A lot had happened since the defeat of Thanos. Sam was given the shield, Bucky was pardoned, and the two were reunited with their daughter, Gwen. For two months, the family made up for the quality family-time they lost during the blip. Sam and Bucky had to get to know their daughter all over again.

"It's hard to believe our baby's almost an adult." Bucky sighed.

"I know, babe." Sam whined.

"Wait...does that mean Sarah had the sex talk with you? D*mn it, I read all those books preparing myself for that talk!" Bucky groaned.

"Haha, yeah, Aunt Sarah gave me the "how babies are made" talk after you guys blipped, and then the "safe sex practices" talk last year when I turned sixteen." Gwen said, amused by her dads' over dramatic behavior.

As part of Bucky's pardon deal, he has to have court ordered therapy sessions. He's also been going around stopping the people he's worked for as the Winter Soldier to make amends to those he's hurt.

"I think I'm gonna get my hair cut." Bucky blurted out randomly.

The three of them were all hanging out in the living room. Bucky was sitting in the chair zoning out and watching TV. Sam was sitting on the couch and Gwen was sitting on the floor in front of him as he helped her dye the tips of her hair hot pink.

"Why, honey?" Sam asked.

"This long hair reminds me too much of my time as a mind controlled assassin. I just wanna be done with that part of my life and chop all this off." Bucky answered, grabbing at his hair.

"Okay, Buck, I'll cut it for you once I'm done with Gwen's hair." Sam replied.

"Thanks, Sammy." Bucky smiled.

While the dye in Gwen's hair was setting, Sam and Bucky went into the kitchen. Bucky grabs a chair and sits in it.

"Gwen, can you grab me the scissors and the razor?" Sam said draping a hand towel over the back of Bucky's shoulders.

"Sure, Papa." Gwen nodded.

When she returned with the items, Sam starts working on Bucky's hair. First, he puts his husband's hair in a ponytail to cut off the majority of it. Then he styles Bucky's hair with the scissors and razor.

"There you go, babe. What do you think?" Sam said handing Bucky a mirror.

"Wow, Sam, it looks great, thank you so much. I...almost look like my old self." Bucky said smiling.

"I like it, it really brings out your face." Gwen said ruffling her dad's hair.

"I'm gonna go rinse my hair, then when it's dry we'll take some pics of our hair." she added walking over to the sink.

She rinses the excess dye from her hair then dries it off with a towel and a blow dryer on low.

"What do you guys think?" Gwen said showing off her new blonde and pink hair.

"You look beautiful, sweetie." Bucky replied standing up and kissing his daughter's forehead.

Gwen takes out her phone and takes several selfies with her dad then posts them online. She loved seeing her dad happy with himself, it was heartbreaking how many years he spent suffering because of the things HYDRA did to him. So, seeing him smile and confident with his appearance was truly a blessing.

"I love you, Daddy." Gwen said kissing Bucky's cheek.

Things only went downhill from there for the Barnes-Wilson family. A couple weeks ago Sam and Bucky got into a huge fight when Sam made the decision to give up the shield. They were screaming at each other all night that night, Gwen had to sleep at a friend's house just to get away from it. Right now, Sam was overseas on a mission with the army. Since the fight, Bucky had been sleeping on the couch and continued to even with Sam overseas. Also, as of late, Bucky's nightmares about his days as the Winter Soldier had been getting worse. Tonight, Gwen was woken up when she heard her father whimpering in his sleep from the living room.

"Daddy?" Gwen said quietly as she cautiously enters the living room.

Somehow, Bucky had ended up on the floor, tangled up in his blanket. He was thrashing, sweating, and breathing rapidly as he was having another nightmare.

"Dad? Dad, wake up." Gwen said reaching out to shake Bucky's shoulder.

The moment she touched him, his metal hand shoots out and roughly grabs her wrist. If it wasn't for Gwen's spider-strength, his grip probably would've broken her arm, but all that was left behind when she pried his hand away were bruises. It took a few minutes for Bucky to clear his head.

"Hey, Dad, you with me?" Gwen said, trying her best to cover up her bruised wrist.

Bucky nods slowly, hugging his knees to his chest. Then his brow furrows when he catches sight of the bruises on his daughter's wrist.

"Did I....do this?" Bucky asked gently holding Gwen's hand.

"It's fine, Dad, it doesn't even hurt." Gwen assured him.

Though that didn't really make Bucky feel better about the situation. He hated that he did this to his own daughter. His bottom lip trembled as tears sprung to his eyes.

"Oh, Daddy, it's okay. It was an accident." Gwen said hugging him.

The super soldier cried as his daughter held him and comforted him. He explains that his dream was about one of his assignments as the Winter Soldier...the one where he killed Yori's son, the Japanese man who lives in the apartment below theirs. The next day, while Bucky was at his therapy appointment, Gwen makes brownies to cheer him up. After putting the brownies in the oven, Gwen answers her phone that was ringing.

"Hi, Papa." Gwen said.

"Hey, sweetie, how are you?" Sam asked.

"I'm good, but Dad had another nightmare last night...it was pretty bad." Gwen told him.

"God d*mn it why doesn't that man ever answer my texts." Gwen heard her father muttered under his breath.

"Maybe it's because of that stupid fight you two had." Gwen thought.

Sam told his daughter that he was on his way back to the country but was going to be in Delacroix for a couple days to help his sister with some stuff.