding from a bullet wound.

[rylandsgrace]

SEBASTIAN STAN as BUCKY BARNES in Thunderbolts* (2025) dir. Jake Schreier

[legendarydragonperson]

no cause we left him here so wtf happened

[iwillnotbow]

"natasha means 'born on christmas day' in russian"

@jbbarnes107

James had given her a key to his apartment a few months ago, simply to quit walking into her picking the lock on his door. Natasha had been well-behaved and not used this power for evil (a matter of debate, surely), but it was the holidays. Nat herself didn't have a soul to spend the time with, and while there was plenty of work opportunities - she needed a break. And if she needed one, James sure as hell did too.

Finding the tree hadn't been a problem, plenty of places had been advertising, and getting it into James' apartment had involved a few sassy youths from the building and several crisp $20s. Nat had only had them bring it up to the apartment door, managing the set up herself. The matter of ornaments had been more of an issue, but her bank account could handle her indecision.

The scent of pine had made its way through the apartment, with the sounds of a Fred Astaire film in the background. Sitting in the middle of the floor surrounded by boxes of ornaments, lights, and probably more tinsel than absolutely necessary, Nat was sorting the boxes into piles.

Her hair was loosely tamed into a bun at the top of her head, several curls framing her face. She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt that was too large for her petite frame, shamelessly stolen from the closet of the super soldier who's home she had festively invaded.

Nat looked up when the door opened, an impish smile on her face when she met James' eyes. "Evenin', Sergeant Barnes," she said warmly. "Sam ratted you out and said you turned down the invite to spend Christmas with his family and asked if I could, quote, keep the grumpy old man company, end quote."

Not that she minded being around James (never, ever) but it was an excuse that held up a little bit better than a wet paper towel. Even when he frowned at her, James' face always put a girlish flutter in her stomach. Through every phase of his life, she'd been smitten; as an awkward girl first brought into the Red Room, to the man who was now finally getting the respect he deserved.

She dropped her eyes and made a show of going back to sorting. "There's a cheesesteak and some of that German beer you like in the fridge."

[jbbarnes107]

@iwillnotbow

Adjusting to civilian life was still the greatest struggle of Bucky's life. It's a struggle for every veteran, really but try a super soldier in plucked out of his time and brainwashed for years - you don't even have to include fighting off alien invaders for it to be a lot. But his reputation was getting better. He was getting out more, being more public, he was actually working with Congressmen from New York on a few things. He didn't love it but it kept him busy. Wasn't fond of the commute to Manhattan either. He was a Brooklyn boy through and through.

Speaking of being a Brooklyn boy, he still lived in his same walk up building. Sixth floor apartment, one bedroom, small, but somehow too big for him and his lack of furniture. Bucky hadn't had an actual home since the 1930s so he didn't even know where to start with that.

He could smell the pine tree the second he got up the stairs to his floor. It didn't cross his mind that it was coming from his apartment. There was a single mom of two that lived across from him and he figured it was her doing her best to give her kids a good Christmas. Imagine his shock when he opened his apartment door to find the Christmas section of Home Goods in his living room, complete with an elf.

"Thanks for not breaking down the door." The first words out of his mouth as he walked in to the apartment and began to take off his jacket as the door shut behind him. He was not planning on doing Christmas this year but Natasha had other plans. Clearly.

Bucky hung his coat on the hook behind the door, at the same time he toed off his boots and while you would think he would kick them off, he didn't. He set them down neatly by the door - military habits.

"Nice touch with the tinsel." He meant that. He genuinely meant that. Tinsel wasn't as popular now as it once had been. It was all the rage when he was growing up - the more the better and it didn't quite feel like Christmas without it.

His next stop was the kitchen for that German beer she brought. "Did you feed Alpine? Is she mad at me?" He'd been gone all day.

Bucky was so used to Natasha just showing up that he wasn't even a little bit fazed by her presence.

[nomadic-wolf]

There are bad guys...

and there are worse guys. (x)

[bubbarnes]

I MISS MY GRUMPY 100+ YEARS OLD MAN😭❤️