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• A Different Kind of Soul by Winterstatic

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)  

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  10 Feb 2026

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  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Howard Stark
  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Peggy Carter
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Steve Rogers
  • Howard Stark
  • Peggy Carter
  • Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan
  • Jim Morita
  • James Montgomery Falsworth
  • Gabe Jones
  • Other(s)
  • Vasily Karpov
  • Arnim Zola
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Bucky Barnes Has Issues
  • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
  • Torture
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Protective Steve Rogers
  • Amnesia
  • Memory Loss
  • Flashbacks
  • Hydra (Marvel)
  • Seizures
  • Blood and Injury
  • Brainwashing
  • Bucky Barnes's Winter Soldier Trigger Words
  • Dehumanization
  • Aftermath of Torture
  • Hydra Trash Party (Marvel)
  • World War II | 1940s Era Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
  • Bucky Barnes Has PTSD
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Peggy Carter & Howard Stark Friendship
  • Whump

  Summary

  Freedom is not secured by the fulfilling of one’s desires,
  but by the removal of desire.
  For where the mind submits itself to another’s will,
  there the body follows, even in chains.

  — Epictetus
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  1945
  A hand tries to reach out to him, but he was already a second late. He could only scream out his name as he watches the man fall.

  1946
  Howard Stark finds a file that uncovers “The Winter Soldier Program” And at the corner of the folder, was unmistakably a picture of James Buchanan Barnes.

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