what about this is heterosexual, exactly? who looks at their totally-platonic-bff-slash-soulmate like that? all i’m seeing is a “i’m undressing you with my eyes” look at the very least, but it def feels more like The most “i’m gonna fuck u senseless the moment we’re alone” look
TOP 5 STEVEBUCKY OTP TAGS(as voted by my followers) 4. #otp: womb to tomb “So how long have I loved you for? Womb to tomb, sweetheart. Since before I was even here at all.”
my turn-ons include back massages, long walks on the beach, and Bucky Barnes straining so hard to project I’m Just Experiencing Normal Feelings While Having A Nice Drink With My Best Pal that his face becomes an agonized rictus
#I FEEL NOT AT ALL DEVASTATED BY ANYTHING I’VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST 24 HOURS!!!!#I’M JUST HAVING A NICE CHAT WITH MY SUDDENLY TALL AND HANDSOME BEST FRIEND WHO IS HERE IN THE SHIT WITH ME INSTEAD OF SAFE AT HOME#AND FEELING REGULAR ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!#DEFINITELY NOT WORKING THRU ABOUT 60 KINDS OF GRIEF/ENVY/LOSS/RELIEF/TERROR/SELF-HATRED ALL AT ONCE#definitely not having a furious inner dialogue that goes “am i jealous of steve? am i second fiddle now?”#“wait does that imply that steve was ever second fiddle?? he wasn’t. i’m a FUCKING ASSHOLE! oh god he’s talking what is he saying”#“LAUGH”#bucky barnes#marvel#“have i been looking at him weird? is my face regular? what face do people make???”
Steve and Bucky, in between Black Panther and IW, are essentially a trashy gay pulp romance novel about a rugged outlaw and a rugged farmer. They’ve got a complicated past. There’s trauma. There’s yearning. There are long, soulful looks across the beautiful (yet also rugged) landscape. There’s bodice, erm, uniform ripping. You cannot convince me otherwise.
So, you know the bit in TFA when Bucky, despite the fact that he is strapped to a table in a HYDRA torture facility, lights up and smiles so genuinely when he sees Steve, and then Steve clasps Bucky’s face in his hands because he still can’t quite believe he’s real? That was gay.