#Howlies hc

[numberonestuckyshipper]

I love the Howling Commandos so much, they’re so underrated if you ask me, especially the awesome dynamic they 100% had. I imagine all of them in very specific ways, some things are based off of fics I’ve read, some of it is just me.

Steve Rogers: Steve is the youngest of them all, he’s also the least experienced one and he hasn’t been part of the group nearly as long as the others considering he came into the picture after Kreischberg. He’s really fun to talk to and he’s as much of a little shit as the others are, being the leader of their group he’s in charge of tacking care of talking to superiors and shit, and he often ignores direct orders to do what he thinks is a better option, he also lets his team get away with things regular soldiers wouldn’t be allowed to do and they love him for it. He often gets yelled at by Bucky after doing stupid shit, the other Howlies often jokingly refer to him as “Dad” when it’s just them.

Bucky Barnes: Bucky has the others’ immense respect from the start, because he’s protective and caring as much as he hates to admit it. He is the only one who has negative amount of problems yelling at Steve after he did some stupid shit, he was the most scarred by Kreischberg but never lets it show. He loves music and always has a song stuck in his head and has fun pissing the others off by butchering the songs when it’s safe to be loud. He trusts Steve more than he probably should and goes with his plans, though he often forces him to modify them and cut down the crap. His protectiveness and strictness when Steve’s being a dumbass gets the others to nickname him “Mom” when they’re in private. He ‘hates’ it.

Dum Dum Dugan: Dum Dum was Bucky’s closest friend after Steve, he has a stupid sense of humor and says way too many dad jokes than is good for his teammates’ mental health. He’s always the first to jump at the opportunity to get his hands on some alcohol (no one complains about that) and he and Jim are the primary clowns of the group. He loves to tease the others, especially “Mom” and “Dad”.

Jim Morita: Jim is the one in charge of their immediate medical problems and small tech involved stuff, like Dugan, he has a shit sense of humor and they often get into battles of who can out dad-joke the other.

Gabe Jones: like Dum Dum, Gabe has known Bucky since before Azzano, and is the one in charge of languages, he speaks French and German more fluently than the others do and in the beginning he was usually in charge of dealing with Jacques’ bullshit.

Monty Falsworth: Monty is the only official member of the Howlies who isn’t broke (he is often teased about it). He could be considered the most sane of the Howlies (though not by far) he is the most experienced of the group to talk about strategy and often helps Steve and helps Bucky knock some reason into the little shit. They like to tease him for living up to every British stereotype and is often asked to ‘translate’ what Peggy says. He has a sister named Jaqueline who is a spy for the SOE.

Jacques Dernier: Jacques was a member of the French resistance, he’s from Marseille and is fully fluent in English but refuses to speak it. He understands everything the others tell him but speaks to them in French and lets them deal with it, after over a year of dealing with him all of the Howlies are more or less fluent in French. They call him a fucking pyromaniac because of his love of explosives and his talent with them. He also has a shit sense of humor that rivals with Dum Dum and Jim and is probably the most batshit crazy member of the team (though the others are pretty close behind him).

Howard Stark is considered an honorary member of the Howlies idc about any contradiction: rule n°1 when it comes to Howard Stark; don’t leave him alone with Jacques Dernier. They will set something on fire or worse. He and Monty are often laughed at for having money and they tease back by talking about rich people problems in front of the others. He is called a lot of names by the Howlies such as things like “Gadget”, “Engineer”, “Civilian”, “Civy” and things among those lines making fun of him not technically being a part of the military. He is involved in a lot of the Howlies’ inside jokes including the “Mom” and “Dad” thing.

[captainjimothycarter]

Watching the first season of Agents of Shield, with the whole pre, during, and post Winter Soldier just makes me miss Peggy being in the midst of this so much more.

The show would've had half as many episodes because she would've figured it out and kicked everyone's ass. She wouldn't allowed Hand to assume Coulson was Hydra. And would've trusted Trip right away.

[stucky-headcanon-bot]

if you take suggestions: maybe a one about how the winter soldier hair only happens against Bucky's will and how everytime Bucky escapes the winter soldier/villainous situation he chooses cuts off his hair back to how he used to look in the howlies + how Steve feels about seeing Bucky choosing his appearance again and seeing his handsome Bucky

💕

Thank you for the beautiful prompt anon.

I was asked to remove credits to the post I made inspired by this ask so I have removed that hc and posted it separately.

[fandomfluffandfuck]

avengers infinity war + endgame did bucky so dirty in the costuming department and i still get annoyed to this day

none of his clothes (farmer/funeral/howlie homage fits) fit him properly and its like they were trying to make his silhouette terrible wrt the cut of everything and the fact that there were DOZENS of better concept arts all thrown away... not even mad that they ended up choosing a Howling Commando homage as his combat outfit but why did it fit so terribly? not that we even see the costume much cuz buck was effectively made nonexistent in IW+EG esp during the fights, just gave him a gun and denied any supersoldier team up

the costuming department must've hated him cuz it was such a downgrade to his CW stuff (or even BP, and that was just an end credit) civil war mostly just had simple civilian outfits, but the henley + combat gear were tailored perfectly, even the gun Bucky had in civil war was actually cool as shit with a gigantic magazine almost like a big ass sniper (which he used in howlies) compared to the flimsy silly thing they gave him in IW+EG, ig Wakanda has less cool guns than the random weapon rack Bucky grabbed in CW

someone at Marvel is dedicated to making Bucky look less and less cool not just with his worse and worse costuming but also in fights, already forgetting he's a roided out supersoldier and not including him as a fighting partner for Steve like they used to be in the HC's, but even the guns they give Bucky get less and less cool and less flashy, the oomph Buck used to have in screen keeps getting watered down, costuming + props dept keeps doing him dirty 😶

It's 👏🏻 about 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 homophobia 👏🏻

Oh, you like this character? You like how he and his canon fucking soul mate best friend interact? Oh, well, not only are we going to distance the character from each other, so you won't have anything to glean about their relationship, but we're also going to downgrade this character to make him less desirable, too.

The homophobia and the money hungry greed, uncaring of the characters they've built because they know people will come and come and come again, so long as they keep making the films.

[stucky-fic-idea-bank]

TFA Howling Commandos fic. In this fic all the Howlies are queer men. (Because the Howlies being a squad of queer men saving the day is awesome as is the idea of Steve always surrounding himself with queer people, looking at you Sam and Nat) They would share pictures of their boyfriends (or girlfriends because they can be bi/pan) among each other. After Steve comes into the picture, they all rib Bucky because Steve is not that little scrawny guy he would talk about.

^^^^

Anything that gives me more Howling Commandos content is a good thing, and I am so onboard with this. I’d love for the HCs to have some sort of identity crisis over Steve like. This can’t be little Stevie Rogers that Bucky’s always going on about?? Did he have a big strapping cousin or something??

[turtle-steverogers]

hello mikey!

ok so I have this hc with samsteve, before they get together but are roommates. Y'know that interview where it was said that Sam and Steve don't like to bleed on other people? W e l l, I like to think that Sam will drop hints that it's totally, 100% ok if they share a bed cause he's a tactile guy, he needs the comfort. But it's awkward so he'll just drop hints and hope Steve will figure it out.

YES YES YESSS

Sam being like “haha back in my days overseas, we’d share cots sometimes when it got cold haha” and Steve’s like “aww the Howlies did too sometimes:)” and Sam keeps like dropping little obvious nudges like that until he finally figures its hopeless, only for Steve to pull him in that night with a little kiss to the temple and a soft “You could have just asked. You can always have this” whispered in Sam’s ear. Sam’s head ends up on Steve’s chest with Steve’s arms securely around him😌😌

[livingprophecy]

small hc, but bucky didn’t learn to drive until the howlies taught him in germany

[damagedtoysoldier]

Is it possible that Bucky could also be afraid of heights before the fall, even though he was also a sniper in the Howlies?

definitely possible .  i don’t generally think that because i have hcs that he did some paras training during the war as well as soe training and you can’t fear heights if you’re doing those ,   and also because of the crack about him making steve ride the cyclone at coney island .      but even if he was scared of heights before he was definitely scared of them after because he remembers falling even if he doesn’t remember hitting the ground .

[littlelovelyspiderling]

Nice stories, man! If you had to rank the ticklishness of each of the atla main characters, what would that list look like?

ooooh this is hard...i guess the only this to base this on is just my own HCs so here’s how I always imagine it:

1. Zuko - im sure people will disagree but I always picture him as the most ticklish out of all of them cuz he’s the last person anyone expects to be hyper-sensitive, which makes it all the more cute and hilarious

2. Sokka - most sensitive to squeezy-type tickles, very easily descends into loud howly seal-like laughs

3. Aang - giggles like CRAZY when tickled but can endure it longer than the other 2 dudes

4. Toph - probably very similar to Aang, but is much more likely to jab you in the gut with a spike of earth if you try it

5. Katara - it’s not like she’s NOT ticklish, cuz she very much is, but it takes a little extra time and effort to make her full-on belly laugh

[eusuntgratie]

Character: Bucky Barnes

Give me a character and I will answer:

Why I like them: I don’t have time to write you a novel, but Bucky is my favorite. I love him so much. Bucky is strong, smart, loyal, and so fucking competent. But somehow that doesn’t fuel toxic masculinity or a superiority complex. When his best friend, his skinny asthmatic best friend that he’s had to care for and protect for years, becomes a giant slice of tasty american beefcake with super strength and speed and suddenly everyone looks up to him and the girls swoon when he walks by... Bucky isn’t threatened by that. He’s proud of his friend and happy to fight by his side and have his six. When his whole life falls apart and he barely knows who he is, Bucky finds a way to quietly put his life and his mind back together all by himself, determined not to hurt anyone.

Why I don’t: There’s nothing I don’t like about his character, but I hate that the MCU has shit on his relationship with Steve bc they’re so terrified of the gays. The missed opportunities and bullshit scenes in CW, IW, and EG are really infuriating. I also can’t get over why bb went from looking like Jesus in an Herbal Essences commercial at the end of Black Panther to looking like a haunted man who can’t shower regularly at the beginning of IW...with no explanation. IT MAKES NO SENSE.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): Azzano in TFA, “but I knew him” in TWS, and our little glimpse of him having a normal life free of violence just buying some plums in CW. Also, 100% of SS’s nonverbal acting in the MCU.

Favorite season/movie: CATWS

Favorite line: This isn’t a back alley, Steve, it’s war / Hell no. That little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight. I’m following him. / But you’re keeping the outfit right? / I’m with you until the end of the line, pal / My name is Bucky

Favorite outfit Not gonna lie to you, I enjoy bb murder strutting in his bondage jacket tactical gear in TWS. I love him in his uniform in TFA the night before he ships out. His outfit in Romania, the first (the only?) clothes we’ve seen him pick for himself. And the jeans and red henly bc oof.

OTP STUCKY I will die on this hill, thank you

Brotp Bucky & Nat. I also love reading about Bucky and the Howlies. Bucky & Sam too.

Head Canon Bucky’s been in love with Steve for a long time... it was so gradual and so wrapped up in how much he loved him already that it’s hard for him to recognize or understand how and when it happened. But he realized late one night taking care of Steve when Sarah was working and he really thought Steve might not make it through the night and he was so seized with panic that his friend his PERSON might not be there forever, he told him he loved him over and over. Steve was too feverish to hear him or remember, but somehow his fever broke early that morning.

Unpopular opinion idk if this is unpopular, but I see a lot of Steve pining for popular-with-the-ladies Bucky in pre-war fic, but I hc that Steve didn’t figure out that he loved Bucky until he lost him.

A wish I’m excited for Bucky to have more than three seconds of screen time in FWS, but I’m really nervous for the show too. I hope that they deal with Steve in a way that doesn’t totally shit on their characters, and I hope that there is some acknowledgement of Bucky’s trauma, of him finding a way to fight and keep his humanity. I’m not holding my breath for either, but I’ll watch anyway.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen Bucky/Sharon (DEAR GOD NO)

5 words to best describe them loving loyal competent intelligent human (human is a weird adjective but one of the things I love most about Bucky is that they could never take his humanity away despite trying for decades).

My nickname for them Steve calling him Buck is my kryptonite. I also love modern AU’s where Rebecca calls him weird ridiculous things like Bonky.

Character Asks

[captainjimothycarter]

I know how much you love Aunt Peggy & Tony’s relationship, just as I do, but what about Peggy & Peter? Peter idolized Tony, I wonder what would happen if Pete met the person Tony Idolized 😊♥️

I am in love with Aunt Peggy & Tony’s relationship. It’s something I’ve always HC but never truly wrote about beyond mentions. But YES. I didn’t think about this until now. Let’s make this an AU where Peggy was deaged, set shortly after Steve brings ‘em home in the Tony one.

--

When Mr. Stark had called Peter at the crack of dawn, having no respect or idealization of the time and the fact that Peter was now officially in his freshmen year of college, and thus had stayed up far too late doing a paper, Peter considered ignoring the phone call and rolling over to catch a few more minutes of desperate sleep. Mr. Stark had other plans.

“Peter! C’mon, there you are!” Even over the phone, Peter knew that Tony was smiling and hear the excited energy in his voice. “Don’t groan at me, look, I know it’s a bit early but you gotta come over, okay? Come over for lunch. You don’t got class tonight.”

He was right, he didn’t have class after lunch and until tomorrow bright and early but Peter was hoping to use that time to finish his paper and get started on this useless PowerPoint for biology. Though, a break wouldn’t be a bad idea. Ned was telling him he was overworking himself already.

“Alright,” he yawned, scrubbing at his face, now figuring he wouldn’t get some sleep after all. “Alright. I’ll be over for lunch. Might be around one, Mr. Hynes doesn’t let us out until late when we do a lab.”

It was closer to two when Peter finally got to the familiar Tower. He’d text Mr. Stark on and off about how the lab was running over, then there was discussion, and then trying to get off campus was a nightmare with the new security in place. Tony had texted back once to tell him that it was okay, there was no immediate rush, but he hadn’t heard from him after that.

He hoped Tony wasn’t mad at him.

The elevator doors opened and Peter was met with the empty sigh of the communal living room. Well, empty until he rounded the corner and found a slightly familiar face wearing one of Captain Rogers t-shirts and a pair of jeans making tea. He could hear her muttering about the slim selection and ‘teaching these guys how to make a proper cuppa’ before a kettle was put down.

“Oh,” Peter breathed, looking down at the bright red kettle. “That burner doesn’t heat up as fast as the others. The one beside it does.”

The woman turned to face Peter and he was suddenly awestruck, his breath leaving his lungs. He knew her. Well, he knew of her.

He’d seen her photos in Tony’s lab, often coming across as screen saviors when he left his tablet alone for far too long. The photos of a younger Tony and woman with gray hair were in the man’s bedroom too. And in his office. He’d even seen her, a much younger photo of her in Captain Rogers’ room. Even Mr. Barton had one of an older her and a younger him. This was Peggy Carter - Director of Shield. Former Director? 

“Close your mouth,” Peggy said in a polite, but strict manner that makes the young adult snap his mouth shut. “It’s not polite to openly gape. Who are you?”

The way her head tilts to the side, her eyes scan him makes Peter want to squirm. She’s watching him, studying him. He knew how he must look with black bags under his eyes, his mousy hair a complete mess from the wind, the baggy clothes he’d just thrown on this morning with no care. Unknownst to him, there was a smudge of something black along the tip of his nose. 

This was a woman that Peter had idolized, even before he’d known Mr. Stark. He’d done many projects and papers and personal research on her. He’d followed her life story until it abruptly ended until she was supposed to be dead. She was dying, she could remember Mr. Stark getting upset.

He’d often talk about his auntie and it took Peter less than a week to make the connection between ‘auntie’ and the pictures. He knew they were close and he’d admired her. When the news of her third stroke had reached Tony, through Steve or Hill, Tony had locked himself away in the lab for hours on end. He’d only let Peter in when the kid refused to go home. He talked at Peter about Auntie Pegs and how much she meant to him and it hurt how he couldn’t help her and sometimes she didn’t even remember him and that drove a spike through his chest.

It doesn’t explain how she got here and to look so...young.

She was still staring at him and it made the brunette’s cheeks flush with color. She was waiting for an answer. “Uh, P-Peter Parker, ma’am.” His tongue darted out to lick his lips. “I’m here to see Mr. Stark, he-he called earlier. Uh, your...kettle is about to go off.”

Sure enough, a beat later, the kettle was screaming and the poised woman was pouring two cups of steaming, hot water. Peter watched her for the longest minute, trying to wrack his brain with something to say.

What the hell could he say? I admire you. Mr. Stark loves you to death and your sickness hurt him and he didn’t want you to think he didn’t love you but he does. You’re amazing. You’ve done so much for the world and not many people know it but I do and I’m thankful. 

Each one sounded dumber than the next.

“Pegs?”

That was Captain Rogers, sure enough, he was coming into the kitchen with a towel around his neck. His face lit up at the sight of Peter. 

“Hey, Pete. Tony will be down in a minute.” He bent down to kiss Peggy’s cheek, Peter noting the light flush over her cheekbones. “I’m going to take a shower, then we can head out.”

“Where are you going?” The question is blurted out before Peter could stop it. He just wants to melt into this spot. “I-I mean...I don’t...we…”

Peggy laughs, it cuts through the tension and even the young adult can see how relaxed Steve gets. “It’s perfectly okay, love. You know, Stevie, he reminds me a little bit of a younger you.” She elbows his chest gently and stirs in a bit of sugar and cream into her tea.

Steve rolls his eyes but his ears turn a shade of red. “No, Peter’s more put together than I ever was.” He kissed her once more before leaving, leaving the pair alone. 

Why hasn’t the ground just opened up and swallowed him whole?

“As for where we’re going…” She’s turned back to him and gestured for Peter to sit down at the little bar, sitting across from him with her hands around the mug of tea, the other put in front of Peter. “Steve’s insistent on taking me out, something about lost time.”

There’s that knowing smile again and Peter feels like he’s starting to know it well. 

“I-I know you,” He blurts out again and groans, covering his face. Maybe he just should on the mask and run away. Go hide. Never come back into the tower again. “I-I mean…” He sighs out of his nose and drops his hands, might as well just finish digging this hole. “You’re Tony’s godmother. He-he calls you auntie. You were Director of Shield. You -”

“Technically, still am. I never fully gave over that power.”

“Yes, ma’am. Still are. You did so much amazing work! From-from rescuing Sargeant Barnes and the Howlies - giving their families a secured home. From-from durin’ the war and the programs you illegally set up to help refugees find home and jobs and security to-to everything.” 

“Sounds like you have an admirer, Auntie,” a voice teases, a hand clamping on Peter’s shoulder. “Hey, Pete. Glad you could make it.”

Peter turns back to look at Tony and he’s a little stunned. He hasn’t seen him in a few weeks, but they’ve talked. Tony looks so much...healthier. There’s no bags under his eyes - or not so much. He’s got a glow to him, and even not so skinny. There’s a light to his eyes, and it looks like he’s groomed recently. 

“Mr. Stark, I-I’m sorry about being late, I-”

“Pete, it’s okay.” He squeezed his shoulder and dropped his hand, rounding the table to kiss Peggy’s cheek. “I wanted to invite you over to meet her. We’re going out for lunch, I think you should join us.” His eyes look over Peter and click his tongue on the roof of his mouth. “I think you should join us for several meals. Have you been avoiding the cafeteria again?”

“Huh?” Peter looks down at the outfit and feels Peggy’s eyes are on him too. He wants to sink again. “I-I mean I’ve forgotten to eat a few times, but I’ve always gotten a late meal or early breakfast. I’ve been too into my work and Ned works nights so, so sometimes I gotta help him when he gets home and…”

Peggy’s smiling softly at him. It’s a comforting smile, motherly. “It’s okay,” she says, laying her hand on his. “No need to make a fuss about it. Why don’t we make this a daily thing, hm? So we can be sure that you get at least two meals into you a day and you get a break.”

Before Peter knew it, he was agreeing to...this ridiculous schedule. He’d meet Peggy for lunch at a diner close to campus and then Tony or Steve or another Avenger for dinner. Lunch alone with Peggy? His mind was haywire and he couldn’t focus on that fact.

It wasn’t until they were alone, with Tony saying he was going to go get Steve, that he realized Peggy was speaking to him still. “So, Tony tells me that you’re an Avenger?”

“Honorary,” he laughs. “But y-yes, ma’am.”

“You’re just a kid.” He frowns at that, but Peggy shakes her head. He can imagine she’s seen far too much of ‘just kids’ doing adult jobs. “You promise me you’ll be safe, alright? I can’t exactly control you or what you do but I know you’re important to this team and especially to Anthony, so by proxy you’re important to me.”

His mouth opens and closes again, trying to think of something to say. She was worried about him? Peggy Carter? Director Carter? Was worried about him? 

“Good,” she muses, when all he does is nod. “I’d hate to tear this world apart because my honorary nephew was hurt.”

The funny thing was, Peter believed her, he realized as they all left the Tower. That Peggy Carter would tear the world apart if he’d wound up hurt under anyone’s watch.

[wildestheart4ever]

So I had a dream. About a typical Steve finds Bucky sooner, and brings him in from the cold shitz

They have him in a cell, cause he’s kinda a danger hazard [the murder look does not soften, at all]. Steve leaves him in peace for the time being, to lick his emotional wounds like a kicked puppy

Tony is in his lab fooling around with smth he probably shouldn’t have, he fucks it up like usual, and nearly gets himself blinded by the flashbomb-esque reaction in whatever it was he was fucking around with. The whole tower is nearly blinded, and Steve - in a typical ‘’Steve’s a mother hen hc’’ fashion - goes running to check on Bucky.......

Only to find the hulking mass of surly/murderous/untrusting ex hydra supersoldier replaced by the Bucky of 1945. And it takes a whole ass minute of confused panicking for Sam to point out:

If this Bucky is here, then does mean 2014!Bucky is in 1945? 

And somewhere in 1945, Steve and the Howlies are having a serious bad time with their good ole Buck being replaced in a flash of light with a confused, violent, freaked out 2014!Bucky.  

[paperstorm]

I’m so sorry to hear about that andie! I’m glad you’re ok!! A stucky headcanon I have (because marvel doesn’t own my stucky hc, my stucky timeline, my stucky anything) is the howling commandos still being alive when Steve wakes up and he spends most of his time with them, Bucky too when he gets himself back after those awful years. The avengers meet with them sometimes and tony has a love/hate relationship with all these people who knew his dad. The howlies have so much shit on Steve and Bucky

Thanks love <3

Oh gosh I’d never even considered that but Peggy was still alive so of course the others could have been too?? Steve finding them all in some kind of nursing home for veterans, meeting up with them again, spending every sunday afternoon playing cards with them and talking about the old days. I really love that. We should have gotten so much more of the Howlies, they really were just teased and then taken away forever but I would have watched a whole series about them 

cheer ya girl up with headcanons, she’s had a terrible day

[amarriageoftrueminds]

Now now, we all know how Bucky's been in love with Steve (and known about his feelings) his whole life, but what about Steve? I've always swayed towards the theory 'Steve's been in love with Bucky his whole life as well, he only realised after Bucky fell from the train', but what if Steve's known he's in love with Bucky since their Brooklyn days? That would shed an entirely different light on his interactions with Miss Nazis Hirer and the whole 'right partner' talk

Going by canon, I think there must've been either: a declaration of mutual feelings, or; the first foray into a sexual relationship in their late teens, because one of Bucky's trigger words was 'seventeen', and Steve said he felt like a 16 year old again when he heard Bucky's name.

What's interesting is, at that time, and especially in that place*, there wasn't the idea that gay sex acts made you gay, because there were loads of 'straight' men around (eg. sailors.) going with other men just for sex. This was pre pill, pre sex-before-marriage for most, especially for Catholics like Steve.

So it might be that Bucky and Steve were doing the do with each other looong before either of them came to the realisation that they were also, coincidentally, in love.

I agree that Bucky, simply because he's exposed to dating women more than Steve is, has more of an opportunity to Realise before Steve. He'd have the benefit of being able to contrast his experience of feelings with Steve, with his experience of feelings for others, leading him to a lightbulb moment.

And he'd cover this up (and keep up the pretense of believing both he and Steve are really straight) by going out with girls in the meantime; in a period-appropriate gentlemanly way, not bedding them. Also to protect him and Steve from any potentially dangerous accusations.

I don't see Steve as not knowing precisely that he is in love with Bucky; I think he knew before the events of CATFA started, and it was a big part of his motivation for wanting to go to war.

But I do think it hadn't occurred to Steve that he might only be attracted to Bucky / men until after he got serum -- because, before then, his health would've been a limiting factor.

Before then, I can see him thinking 'well it's no wonder I have no libido like Bucky does around women, I'm just too unwell!' and not connecting the dots.

This would explain why he seems so panicked when sexual situations arise with women, after the serum; because he's realising 'oh shit! actually, I don't even like this when I have Perfect Health!' and hastily trying to backpedal himself out of an unwanted situation.

My HC is both of them thinking they're the only male-attracted one in the relationship and they're just engaging in sex acts together for convenience' sake but the other one's only going to keep doing it until he can get a girl.

So when Steve shows up all heterosexual-passing, looking like he can get any girl he wants, Bucky looks devastated because he thinks that signals the end of his physical (in his head unrequited romantic) relationship with Steve.

(But then between Peggy showing up and he and Steve going to the Continent together with the Howlies, Bucky mysteriously seems to perk up!)

By which point Steve, with his strong moral instincts and anti-Fascism, has come to the conclusion that if he's a physically perfect man, and he's still in love with and attracted to Bucky, then there must by definition be nothing wrong with feeling physically attracted to Bucky.

IDK if it makes it better or worse to imagine that they finally confessed to each other before the fall?

Maybe it'd be nice if they saved that for Post-WS, especially since Bucky might be then in even more doubt as to Steve's feelings for him. It's a common choice in fic for a reason!

There are two ways to read the 'right partner' talk Steve has with Peggy.

One is:

Steve's a straight man acting like an incel and attempting to pull pick-up artist tricks on Peggy which don't work, because she's not interested in him, and so doesn't take the bait (we only don't notice he's being a creep because Cevans and HA play it as benign, and because the writers, being themselves douchebags, don't realise what they've written; and probably wouldn't care even if they did.)

Two is: (particularly egregious if you flip the genders and imagine a woman saying this to a man) 

Steve going out of his way to make it clear that he doesn't want to date, isn't interested in dating right now, while there's a war on, and finds women terrifying. 

And yet as soon as he's fuckable, Peggy pulls a 180 and starts claiming she always liked him as he was, despite the fact that her actions directly disprove this; she didn’t ask him out when she had the chance and the encouragement. 

Naturally, her arrogance leads her to the immediate assumption that if Steve is waiting for The One, then she must be the One to whom he was referring. 

The fact that his wording either means he’s already found the One and is waiting for them, OR that he hasn’t met them yet, both exclude her from the running (since he’s known her a week) is...  immaterial. She never asks if he has his eye on someone, does she? Would Steve being already married stop her? 

(You don’t say ‘I don’t want to date because I’m waiting for the One’ to the person who IS the One, or whom you suspect may be the One. This ain’t rocket science!) 

And hey, did you notice, that Peggy is just so important and special and perfect that her sudden interest in Steve means that Steve's stated wishes are now irrelevant? 

The staggering hubris of waltzing up to him to go ‘hey, by the way, one day... when all this is over... I will allow you to date me.’ 😘😌 

Too bad he didn’t ask! 

The fact that Steve explicitly told her he isn't interested in dating and didn’t specify he’d be interested in her is invalidated by his new looks and her desire. 

Sheesh. These Carter girls sure are rapey as hell.

(Also, in characteristic NOT-A-FEMINIST Peggy Style, the first thing she does upon seeing Big Steve is yank a t shirt out of the hands of a waiting nurse, because Saint Poppins is apparently so good at everything without training or experience that she can do nursing better than an actual nurse, too? (Could be she's also being characteristically territorial, pissing a circle round her chosen prey.) While simultaneously, out of nowhere, affecting a  dumb ‘oh I’m so soft-and-feminine’ voice she didn’t have before?? Does that sounds like someone Steve ‘son of a nurse’ Rogers would admire? UGH.)

The irony of all this is ^ you can read Steve as 100% gay and not have to change a single piece of his characterisation or interactions with women at any point.

I've touched on this in other asks, but:

He never asks Peggy out when he has the opportunity; only when he knows it's too late and he won't be expected to follow through (due to him being dead.)

He never makes a move on any of the chorus girls or his female fans (no matter what those creeps M&M claim). Or Private Lorraine. Or Nat. He has to be nagged to make one on Sharon (while Peggy's body's barely had time to cool, and looks fine about never seeing her again lol!) But he goes out of his way to befriend Sam, and waay out of his way to get Bucky back.

Throughout all his films he's consistently assaulted by women, even friends, and never looks happy about it; he also never looks upset when he's rejected or cut off from women love interests, or when he's able to dodge flirting (by, eg. jumping out of a frickin' plane!?)

It's 'his choice', in his own words.

He seems his happiest with women in platonic situations, and only sad about them when it's a question of a shirked duty, a bereavement, or him feeling he's let them down; eg. when Nat dies, when his mother dies, when he's unable to deliver a promised dance to Peggy, etc.

(But it makes people uncomfortable to address this since many of his fans are female.)

But even marrying a woman (albeit the most OOC choice it's physically possible for a Captain America to make, not to mention that it involves abandoning our-Bucky alone in the future). It doesn't preclude Steve from being gay, since lavender marriages were hella common (doubly so for famous gay men).

He could be gay and still in a relationship with Bucky, and married to Peggy. I mean, he's guaranteed a wife who'll spend most of the time away at work, able to use her connections to squash any inconvenient press; and unable to out him or Bucky without ruining her own prestige. Perfect!

Still makes EG Steve a douchebag tho. 😒

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*we know they frequented north Brooklyn, because Steve said 'I know this neighborhood!' while the Brooklyn Bridge was in sight behind him; but, they got the street angle wrong, cuz they made it look like the BKB has a street which looks right at it, when in fact the street with that famous view is of the Manhattan Bridge. The places Steve describes being beat up; a parking lot, alleyway, and diner, are also all places you'd go while you're Out, rather than where you live. So IMO Steve and Bucky lived somewhere near DUMBO, but not so far east that their view was of the Manhattan Bridge; either Brooklyn Heights or Downtown. So that puts them right in the heart of Gay Brooklyn (as in, Truman Capote had a house there, because Walt Whitman wrote a famous poem about there; that level of gay), next to the Navy Yard and Sands Street (gay cruising central) and they also frequented gay cruising mecca Coney Island (big burlesque hot spot).

[honestlyfrance]

I just- headcanons are just- what??? amazing?? because my headcanons are basically just

Rhodey knows how to fence. Tony is appalled and at awe and shit at it, but he def made a robot for Rhodey to spar with

Bucky is an engineer, always loved space, and Sam is just an expert at those sorts of things except for astronomy, so once on a mission, they made a plane from scratch but Sam couldn’t fly them home because he didn’t know how to use the stars as a map. Bucky knew but he’s afraid of planes, so

While on the run, Nat taught Sam everything he knew and more, especially about spy stuff, so there’s a moment everyone is appalled and terrified on what that man can do

Steve lurks on youtube for art tutorials and is not subtle when hinting at Tony to buy him a drawing tablet 

Falcon op? boom they were spies

Bucky is a theorist and Sam believes in science. They obviously go ghost hunting because Bucky saw that one (1) series on youtube and never lets it down

Nat and Sam go exploring in the woods due to Bucky (above hc) and end up going on adventures and fighting baddies for some reason. They come back every time, it’s just tradition by then

Bucky is terrified how Sam knew how his arm works and therefore realized that Sam has been paying attention to the dumped HYDRA/S.H.I.E.L.D. files

Bucky knows how to braid, sew, and make food from scratch because 1930s

Sam knows how to play the piano so he’s pretty excited when Bucky told him that he knew how to make jazz music out of anything (due to the Howlies having random music sessions courtesy of Gabe Jones’ trumpet and Steve’s singing voice). They have their own sessions with Nat as their vocalist

Wanda knows how to seduce now that Nat has taught her everything she needed to know

spies say: “beep beep” when riding their motorcycles through a crumbling highway. Except for Clint. Clint can’t run or drive a motorcycle so Sam carries him

and i’m glad people just decided that- oops canon sucks let’s warp/make our own

[weaponizedembrace]

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