mmmmmm okay healing!bucky time. so bucky has kind of been fucked over by the government at this point, right? i mean, if we go by the idea that buck was drafted, essentially he's been forced into combat situations for, what, between 1943 and 2014 that's 71 years? albeit, of course, all that time in cryo, but c'mon. (1/?)
bucky’s had his life taken away, and in the Perfect Future, SHIELD gives him a pension to life off - a really nice one as a “sorry the american/russian/whatever gvnmt. treated u like shit … have some money”. steve drops out of the avengers and gets his own pension to live off. they get an apartment in brooklyn cause ~sentimentality~ and essentially end up living together like the old days, except steve isn’t sick, bucky isn’t working or dating, and they can hold hands … in public … (2/?)
so bucky does A LOT of meditation and spends HOURS a day sitting on the plush lounge room rug, just. sitting. letting his thoughts come and go. sometimes steve joins him, but steve’s healing mainly lies in physical exercise; runs with sam, punchin a bag in the gym … etc. bucky gets his memories back, but obvs he isn’t 1943!buck no more. he likes his hair long and he’s a bit like “this metal arm is kinda :/” but he’s still relatively comfortable in his own body (3/?)
bucky always has a ponytail/bun (wtf is MAN BUN or MAN PONYTAIL its a bun or a ponytail no need to stress how masculine u r?? i love feminism) and he LOVES having his hair washed, E S P E C I A L L Y by stevie so shower time + best time. bucky always smells like a different shampoo. so steve and bucky live and chill 2gether and that’s like it?? i’m not done but they aren’t forced to work for American Captialism they can just chillax for once in a century goddamn lmao (4/?)
so anyways, steve and bucky adopt a pet (which pet? cat? dog? fish? bird? u choose) which hangs out at home. bucky has a sweet tooth the size of texas, so he is C O N S T A N T L Y filling up the fridge with like … candy … pastries … ice cream … you name it bucky’s tried it greek custard is his weakness (5/?)
(there’s one missing idk i get the vibe it’s abt them doing whatever the shit they want and catching up and exploring)
then they spend the whole day doing W H A T E V E R they want - some of their favourites include; reading conspiracy theories about themselves on the internet; catching up on cinema; visiting their own exhibitions at museums; seeing art (holy shit they missed post-modernism?? whaaa); playing with the pet(s?) at home, being chill u no … best friends … until (7/?)
UNTIL one day they are holding hands (touch starved bucky? t o u c h s t a r v e d b u c k y ? TOUCH STARVED BUCKY!?!??!) at their own museum … covert operation … full gear … i.e. the cap & sunglasses combo …. (8/?)
when some asshole is like “haha what a bunch of homos” and steve is like “bbucky don’t entertain him jjust leave it just leave it iits ffine bbcuuuuuckkyyyyyyyyy sootooopppp but bucky yanks off his cap & sunglasses, says “ay fella, fuck you” to the asshole, grabs steve’s cheeks and jjust ffucking kisses him right there and everyone is staring bc that’s bucky barnes kissin steve rogers holy shit “that homo enough 4 u?” bucky asks and drags steve by the hand … away from the crowd … (9/?)
they get home … bucky is like “shit steve i’m sos sry if that was unprecedented i-” mmmm but steve kisses the shit out of his best friend and bucky’s hands curl <3 around <3 steve’s shirt <3 and they don’t do anything sexual or nothin just kiss for a bit and … nothing changes? they still hold hands and chill all day, except n ow …. with tongues and …. orgasms. good times. (10/10)
this is already super long but like !!!!!!!
bucky just settling in against steve, fingers curled tight in steve’s shirt as steve grips his hip tightly, and they don’t go anywhere, standing in the hall, lips sliding over each other’s soft and slow. after a few minutes it picks up, deepens, a flick of his tongue letting steve coax bucky’s mouth open, soft little noises in the back of his throat as bucky opens for him
and then instead of getting heavier and heavier, it slows down, steve pressing soft, chaste kisses to the corners of bucky’s lips, then sliding his lips back over bucky’s mouth proper, kissing him again.
and then steve’s free hand is in bucky’s hair, guiding his head back just a little, and bucky lets out a soft sigh, and they just kiss and kiss and kiss until steve’s stomach grumbles like the mood-breaker it is
and bucky laughs it off, and his face is so so soft as he looks up at steve, and steve’s cheeks are almost as red as his lips as he mumbles out an apology, but bucky just smiles, slow and warm, takes the hand on his hip and says better get that monster fed then