Chapter 1
On March 10, 1917, a beautiful baby who held an ocean in his eyes was born to Winnifred Barnes & George Barnes. "James", that's who he was called.
Being religious as his parents were, little James attended church every Sunday as he grew up. And that's how they met for the first time, a chilly morning of 23rd November,1923, the boy with ocean blue eyes & a skinny pale asthmatic boy, also known as Steve Grant Rogers. He was a year or so younger than James, and for some vague reason, he decided to not only befriend this skinny boy but also protect him. Maybe he saw his ma & bruises she has on her skin. James was always good at reading people from a young age.
Years passed, they were no longer the innocent boys, Bucky, as Stevie loved to call him, lost his parents, mum after giving birth to his still born sister Rebecca & dad to a fatal car accident, ever since Steve's mum Sarah became mother of his own. She quickly realized that the bond these two boys shared was more than just friends or brotherhood. It was love? Yes, but not only confined to words or hearts, but also sexual. She saw how their touches lingered longer, that how Stevie never asked women out, how he saw Bucky with adoration in his eyes when he laughed over something stupid, how his color changed to green when Bucky flirted with a dame. Just as it pained her to see her little boy falling for another man which she would have loved if it were a woman, she was happy Bucky wasn't into Steve but that illusion came down crashing when she saw them kissing one night more passionately than she had ever seen anyone.
Sensing her presence they both stopped fear & guilt evident in their eyes, but Sarah knew how much they loved each other, she knew Steve's happiness is with Bucky. She smiled, giving them her blessing and also told them how wicked this world is when it comes to accepting things like this. Falling for someone of same sex. It never pained her that her boy loved another man, what pained her was the thought of what would happen if they get caught. She was never against homosexuality, but she wanted to protect both her boys. Knowing she wont be around much, she urged Bucky to join army so he can gain a respect, a position & so he could protect Steve. Knowing Steve, she wanted to ask him pursue a degree in health care but she knew better that even he wanted to join army.
Her dream did come true, but sadly she wasn't around to see it, just as she wasn't around to see little Stevie turn into Captain America. Secretly before Bucky became the winter soldier, they had married in front of Sarah's grave.
So it wasn't just Bucky, the Sargent who met with an accident, he was beloved husband of Steve Grant Rogers. And that's why Steve had broken in Hydra facility, taken every men down, stole the serum that ran in his body & gave it to Bucky when he was on verge of death. The only task left was to call up Howard Stark and ask him to build a prosthetic metal arm.