Can I just step in here for a second and point out that when Steve found Bucky, he was all alone, repeating his name rank and serial number (which is what soldiers are trained to let be the only things they say under torture or interrogation) to an empty room. They’ve clearly broken him to the point where all he can do is just keep saying that over and over again. And what’s the first thing he says when he snaps out of it?
– kicked a guy literally up the ass for hurting steve
– bragged about getting into the 107th unit to impress his boyfriend
– wrapped steve up really, unnecessarily close after kicking a guy up the ass
– brought steve on a blind double date to “the future” and checked up on him more than he did his actual date
– got really worried when steve wasn’t there
– and left his date to go on a manhunt for his bf (bro friend)
– found steve, read him like a book, told him to stay safe, and hugged him
– (which is somehow still a lot gayer in context)
– he checked steve out the first time he saw him after the super-serum
– was visibly uncomfortable when he saw how steve swooned over peggy
– “you’re keeping the suit, right?”
– literally followed steve right back into the arms of his abusers because he trusted him so much
– followed steve home after his mom died and offered to sleep next to him for comfort
– gave stevie a lil neck massage and basically told him “til death do us part”
– which is apparently such a powerful, meaningful statement that it pushes past years of abuse, torture, and conditioning to completely override his programming and stop him from killing steve
– and it doesn’t just stop him from killing steve–it pushes him to actively prevent steve’s death
– fondly reminisced about steve wearing newspapers in his shoes
– got so distracted by steve’s biceps that he literally flew a helicopter in the wrong direction
– stood staring face-to-face to stevie in an elevator and lowkey started blushing
– kept a picture of captain america in his diary
– like hold on i just want to stress that bucky kept a picture of steve rogers in his diary
– why would he do that? you might ask
– because he’s gay and loves steve rogers, i answer
remembering that SHIELD didn’t exist when Bucky fell so Peggy must have made him an honorary agent just so he could be the first on the memorial wall of agents fallen in the line of duty
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