sweethoneysempai:

I feel like a lot of people write Steve as wanting to be very touchy-feely with Bucky post-WS and Bucky being more “no touchy! No touch” and while I’m here for that

Bucky seemed a lot more inclined to casual affectionate touch than Steve if you pay attention in FA. He puts his arm around Steve in the alleyway; he holds hands with his date to the expo; he grabs Steve shoulder and goes in for the hug when they say good-bye at the recruitment office. I don’t think you can say that Steve has ever been touch-repulsed but if you notice he tends not to let his touches linger very long, even with Bucky, and he doesn’t go for the physical contact first unless it’s necessary.

So it might be interesting to read a CW/post-WS story where as Bucky is getting his personality back he starts touching Steve more without consciously thinking about it, and Steve is the one who is a little put off by it…or just is the one who allows it, rather than the one who initiates it.