What's My Name? - 2
You’re probably pretty confused. That’s to be predicted. I’ve hardly told you anything.
My name . . . ?
What is my name?
That’s a question of which I do not have an answer to.
There’s a name you’d know me by : “James “Bucky” Barnes”, but that’s not me. That’s not who I am.
That’s who they made me.
That’s who my father made me.
That’s who my surrogate family made me.
That’s who Becca made me.
That’s who HYDRA made me.
That’s who Sam made me.
That’s who Steve made me.
Steve Rogers was always there for me, for “Bucky”.
Steve Rogers never knew me.
Steve Rogers left me, left “Bucky”, left Sam.
Steve Rogers abandoned this world, just for Peggy. (No I’m not jealous! Why would you say that?)
Steve Rogers was gone. S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone. HYDRA was gone (mostly). The Government finally stopped harassing me about everything (my past). The Flagsmashers were gone. (Dead. But, their idea wasn’t. They didn’t deserve to die. C/Karli didn’t deserve to die.) The Ex Captain (John Walker, who didn’t deserve the shield) was gone (off the grid). Zemo was gone (locked up, better than last time). The Power Broker was back to being an irrelevant ghost story.
They weren’t my problem, not anymore.
I was free.
As for my earlier statement, I wasn’t lying. I’m not “Bucky Barnes”. That’s not my name, even if it might have been my life . . . once upon a time. (That’s not a reference to the show.) That name, that identity, that life, . . . it was just one of many. If you think my life as “James “Bucky” Barnes” was a terribly depressing story of pain and sorrow (Well, you’re not wrong), just wait to hear about mine.
You don’t know me. (You might think you do, but you don’t.)
I’m not who you think I am.
I’m not “James “Bucky” Barnes”.
What’s my name?
Aeneas (: The Legendary Cyborg Vampire Assassin)