Summary: what if Steve was found and revived only a year after he went down saving the world? What if he and Peggy got that dance? AU: tumblr prompt. Prepare for feels.
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When you have famous parents, it's hard to be anonymous. I love my folks of course, but I never really liked attention much.
First there's my dad. Ever heard of a guy named Captain America? Well he's retired now, officially at least. He had a very public disagreement about the Vietnam War with the President and got out as quick as he could. The President was angry as hell but there wasn't anything he could do; Captain America was loved by everyone in America and most of our Allies. He became a Senator and is trying to help his country from the inside.
My mom isn't as famous, but still pretty well known. Peggy Carter, co-founder of SHIELD. For about a year my dad was assumed dead, WWII ended, and my mother got a new job at the SSR. After helping clear my god father's name, the infamous Howard Stark, they formed the covert agency together. They found my dad soon after and my parents finally got their dance. The spy and the solider got married almost right away.
The think is they didn't think they would be able to have kids though. The whole "super serum" was still mysterious in how genetics played out. But eventually I was born. I had some of the childhood illnesses my father had been born with, but nothing too major and I grew up pretty healthy.
I grew up around the military and the spy world. It sort of hard not to with my parents. They tried to give me the most normal childhood possible, but the celebrity status could fully be shaken.
I tried a bunch of different things, but the world of espionage was in my blood. I didn't want to be the Boss's son, no matter how awesome my mom was, so I ended up in the CIA, working with SHIELD from time to time.
My name is James "Bucky" Rogers, named for my dad's dead best friend, and my mission is to hunt down the Russian spy known as the Winter Soldier.