James Buchanan Barnes (Bucky)

James Buchanan Barnes was born March 10, 1917 to an Ulster-Scots family living in Brooklyn Heights. Even before the crash in ‘29, keeping afloat with so many kids wasn’t always easy for his parents. His father, like their immigrant ancestors, signed up as a doughboy during the Great War. When the war ended, he found work in an auto service shop that managed to stay open during the Depression by paying workers less and offering fewer hours. Bucky’s parents, both children of Scots-Irish immigrants, taught their children about the importance of family and never turning your back on one another, hard work and fair play.

James, or Bucky as he preferred to be called, was a doting older brother to his three siblings. He was closest to Becca because she was the first born of the girls, just two years his junior. But he was also fiercely protective of shy Meg and adored baby Katie, who was ten years younger than Bucky.

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: The Winter Soldier didn’t have much personality. He was about very controlled emotions. He was about the mission, becoming who he needed to complete the kill. Other than an almost pathetic docility he displayed in the lab, the only emotion he ever showed was the erratic anger that came through when his true self began to reassert itself.

Now, James is trying to be more like the old Bucky, but with a soft, sarcastic streak. He still flirts, but there’s a dangerous edge and a challenge to it that wasn’t there before. He carries around a load of guilt and shame that he tries to hide beneath snark and humor. Trust doesn’t come easily for him at all. But once it’s earned, his loyalty is a sure and steady thing. James is trying to be more like the old Bucky, but with a soft, sarcastic streak. He still flirts, but there’s a dangerous edge and a challenge to it that wasn’t there before. He carries around a load of guilt and shame that he tries to hide beneath snark and humor. Trust doesn’t come easily for him at all. But once it’s earned, his loyalty is a sure and steady thing. Bucky stands at 6'0 in height. He has a wiry, limber and toned frame. He has dark brown, shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. Due to losing his left arm in 1945, Bucky has a prosthetic vibranium arm. Master martial artist, master marksman, master assassin, competent acrobat, stealth, recon, concealment, peak physical condition, demolitions, survival, tracking, tactical planning, situational awareness. Trust issues, nightmares, quick temper, guilt complex, still missing some memories that come back at the most inopportune moments, paranoia