idk and feel free to correct me but bucky is definitely not the dad of the thunderbolts. at most he is their older brother. he won't be making appointments for dentists but he'll probably drive them back from the visit. he is not supervising their dates from the other side of the restaurant but probably keeps his door open if they want to sulk in the corner of his room for a while while he does something else.
like. he's not their dad. he's an older brother stuck watching them. he's not doing well himself, he just copes better than they are because he's further along on his mental health journey.
do you get me. he's not herding them together like chickens and wearing an apron and fussing over whether they ate dinner. he's mostly just 'do whatever you want, don't get killed and don't get me killed'. but he will absolutely jump into the line of fire with you (exasperated). do you get me. do you get me.
