#i love sambucky

[f-misc]

Captain America: Brave New World

the framed photos on the shelves in sam's office

highest shelf: sam and riley eye-level shelf: sam and bucky lower shelf: sarah, sam and torres     

[supposethismatters]

Enemies to lovers is about someone who has significant reason to hurt you but… actively chooses not to: It’s comforting.

The more it personally costs them to have you the more you know they want you: It’s flattering.

They lower their defenses understanding that you could truly harm them yet they have faith in you: It’s affirming.

Enemies pay attention to you in a way strangers, friends, and allies never do. Hyper aware of your motives, your skills, your every move for potential threats. But even with the intensive scrutiny we are judged worthy of their loyalty and vulnerability and love: It’s absolving.

[ex0rin]

CA: TWS | CA: BNW ✨husbands✨

[kayvsdoodles]

sleeby...

[yikesdrama]

Sam & Bucky’s conversation snippet: Caption America: Brave New World (spoiler, video attached)

Sam squints at Bucky, his brow furrowing just slightly, a half-smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.

Sam: "Did your speech writers help you with that?"

Bucky’s hands are tucked into his pockets, but there’s a telltale twitch in his shoulders, like he’s resisting the urge to gesture.

Bucky: "They did, yeah, the ending, a little bit. Did you like it? Was it-?"

Sam considers him for a second before nodding, slow and thoughtful.

Sam: "No no, it was good. Solid...B plus."

Bucky: "Emotional."

Sam: "Very. I felt it."

Sam’s messing with Bucky, but there’s truth in what he’s saying.

Bucky: "But just enough." He gestures with his hand.

Sam: "Yeah."

Their unspoken understanding lingers between them for a beat, comfortable and steady.

Bucky: "Listen, I've gotta...catch a plane. I have a campaign fundraiser. It's so stupid."

They look over Torres, A small smile flickers across Bucky’s face before he turns back to Sam, his gaze steady, softer now.

Bucky: "He's gonna be all right, man."

Sam exhales, looking at Bucky for a long moment before nodding. There’s gratitude in his expression, something unspoken passing between them as he reaches out. Their handshake is firm, familiar—grounding.

Sam: "Thanks, Buck."

Bucky claps a firm hand on Sam’s arm. It’s quick, but there’s weight behind it, a silent reassurance, an anchor in the middle of all the chaos.

Bucky: "I love you, buddy."

The words are easy, natural, but there’s meaning behind them. He doesn’t linger after saying it, doesn’t wait for Sam to respond. Instead, he turns, heading off before anything more needs to be said.

[lullyannie]

safe ♡

[lightsupluvr]

“and if i didn’t know better….”

“i’d think you were still around.”

[ohitsmsn]

I don’t know what I would do without fanfiction😭

That’s it.

That’s the post.

[at1r1-p4rk3r]

[margarethx]

I like that a big part of the Sambucky relationship is often just Sam giving Bucky full permission to be a little fucked up. Not in the sense that he recognizes his mental problems, but also because he sometimes just shrugs and allows Bucky's worst instincts to take over. (Which is mostly a fandom thing, but a small part of canon too, since Sam went with Bucky's plan to free Zemo with very little push-back, for example..)

It gave me the idea for a story where after Hydra everyone around Bucky wants him to move on from his traumas and heal, but Sam gives him the space to also be furious and unhinged about that. Like... all the other people would say: "what they did to you was awful, but the best revenge is to live a happy life <3". And Sam's like... "no, the best revenge is to wake them up with a gun to the temple in the middle of the night and to burn down their home, actually. here's a lighter, are you free this weekend, handsome?".

I don't mean to say that other people don't understand Bucky's anger, but they believe it'd be healthier for him to deal with the pain only by finding hobbies, adopting a pet, eating nice food etc. Whereas Sam offers all those things with an extra dose of pure vengeance. One night he takes Bucky out to a nice restaurant. The next night he stands aside as Bucky beats the shit out of some doctor, who experimented on him in 1989 and then helps him cover it up.

This dynamic would probably work better in a AU with no powers where they're regular people and where Bucky's been kidnapped or integrated into a cult that ruined his life. But it could apply to the canon too, in some ways.

I just like the the idea of all the well-meaning people in Bucky life trying to put as big of a distance between him and his abusers as possible... While Sam - who everyone sees as a rational almost-pacifist with a lot of empathy - helps his boyfriend hunt these abusers for sport.

[f-misc]

(captain america: brave new world spoilers)

sambucky scene transcript!

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On Sam, looking at Torres in the hospital, hearing footsteps come up behind him.

Sam: "It's a private room. Go away."

Bucky comes into view beside Sam.

Bucky: "Missed you too."

They look at each other. Bucky a soft smile. Sam looks away, a smile tugging the corner of his mouth.

Sam: "I hate to admit it...I'm glad you're here."

Sam looks back to Bucky and they both go in for a hug, Bucky closing his eyes in it. They part, stood side-by-side again.

Bucky: "You looked good out there on that 6 o'clock."

Sam shakes his head a bashful smile. Then sombre again.

Bucky: "But then I saw this."

Sam: "Doctors had to restart his heart. They don't know if..."

Sam closes his eyes.

Bucky: "This isn't your fault."

Sam: "It makes me think of Steve. How many alien invasions did he stop, again?"

Bucky: "Two."

Sam: "Two. Wow. What made me think I could follow that. I should have took the serum. Like Steve. Like you."

Bucky looking at Sam.

Bucky: "Why?"

Sam: "Because this is all starting to seem much bigger than me."

Sam turns to fully face Bucky.

Sam: "Ross, he asked me to restart the Avengers, Buck. But Joaquin's in here. Isaiah's in prison. And Sterns...I had him. I had Sterns. Right in my hands. And he got away. He damn near pushed us to the brink of war, because I wasn't—"

Sam emotionally cuts himself off.

Bucky: "Say what you need to say."

Sam looks down, then back to Bucky.

Sam: "Steve made a mistake."

Bucky: "No he didn't. He gave you that shield, not because you're the strongest, but because you're you. You think if you had that serum, you'd be able to protect all the people you care about. Steve had it, and he couldn't. You're a human being and you're doing your best. Steve gave people something to believe in, but you...you give them something to aspire to."

Sam squints at Bucky.

Sam: "Did your speech writers help you with that?"

Bucky: "They did, yeah, the ending, a little bit. Well, did you like it? Was it—?"

Sam: "No no, it was good. Solid...B plus."

Bucky: "Yeah. Emotional."

Sam: "Very. I felt it."

Bucky: "But just enough."

Sam: "Yeah."

Bucky: "Listen, I've gotta...catch a plane. I have a campaign fundraiser. It's so stupid."

They look over Torres, smiling. Bucky looks at Sam.

Bucky: "He's gonna be all right, man."

Sam looks at Bucky, shakes Bucky's hand.

Sam: "Thanks, Buck."

Bucky: "I love you, buddy."

Bucky claps Sam's arm and leaves; Sam nods, looking after him.

[th30ra3k3n]

Just for a moment

The briefest second

Paradise is just inside my reach

It's just for a moment

For the sweetest second

It's you and me

It's you and me

'Cause I don't know when I started loving you

Now it's all that I can do

Yeah, heaven is a place I know when I'm with you

[themissingmango]

Rolling in fields always! 🌼🌸🪻🌷🌻

Very important sambucky content for an art exchange with @enthyrea !! I wanted to send you warm summer vibes 🥰

[yikesdrama]

Vote for James Bucky Barnes, make America great again.

[mikeluciraphgabe]

SamBucky but it’s just Sam making all of these references that don’t fucking exist and Bucky going “that doesn’t seem real but I don’t know enough about today to argue”

[glittercake]

just thinking about that time the wakandans said to bucky listen you are on THIN ice and you better not come round here any time soon and then he said ok but can you make my crush this little outfit real quick. the audacity. like the ONLY thing on his mind was sam wilson. phew.