Steve and Bucky's Wartime Farewell

It would be nice to think that the young lovers could have engaged in some form of romantic PDA when saying goodbye in public before Bucky shipped out.

[by LESS39]

[by theonekierce]

But that was not possible in war-time America for any same-sex couple. CA:TFA is realistic in its depiction of the boys' farewell -- Bucky wants to hug Steve but knows they're in public so, even before taking that innocuous step, he carefully looks around and waits for a passerby to leave first.

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scarlett-maximoff]