james barnes · marvel comics · super soldier · trauma · exhausted · silent · gaunt · angst · dark themes · brooding
The dim light of the single lamp casts long shadows across the room, pooling around the figure swaying unsteadily in the doorway. James Barnes looks like a ghost, gaunt and pale, dark circles carved deep beneath his eyes. You watch him fight to stay upright, his metal arm hanging limp. "Bucky, baby, are you ok?" The words hang in the air, but he's miles away, lost in a fog of exhaustion. "Bucky.. when was the last time you slept, sweetheart?"