#caleb barnes

OC HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE 2025 ; day eight - twisting time

When Caleb Barnes gets too close to the Time Stone, the impossible seems to happen. He ends up in 1940s New York, and meets his grandfather Bucky and surrogate dad Steve face to face before they're ever Captain America or The Winter Soldier.

Jamie Silvonek was just 14-years-old when she met 20-year-old soldier Caleb Barnes at a concert in Philadelphia. On 6 March, 2012, Caleb came to Jamie’s house and spent the night with her in the basement. The following morning, Jamie’s mother, Cheryl, found them and kicked Caleb out. While Cheryl knew Caleb had been visiting, she drew the line at him sleeping overnight and didn’t approve of a romantic relationship. By the following day, Jamie and Caleb decided they would kill her parents.

On the 14th of March, Jamie and Caleb were driven to a gig by Cheryl. While she disapproved of their relationship, Jamie had persuaded her to let them go to the gig together and she reluctantly agreed as long as she could drive them and then pick them up. During this trip, Cheryl disappeared. Her discarded car covered in blood was later found near her home. Nearby, in a shallow grave, lay Cheryl’s body. She had been beaten, stabbed, strangled and then set alight.

When police went to the family home, they found Jamie and Caleb in her bedroom. Here they discovered a bloodstained knife. The couple were covered in scratches and mud. During the trial, Jamie and Caleb turned against one another and placed the blame on the other party. Jamie said she was present during the murder and that her mother had begged for her life and for help. Jamie’s best friend testified that the couple had killed Cheryl so that they could be together. “I remember him saying he had the knives picked out,” she recalled.

PRIDE 2025 ; day twenty-two - Queer Artists

Caleb Barnes, The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde) ; Marvel

Absolutely

2. why is your oc problematic?

Honestly, why is not. He has a temper, he takes a long time to unlearn HYDRA things, he lies, he is very selfish though he does learn

4. what crossovers with other ocs have you talked about?

So far just a few with @randomestfandoms-ocs, a lot of their Bucky relatives, some ships (Caleb x Aspen, Caleb x Tyler, etc etc) but I am desperate for more I love Caleb

6. if your oc were to have superpowers, what would they be? if your oc has superpowers, what are they?

He has a similar strength/speed/regeneration/etc as Bucky! If he had different powers though I feel like it'd be teleportation tbh

8. alright, be honest—whether or not they get the chance to prove it, is your oc worthy?

Honestly no

10. what’s your oc’s fight song? (e.g., immigrant song for thor, just a girl for carol)

I have zero clue for this one ngl. I feel like it'd be some fast paced song I clearly have no knowledge of

12. what was your oc like in high school?

He tries so hard to be normal and not get set off by everyone that annoys him but he definitely ends up in detention a few times

14. your oc meets thanos. what’s their first move?

To try to punch him tbh

16. your oc gets married. which canon characters are in the wedding party?

Steve, Bucky, Bruce, probably Natasha. Peter would be the groom so, him too. And MJ

18. what are your oc’s bad habits or vices?

He doesn't smoke bc HYDRA rules but damn he so would if he could. Otherwise just his fighting and arguing honestly

20. your oc wears the gauntlet (without any detrimental effects on their health) and gets one snap to wish for anything they want. what do they ask for?

For him and his family to just be able to be happy and normal and for him and Bucky to be able to forget everything with HYDRA

22. what does your oc’s bedroom look like?

It's very very basic. Steve tries to help him jazz it up but he is still figuring out what he likes so a lot ends up just being things Peter leaves.

24. which characters from other movies or shows is your oc a combination of?

Definitely a lot of Bucky Barnes for obvious reasons, lot of Liam Dunbar from Teen Wolf for obvious reasons, some Troy Barnes from Community too don't ask how

26. which canon character would they go to for advice? why?

Steve since that's his adoptive dad. But also Bruce. It would be Bucky but honestly they're both a little too fucked up

28. what’s your oc’s biggest flaw?

His distrust and paranoia

30. what movies or shows is your oc featured in?

I belieeeeve it should all be The Winter Soldier kinda maybe, Age of Ultron kinda maybe, Civil War, Homecoming, Infinity War, Endgame, Far From Home, No Way Home, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, (for some reason I think I want him in Hawkeye? Though I didn't plan on really watching it but idk idk), Brave New World probably, and Thunderbolts*! But since I'm still making my way through the MCU with my random order and interests, we'll see if it changes

Of course of course @randomestfandoms-ocs also asked for him !! (tagging @rose-of-oz )

B A S I C S

full name: Caleb Alexander Barnes

gender: Cisgender Male

sexuality: Bisexual

pronouns: He/Him

O T H E R S

family: James Barnes (grandfather), Yana Jovanovic (grandmother), Carter Barnes (father), Frida Nikolic (mother), Steve Rogers (father figure)

birthplace: Siberia, Russia

job: HYDRA Agent, Student, Hero-ish

phobias: Having his mind messed with again, bats

guilty pleasures: Sweets

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: lawful evil but ends up more lawful neutral

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert

organized/disorganized

close minded/open-minded (he starts to grow)

calm/anxious

disagreeable/agreeable

cautious/reckless

patient/impatient

outspoken/reserved

leader/follower (he was being groomed to be a leader but)

empathetic/unemphatic (he gets better)

optimistic/pessimistic

traditional/modern (again he grows)

hard-working/lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Caleb/Peter

ot3: Caleb/Peter/MJ?? (Does MCU Peter even really have other ships like idk)

brotp: Caleb/Bucky

notp: Caleb/Steve

I'm actually getting wild atp, I'm sorry this is so long but tbh with how many fandoms there are it just made more sense to do it in one. (but one of these is actually an old oc that's been on the blog for over a year I just?? never posted her intro?? she is literally the only oc i have that has posts before any form of an intro. she was my first gif manip that's how old this is) (And all of these mcu through doctor who lists are Jack Wolfe faces sorry the NTN proshoot has been watched by me three times, it may be a fourth tonight, he's in my brain)

Riverdale (this one is the old one)

Katherine Keller (Neve Campbell/Kaia Gerber FC), FP Jones ship. Younger sister of Tom Keller, Katherine was a relatively good North Side girl. She was popular and pretty and nice, but she did enjoy having an edge sometimes. An edge that led to a very fun time with FP Jones, what was supposed to be a FWB that led to a little more that neither wanted to admit to. But they graduated, she grew up and he joined the army though she begged him not to. So she left town, and he came back and got right back with the Serpents. She would visit very briefly since then, only to see her nephew, and her nephew discovering a dead kids body? Well, that's enough reason to come back and stay. Even if it means she runs back into FP.

Game of Thrones (yes, more)

Jaehaerys Targaryen Blackfyre (Luke Pasqualino FC), Daenerys Targaryen & Jon Snow ship. Aegon Targaryen was the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, he was believed to have been murdered by the Mountain the same night his sister and mother were. Except, he wasn't. Varys, the Master of Whispers, had taken him prior and switched him with another child, sending him across the Narrow Sea to be raised in a manner fit for a king. He knows the history, he speaks several languages, he's well trained in combat and the way of the Faith, he even knows how to handle labor and cooking and mending on his own, even if for his safety he has been raised under a different name it’s still one he claims for his family. It's been years since he's left Westeros, but when talks of his aunt planning on taking the throne reach him and his guardian, he knows it's time to meet. Jaehaerys is ready for his duty, to marry his aunt and rule together in the Targaryen way. At least, that's the duty he's been told he has.

Thalina Stokeworth (Keira Knightley FC), Cleon Greyjoy & Jorvan Waters ship. The girlfriend of my boys from this plot bunny and this plot bunny, Thalina was raised as a lady in the Crownlands, a member of house Stokeworth, she knew what she was supposed to do. Find a suitable husband and make more children. That's why she left. That wasn't her, she wasn't some lady to push around. She found her way to the seas, no one wanted to take on a girl so she made sure to show them otherwise. And...still a lot didn't believe her, but Cleon Greyjoy, whether to humor himself or because he actually believed in her she doesn't know, took her on his crew. More built up over time, but she truly proved herself as a pirate and part of Cleon's ship, and then they pick up a bastard along the way, Jorvan, and she thinks he's very entertaining. They get closer, she doesn't know why Cleon is weird about it, but she doesn't care because she learns that the Mother of Dragons wants them to help her take Westeros, and she is all for supporting women in power.

MCU (there are more half baked ideas actually I just didn't wanna overwhelm myself by immediately going nuts so have a few to start)

Benjamin Parker (Jensen Ackles FC), Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes ship. Born and bred New Yorker, Benjamin wasn't planning on becoming friends with Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, but somehow that's exactly what happened. He was in the army with Bucky, though he did miss Steve since he couldn't join them, and then everything changed when Steve got injected with the secret super soldier serum. He wasn't the same scrawny Steve that always called him Benny, now he was the really strong Steve that still always called him Benny. He joins the Howling Commandos, supporting his friend all the way and even having a couple kids with a friend of his (closeted lesbian/closeted gay wannabe parents solidarity), then things changed again. Bucky died on one of their missions, and not too long after, Steve disappeared in the Arctic. America was without a hero, so with some of the serum they reworked, they needed a new Captain America, and Benjamin was somehow perfect for the job. He did that for a few years, going on tours around America and only able to see his sons Ben and Richard occasionally, and...he had enough. He had seen enough in war, he didn't want to be some propaganda machine for the government, so, he froze himself. That should have been the end, yet SHIELD found him, and now he's found himself unfrozen in the 21st Century.

Caleb Barnes (Dylan Sprayberry FC), Peter Parker ship. When you have a perfected brainwashed and freezing technique, a fantastic specimen for it, you don't want to give up those perfect genetics. At least, that's how HYDRA saw it when they allowed the Winter Soldier to have a child, and for that child to have a child. Caleb Barnes was the grandson of James Buchanan Barnes, HYDRA's favorite weapon. They wanted more, they wanted another, a weapon and a future all rolled into one to ensure that HYDRA's mission won't die out with a new generation, even planning on making him the next leader of HYDRA if his training went well. He never spoke to the Winter Soldier, never met him, since the higher ups were worried it would make too much of "Bucky" return, but he was good at his training. Caleb knew how to fight, he knew how to be charismatic and get attention, and...he apparently didn't know how to not get caught, since he was captured by Nick Fury. His programming starts being taken down little by little when he meets Steve Rogers, when Steve realizes who he is, and he eventually gets taken in by him and allowed to be a normal kid. He starts at Midtown, he befriends boys named Peter and Ned, and aside from the fact that when he's home the guy he calls dad (to himself, he hasn't done it in person yet) is Captain America, he's avoided the hero business entirely. But then the Winter Soldier is identified, then stupid Tony Stark offers an "internship" to Peter, and that life is right back in his face.

Emerson Ives (Dove Cameron FC), Tara Vaughn ship. Emerson is a born and bred New Yorker. She’s seen all the news coverage with the heroes of their city and did have to help her mother get a new car after it was destroyed, but that was just life now. Usually, she just focused on her friends, of which she was usually considered the leader, especially since it was her idea to join the academic team at their school. She’s very chill and is decently friendly with MJ, but after the elevator incident she was the most freaked out amongst the girls so she's very glad when they start taking defense classes together. When she comes in contact with and is changed by the power stone, she does feel a lot more confident in herself, until she's blipped.

Davina Gutierrez (Sofia Carson FC), Peter Parker (& maybe MJ) ship. Davina was the last one to join her friend group in middle school, a new girl from Chicago who just was looking for people to hang out with. And she's very glad she found Emerson and Tara and Sloane, the girls all had their different interests but they were all together on the academic team and she loved seeing them. It was her idea after the elevator incident to take self defense classes and just feel better about themselves with how scary it was, since her mother was always pro-self defense anyways. She's very friendly at school and with the academic team, even if Flash tries to flirt with her a lot since they also both like sports. She also had the best grip on their newfound powers out of the group after she gets in contact with/changed by the space stone. She also unfortunately gets blipped.

Tara Vaughn (China Anne McClain FC), Emerson Ives ship. Sloane’s oldest friend and the one that started bringing the group together after she met Emerson and then also Davina. She's very interested in technology and also has a lot of theories for the universe and whatnot, along with having her own plans for inventions. Tara also is decent friends with Liz though she prefers her group of friends, though after the elevator incident reaches out to her a little more. When the girls were changed by the infinity stones, she has some trouble with her abilities from the time stone but was also very excited by them. She also gets blipped.

Sloane Tuttle (Sarah Jeffery FC), Kate Bishop ship. The shyest of the group and Tara’s oldest friend. She used to have a crush on Peter but grew out of that when she realized she just liked that he was a boy that was nice to her as opposed to a lot not being that nice in elementary school. Sloane is still well known throughout the school for her kindness and her skills on the academic team, having both many right answers and always having a kind word for others, and she was possibly the least scared during the elevator incident. Struggled a lot with her new powers when she comes in contact with and gets changed by the reality stone. She doesn’t get blipped, and losing her friends also starts to make her lose herself.

Gilmore Girls

Callum Danes (Jack Wolfe FC), Logan Huntzberger ship. Luke and Rachel’s son, he's always lived with his father in Stars Hollow, and he truly loves this town. He's really close with Rory and Lorelei, and since his contact with his mother is mostly through phone calls and letters, he does see Lorelai as a bit of a motherly figure, especially when he gets an academic scholarship to Chilton and Luke usually can't deal with the parent aspects so Lorelai comes for him as well as Rory. Chilton is also where he has a short term relationship with Tristan Dugray. Callum also gets into Yale, though unlike Rory it was always his dream, and through Rory he meets Logan. He is very autistic, and when Jess comes to live with them he gets very attached very quickly.

Percy Jackson

Everett Chase (Jack Wolfe FC), Nico di Angelo ship. Son of Athena and Annabeth older brother. While even at a young age Annabeth and their stepmother didn't get along, their stepmother liked Everett a lot. She always wanted a son, always saying he was easier to handle than Annabeth even though they had the same issues, which just started the disconnect between the siblings at a young age. Even when Annabeth ran away, Everett stayed. He went to mortal schools, he was in jazz band and key club and played football for a bit, just a regular golden boy. But danger was still coming, and eventually he came to camp, excited to see Annabeth again, and instantly had a crush on Luke. And even shortly after his arrival, he got to go on Luke's quest, getting recognition from Athena along the way, which all didn't help his relationship with Annabeth. But he thinks he can be okay with it, as he slowly gets closer to Luke.

Mamma Mia

Nicholas Carmichael (Jack Wolfe FC), OC ship (but tbd on details, probably Kit Young FC). Sam’s younger son, he always knew there was something off with his parents. The divorce was a long time coming, and after he was finally old enough to get the story from his dad. The story of Kalokairi and Donna Sheridan, the one who got away. So when he's home for break from school and sees an invitation to a wedding, Nicholas has to go. Mainly because based on how his dad majorly messed up, he is lowkey almost worried that Donna will try to kill him, which he wouldn't even blame her for. Gets along with Sophie very very well as he’s also a little insane and sneaky like her, and the island lifestyle is very different than what he's used to but he's not mad at it.

Knives Out

Cornelius Stewart (Jack Wolfe FC), Benoit Blanc & Phillip Blanc ship. Cornelius has always been intrigued by mysteries and crimes, his youth was spent pouring over Nancy Drew novels and watching Unsolved Mysteries. Which is why he chose to study criminology in college, and he got the extra special honor of assisting famed detective Benoit Blanc. But all good things must end, as he graduated and moved to work on his own, which is where he meets Ransom Thromsby. Their relationship is a whirlwind, with Ransom charming his way through most of their arguments, honestly if it weren't for the fact that Cornelius loves his granddad, he doesn't know if him and Ransom would really still be together. But he was at the birthday, he stayed a little longer after Ransom left, but was still gone before the tragedy took place. Then before the will reading, he's faced back with Benoit Blanc, which makes him wonder what's really going on.

Doctor Who

Augustus Canfield (Jack Wolfe FC), Jack Harkness & Ianto Jones ship. When Augustus went to the hospital for surgery, the last thing he was expecting during his recovery was to end up on the moon. But strange enough, that's exactly what happened. He tried to help who he could, which is how he officially met the med student he spoke to earlier that day and a strange man who calls himself a Doctor. The experience made Augustus realize he didn't want to die having done nothing with his life, that anything could happen, so he joined Martha Jones and the Doctor. Unfortunately for the two companions, he also was falling for the Time Lord, and was met with just as much nothingness as Martha. So when he meets Captain Jack Harkness, he starts to fall for him. Even throughout the worst year of his life that just gets erased like nothing happened, he realizes his travels with The Doctor may be at an end for now. Instead, he gets dropped off in Cardiff with Jack, to join Torchwood.

Fitz Carden (Jonathan Bailey), Owen Harper ship with a dash of complicated Jack Harkness. An immortal man who has a lot of fun being immortal. He takes the good over the bad and tries to have fun in every century he finds himself in, the pain of losing people does hit but he tries to focus on the better parts of his long life so he doesn't fall into despair. Once had a fling with the Doctor. For many centuries has had an on and off relationship with Jack Harkness that has gone from highs of marriage to lows of estranged exes and decides to come to Torchwood when he learned he was there, which is when he meets the team and ends up unexpectedly close with Owen.

Hanley Yule (Brenton Thwaites), Rose Tyler ship (maybe & The Doctor). A uni dropout that loves science and space but was too broke and ADHD fueled to stay in school. Now he volunteers at the planetarium and works in a coffee shop where he often sees his former classmate Rose Tyler. Who he has been in love with for a long time but she has only ever seen him as an occasional friend at best since she’s been with Mickey and has usually found his space interest a little too sci-fi. But when she meets the Doctor, when she sees the world, when she helps save Hanley from aliens, she decides he has to come see for himself.

Karine Fourier (Amanda Seyfried), Clara Oswald & Jack Harkness ship. Karine has been a member of Torchwood for years, just after Owen when she picked Owen’s pocket at a club and found some alien artifact. Once she figured out what it did that alerted Torchwood to her, where she fought for a job partly so she can just have money. And only got accepted because she was skillful enough to pick Owen's pocket and figure out the alien tech. Becomes good friends with Owen and Ianto, and when Clara joins the team she is instantly attracted to her despite her flirtationship with Jack.

Thaddeus Cooper (Kit Harington), Martha Jones ship. Gwen’s older brother, he joined Torchwood around the same time as Tosh. An alien was attacking someone and he stepped in to fight it even if he didn’t have anything but his fists, which intrigued Jack a lot when Torchwood arrived on the scene. He joined Torchwood, and as things got dangerous he made the hard decision to disappear from his family for their safety since he couldn’t share his job. He got along well with the team, but when his youngest sister, Cora, finds him he makes her not tell Gwen, but then Gwen shows up and now his worlds are truly combining.

Coraline Cooper (Kacey Rohl), Probably Jack Harkness ship. Gwen and Thad’s younger sister and after her brother went missing, she couldn’t let it go. It didn’t make sense for him to just disappear, he wouldn’t just leave her for no reason and no one official seemed to want to investigate it. Even Gwen, working for the police Gwen, said she was hitting dead ends and that maybe Thad just wanted to go. He used to talk about exploring when they were young, maybe that’s just what he did. But she couldn’t shake it, so she looked into it herself. Using her reporter access to find anything she could, and then she managed to find him. In Cardiff, the whole time. As part of some secret group called Torchwood, one that she ends up joining as well with the agreement to not tell Gwen. Until Gwen found Torchwood.

Elise Oswald (Olivia Cooke), TBD but maybe The Doctor ship. Clara’s sister thought she was incredible. While she may have seemed ordinary to others, Elise always thought she was extraordinary. They were peas in a pod, never one without the other, which is why when Clara meets a man called the Doctor, when she’s almost gone forever, Elise was the first one that heard. So the next day, when the Doctor returned, Elise was there with her. She may not be impossible, but she was ready to prove that in her own way she was also anything but ordinary.

Milo Harkness (Gregg Sulkin), Rhedyn Maddock ship. The son of a fixed point in time and a rogue time agent. He was something new. He was something special. He was…an intern for his dad’s secret team. Jack didn’t want his son part of Torchwood, but Milo refused to just go pretend he was normal. So, Torchwood intern it was. Mostly he just hung back with Ianto and handled drinks or filing, it was boring but it was something. That and enjoying hearing the team try to figure out how he’s Jack’s son when they think he isn’t around to hear. His whole life he’s been waiting for more chances to actually help people, so when his dad lets Gwen Cooper onto the team, he’s taking his chance now. Rhedyn Maddock ship

Rhedyn Maddock (Brianne Howey), Milo Harkness ship. Rhedyn was young when she moved to London, everything seemed brighter there. Except as she got older, it seemed like everywhere she looked had aliens, aliens, and more aliens. Shopping? Aliens. Christmas? Aliens. It was exhausting. And while sometimes the news spoke of events elsewhere, it mostly seemed centralized there. So when she got a little secretary job that paid well, she decided to move back to her childhood home of Cardiff. Her first day at work was supposed to be easy, sure she didn’t know much about whatever Torchwood was, but it should be fine. Then a whole war breaks out with metal robot creatures that used to be employees and random flying robots, safe to say she quit. Normal jobs for her now thank you. Normal jobs, normal people, normal everything. Although she did find the jarring switch of most people in London acknowledging aliens to people in Cardiff swearing they weren’t real odd, whatever, doesn’t bother her.

Yes yes

7. If your OC had to cosplay as a fictional character, who would they choose?

The obvious and funny answer is the Winter Soldier. But I also think he'd be a really good Red Robin, idk why, it speaks to me

8. Has your OC ever had a crush on a fictional (to them) character?

I don't feel like he got to experience media enough to have a crush on a fictional character, like by the time he was with Steve he probably would have imagined it weird to like people as it is let alone fictional characters

9. If your OC wrote fanfiction (or if they already do), what type? (fix fic, ship, crossovers, AUs, smut, etc.)

He would only write hurt/no comfort or hurt/comfort when he's in a good mood

10. How would your OC do in the last book/movie/tv show/game/etc. you read/watched/played?

I'm gonna go last fictional thing I consumed bc otherwise I'd be answering about Caleb Barnes: House Hunter International version LMAO soooo that would be Arcane! I actually think he'd do really fucking well in Arcane! He'd definitely be more of a Jinx type person I think

Just consider: they always work ofc ofc

Could

They both love Peter a lot that's cute

Caleb figured out how to be a normal teen from her that's very cute

Couldn't

Caleb thinks her getting involved in the hero stuff willingly is insane

He's full of anger issues idk that could weigh on her a little