thinking about Bucky being on dating apps again (canon, TFATWS) and sad over it
because on one hand, this man was a ladies man, an absolute flirt. him in the 40s was, say it with me now, a:
and a romantic too, i mean spending three dollars (IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION) just to win a stuffed animal for a girl he liked? an absolute cutie
but finding someone he can connect with, who he has anything in common with him and that could understand him, that’s nearly impossible. and he must have known that, so that would mean he probably was on the app just to find hooks ups. right?
(which by itself is mildly funny bc can you imagine him, used to a time where people courted each other, getting a booty call??)
but anyway, then there’s also the fact this man has insane intimacy issues from being used by hydra in ALL ways. so sex without an emotional connection is hard for him, but he can’t find anyone to have that connection with which means he’s at a dead end
and he’s a smart man, he knows all this. he knew he couldn’t find a partner or a booty call through fucking tinder. WHICH MEANS, poor bucky was so so lonely, even tho he knew it would lead nowhere, he got the app just for the sake of entertaining the idea he could possibly find someone, just to feel a little more normal, less alone.













