Bucky Barnes in Arrowverse imagines

Grandma Peggy

He was nervous and he had plenty of reason to be. This was the first time in five years he was about to enter the room of his grandmother Margaret Elizabeth Carter, former MI5 and CIA Agent during World War II. He took a deep breath as he opened the door entering it and saw her laying comfortable in her bed.

"Hi grandma." He greeted. Peggy looked to her left and froze in shock seeing her grandson who was presumed dead 3 years ago.

"James?" She whispered hoarsely in amazement. Bucky smiled reassuringly nodding his head to make her see that he was really here. "You're alive! You...you came, you came back."

He went to embrace her in a heartfelt hug that was really emotional. "It's been so long. So long." She croaked.

He let out a genuine laugh. Not a chuckle or a roar. But a real laughter. "I haven't been gone that long Grandma! Besides I promised I'll be back before you know it."

"You did."

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"Feels like yesterday when you were there as I enlisted into the army. Mom was pretty adamant of not letting me go overseas." Bucky recalled taking a seat close to Grandma Peg.

She hummed weakly in agreement at the mention of her daughter in law. "She can be quite the stubborn mule when she wants to." She stated.

"Like you?" Bucky told her, half joking and half serious. Peggy laughed meekly showing the dazzling smile that won his grandfather's heart. Bucky then let out a grave sigh thinking about the good days and how quickly it faded away.

"What is it?" She questioned, sensing something was bothering him.

"For as long as I can remember I just wanted to do what was right. But then I was stripped of everything that made me who I am and became a monster." He explained glancing at his metal arm in slight revulsion remembering all the things he's done as Waller's puppet back at ARGUS.

"Don't be so dramatic, James." She shook her head with a frail chuckle. "You are not a monster. Far from it." She placed her on the top of his metal one. Bucky flinched a bit at the gentle touch first but then realizing that it was just Peggy, he relaxed. "Listen to me. None of us can go back and rewrite the past. All we can do is our best, and sometimes the best that we can do is to start over."

She started to throw a coughing fit after. Buck went to get a glass of water in a hurry and handed it to his grandmother who gratefully accepted it. "Thank you. I'm not as spry as I used to be."

"You still are. There's no one like you, Grandma Peg."