FancyHWrites

the fact that sam and bucky become true, good friends who *visit each other’s homes and don’t just fight together* is an insane level of intimacy for two marvel characters who are not said explicitly to be romantically involved. and not visit to give intel or whatever, just visit for the sake of visiting. i’m realizing we actually rarely see this.

sam is the smart independent got her shit together romcom protagonist from a small town and bucky is the i don’t wanna be tied down free spirit thot love interest from the big city. and ep 5 was the penultimate scene of the romcom where bucky realized he did some dumb shit to hurt sam and doesn’t want to lose him so he’s rushing to sam’s hometown to make it up to him but also has to be casual about it bc this is all new territory for him. and instead of an airport running scene it’s handing over zemo to right his wrongs and asking a favor from ayo whom he is NOT in the position to be asking favors from all in the hopes of making sam happy. complete with the quietly helping sam out around the house when he gets there and nervously waiting for sam to initiate if he could stay instead of outright asking