@17daybreak1 sent “ i love you. you don’t have to say anything, i just thought you should know. ” ( @ steve
It’s all Steve has ever wanted to hear since he was that way too little punk in Brooklyn who’d fallen head over heels in love with his best friend. His heart flutters in his chest and his stomach does flips and suddenly it’s like he’s right back there when they were young and had no worries (mostly, Steve was still pretty sick).
“.....I’ve been waiting to hear that for a long time, Buck.” Steve gives him a small smile and he wants to reach out, touch his cheek, or kiss him but he won’t. He respects Bucky’s boundaries too much for that and he knows the man is traumatized, has no idea what happened to him, he won’t risk triggering him. “I love you too. Always have. Ever since I was just some skinny punk.”

















