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▬▬▬▬ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓𝒔. 𝑫𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔

🗒 ❛ HEADCANNON ༉‧₊˚✧

TIMELINE｡˚ ⁀➷ Post TFAWS, Pre Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness

HEADS UP｡˚ ⁀➷ Fluff (Note: Mara is six years old)

PAIRING｡˚ ⁀➷ Bucky Barnes x SageWitch!reader

SUMMARY｡˚ ⁀➷ When Bucky's nickname for you—Doll—catches on with Mara, it sparks a series of heartfelt moments that refine family, identity, and belonging in the Barnes household.

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Evening curled softly around the house like a cat settling into sleep. The air smelled faintly of baked apples, and the wind rattled gentle fingers against the windowpanes.

Bucky leaned against the kitchen counter, sleeves rolled to his elbows, a glass of strong whiskey in hand. You were drying the last dinner plate, the hum of domesticity warm and easy between you.

Nearby, six-year-old Mara sprawled on the floor with a notebook, her feet kicked into the air, doodling spirals and flowers. Quiet—but watchful.

Just beside her, Natalie, only two, sat with crayons strewn around her. She reached out, chubby fingers stretching toward a red one, her eyes filled with curiosity.

Bucky's gaze flicked from you to the plate in your hand, "Need a hand with that?"

You shot him a knowing glance, "Only if you're volunteering to dry. Not sneak another slice of pie."

He raised both hands, mock innocent, "I'm just trying to help, Doll,"

"Mhm."

From the floor, Mara's pencil stilled. She tilted her head, the word replaying in her mind like a melody she'd never noticed before.

"Doll?" she echoed, lifting her head to look at you both. 

You looked over, curious. "Hmm?"

"You always call Mama that," Her eyes shifted from you to Bucky, "Is that... her real name?"

Bucky smiled into his drink.

"It's just a name Daddy calls me," you said gently, crouching beside her, "A special one."

Mara blinked, as if the weight of the word had just changed. Then she whispered it like a secret, "Doll."

It hit your heart like honey-laced lightning. You reached out, brushing her hair back from her face, "That's me, sweetheart."

Mara grinned and returned to her notebook. But something had clicked. A name had bloomed.

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