The Shadowed Truths of the Son of a Hero

Mum tells me that dads a hero, someone who has fought in wars and saved the world more than once, that is the reason he has to spend so much time away from home. She says that it's more than enough to make up for his distorted past and makes sure to let me know that none of what happened is his fault.

But the kids at school don't want to know me. They say that I'm going to end up like my father, who they see as a criminal, a bad man who deserves to be locked away forever for all of the destruction he has caused and that the reason he isn't home a lot of the time is because he's being contained in a psych ward for the safety of the public. However they don't know the full story, but then again, neither do I.

And whenever I try to ask dad about it - that is when I actually get to see him - well, he just doesn't want to talk about it. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's his story or me that's the problem. I feel like he resents me. It's not just that he avoids the subject, it's almost like he avoids spending any of the limited time we have together with me at all. Everything between us is so secretive. I hardly know a thing about him apart from what everyone else already knows, and considering he's my father that doesn't seem right.

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Life is confusing enough for regular people to navigate but for Alex, the son of Harper Jones and Bucky Barnes it can be a complete and utter whirlwind. With his parents attempting to keep his fathers dark past under wraps as much as possible in an attempt to protect him are they really doing him any favours or are they actually costing him more than they think? And when he finds out the truth about his fathers twisted and ruined life how will he cope with the struggle of coming to terms with such an ordeal and ultimately, will his parents greatest fears be realised that he can never look his father in the eye the same way ever again?