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Bucky blinks when he hears Cass and AJ admire the shield. He finds that sleeping on the couch is surprisingly nice, and looks at the boys. “Hey.” He grins as the boys put down the shield and run to the kitchen. Then, Sam appears. “Hey, man.”
“Hey.” Sam grins. The sight of the man is starting to feel like home to Bucky, more than he’d even like to admit sometimes. He’s felt… hollow, ever since Steve left to go back to the past, and having someone actually feels so nice.
Even though Sam gets on his nerves most of the time.
The way the sun lights up the living room around Sam, makes Bucky feel like maybe, just maybe, he could find something like this appealing, especially with Sam around.
He gets up and walks over to him. “Look, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you…”
His voice trails off when their eyes meet, and his breath hitches when he sees Sam smile at him. Not a teasing smile, but a genuine one.
When Sam pulls him in for a hug, Bucky’s shocked for a moment, but he wraps his arms around him, and hugs him tightly in return. This… This is so nice, and he’s going to savour every moment of it. They stay like that for a few moments, and then Sam looks at him.
“What were you gonna ask, Buck?”
Normally, the nickname only Steve would be allowed to use on him, irritates Bucky, but not now. Now, it feels… soothing. Bucky feels a blush heating up his face as he tries to remember.
“I completely forgot about that, man…”
That’s when Sam takes his chance, and kisses him. The kiss takes Bucky by surprise for a moment, but then, he reciprocates it with everything in him. He’s kissed guys before, but nothing’s coming close to this. Sam’s lips are simply /divine/. A moan or two slips from his own lips, but it doesn’t embarrass him like it normally would.
It feels so good and so right.
When they break apart for air, the two are resting their foreheads against one another, slightly breathless and blushing, but oh, so happy.
“You know,” Sam says after a few moments, “I wanna be kissing you like that a lot.” Bucky’s beaming from ear to ear when he hears that.
“Then what’s stopping you?”