A concept: Steve, with super soldier sensitive nose, finds women smell a lot better than men. Not that men smell bad, just… women seem to use more subtle floral or fruity smelling things. Men’s stuff is always spicy in some way. The first time he went to buy himself soap and he swiveled down the men’s aisle he was nearly knocked off his feet by the smell. (He has JARVIS order his soap now.) The women’s aisle is cloying but not bad.
So he can’t understand why Tony always smells so good.
It drives him absolutely bananas. When they’re in the decontamination showers, Tony still smells good, even with the plain soaps everyone has to use. Sometimes Bruce has to use his shower but he never smells the same as Tony. Steve’s even gone so far as to sneak into Tony’s bathroom (and then been shocked by the sheer amount of product that exists in Tony’s shower) and try and sniff out what exactly it is, but he can’t find it. He figures it’s just something that’s specifically Tony.
And then he sees Tony rubbing something creamy onto his bruised arm after a battle. The only reason he doesn’t tackle Tony to the ground is because he saw him get thrown into a building and he’s probably sore. “WHAT’S THAT!” he bellows without meaning to, making every Avenger except for Bruce jump, and that’s only because Bruce is passed out across Thor’s lap. Tony stares at him in terror before cautiously answering, “A bruise cream?” He makes a startled, squeaky noise as Steve lunges at him, pressing his nose to his skin. There. That’s the smell. “What’s in it,” he hisses like some sort of goblin. “…Aloe and arnica?” Tony squeaks. “It smells good,” Steve tells him with perhaps more aggression than he means to again. “…Thank you,” Tony says after a minute, at a loss for literally any other words.
Steve: WHAT’S THAT!!!
Tony: …. A Bruise Cream…?
Steve: w HATs’ IN IT
Tony: Aloe and arnica…?
Steve: ….
I had to. I just had to. God, @reioka, your ideas!!! Just. Your IDEAS!!!
My favourite marvel hc is Pre-serum Steve being invited/sneaking into the “coloured areas” to sit with friends, going to parties, and generally being in places where he ‘shouldn’t be.’
Like he’s the most non threatened looking white boy so if someone doesn’t know him it’s like eh whatever but most people know that’s the scrawny kid from Brooklyn always fighting(getting his ass kicked by) bigots when they say stupid shit so everyone just lets him chill out.
since halloween is right around the corner, imagine the post-thanos halloween superhero-themed party at the compound:
Tony is wearing a captain america uniform and a t-shirt over it that says “Tony Stark is my Hero”, steve is just in his normal clothes except for his shirt that says “*Stank” in big bold letters, and peter takes a picture of the two standing together, laughing abiut something, and of course it goes viral once he posts it.
Clint is wearing an apron that says “the earth might be closed but the cook’s legs aint” and yellow cleaning gloves, walking around with a broom and a dustpan occasionally yelling the names of the avengers that dusted like “BuckY?? Saaaam? I came to pick you up!”
Natasha is wearing a shirt that says 20/20 and no one understands why until Vision arrives later and she stands next to him dead-silent and everyone loses their fucking minds.
brunhilde came for the free booze, thor is talking to bruce and they’re both dressed as each other and claiming to be ‘the strongest avenger’ in an annoying childish voice.
Sam is claiming to be an eligible goth girlfriend but all he’s wearing is bucky’s red henley and a shitton of eyeliner.
bonus: peter says how he likes bucky’s costume (a full-blown falcon uniform with a huge post it note that says “Pigeon” on his chest) and bucky doesnt respond at first, until he goes “why did you dress up as me” and peter goes “cause youre really cool mr. white wolf” and bucky goes “but im not even a hero” and peter goes “my history textbook and the walmart superhero costume section say otherwise” and the kid just shrugs as if he didnt make bucky’s entire goddamn day.
Bucky would protect Peter so goddamn fast i swear on my life
Sergeant James Barnes of the 107 is noted as a hero in his history book (because that shit gets updated and in the mcu, Brooklyn’s heroes are definitely in there) and Bucky is completely unaware. Peter is also unaware of the fact that the Winter Soldier, whom he fought in Germany, and Bucky Barnes are the same person. So when Peter wakes up in the Soul World, all alone, and sees this big guy, it takes him a minute.
“I know you. From Germany, right?” He says hesitantly as he approaches Bucky, who is sitting with Sam, who nods at Bucky and wanders off to console people. People just keep appearing, and it feels nice to Peter to see a familiar face, even if last time they were on opposite sides of a fight. “You were with C-Captain America.”
“Yeah,” Bucky sighs, wounds still fresh from losing Steve again. Because not only did Steve loose Bucky, but Bucky lost Steve, that stupid punk from Brooklyn he swore to protect. The one he told to not do anything stupid, and then he did a bunch of stupid stuff. The one who fought for him every day, who helped save him. And Bucky lost him all over again.
He shakes his head, running a hand through his hair before extending it towards the kid. “The name’s Bucky.”
Peter looks confused, and blinks. “Bucky?”
Bucky isn’t sure what to make of the kid’s confusion. “Well, my name is James but I go by Bucky.”
And then as this scrawny kid from Queens takes in the massive man in front of him, the hair and the eyes and the jawline, and it clicks into place. The history lessons start coming back to him, and he remembers the faded picture of the man smiling with Captain America and the description below it: James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes of the 107 and Captain America, 1941.
He gulps, swallowing back a surprised gasp, quickly taking Bucky’s hand and shaking it. “I-It’s an honor to m-met you, sir. My name’s Peter Parker, I’m from Queens.”
Bucky smirks, just a little, and lets go, his hand falling to his side. “Yeah, I know. You’re the kid that works with Stark. Steve told me about you.”
Peter’s eyebrows shoot up to his forehead. “C-Captain America talked about me? To you?” He looks flustered and he starts playing with his hands. He looks down at their feet and the orange nothing surrounding them. “I’ve learned so much about you.”
“Relax kid, nothing bad. Said you were really smart.” The kid looks so tiny, so young, it reminds him of a small blond friend who just had to do the right thing all the damn time. He swallows the lump in his throat. He doesn’t need this kid to be scared, much less, scared of him.
Peter looks up, almost bashful. “That’s awesome.” It makes the both of them laugh, and then it goes quiet again, save for the distant cries of the newly appearing civilians. “I just–I can’t believe I’m meeting you,” he murmurs, and Bucky does his best to keep his face neutral. He doesn’t need to be reminded of his past, of the awful things he did as the Soldier. He opens his mouth when Peter beats him to it.
“You’re my hero, sir.”
It stuns Bucky, makes his heart skip a beat. He blinks once, brows furrowed. “What?”
Peter nods vigorously, a small smile on his face. “You’re my hero,” he repeats firmer, and Bucky’s heart feels a little lighter at it. “You were the top of your class in school, the best sniper in the army, and the coolest Howling Commando. I wrote a paper on you and everything.” He’s gushing and his hands are everywhere in front of him, cheeks red as he continues blabbering and “god you’re into science and art”, and in that moment it feels like Bucky’s heart is in his throat, so big and warm it’s threatening to break through his bones.
He shakes his head, a small but genuine smile gracing his lips as he swings his flesh arm around Peter’s shoulders and tugs him forward, a hint of nostalgia touching his heart as they walk. “Come on, kid, let’s go find the others.”
Bucky promises to himself to protect this kid with his life, this small, golden-hearted boy from Queens, who reminds him of his own (previously) small, golden-heart friend from Brooklyn.
when peter studied the second world war at school he thought sergeant james buchanan barnes was the coolest person ever and so when they assigned him to write an essay on his favorite howling commando and war hero he chose him, and you can take that headcanon from my cold dead hands
peter meets bucky in the soul realm and tells him how much he admires him and bucky’s heart has never felt lighter
I have one about Bucky just loving sunflowers a lot because they’re bright and cheerful and his favourite colour is yellow but also because they’re strong and tough and help clean up radiation and he loves that they’re pretty /and/ practical. He also loves that something can be strong and secretly hardcore without having to /look/ like they are.
He also used to love joking around and telling Steve he was shorter than a plant (Steve would point out that “EVERYONE is, jerk, because trees are plants too!”) and he just really loves all the memories sunflowers triggered for him because unlike other things he used to live like model trains or soccer balls there’s absolutely no bad memories attached to sunflowers.
I also headcanon that wherever he lives is just full of them constantly and he starts a little sunflower garden as part of his therapy and maybe Tony subtlely helps fund botanical research projects involving plants that will grow in the absolute worst conditions so Bucky can still have his sunflowers year round.
[Trigger warning: implied self harm/suical thoughts/tendencies] Another like crack-ish headcanon is that Bucky gets a sunflower tattooed across his good wrist both because it makes him happy and so he has something to preserve so he won’t ever end it all (no this is not at all based on MY sunflower tat on my right wrist at all what are you talking about??)
One day, years in the future when Bucky is stable and officially an Avenger and this whole mess with Thanos is over, some civilian will see Bucky’s tattoo and this kicks off a whole movement of people sending him pictures/drawings/paintings they’ve done of sunflowers or Bucky with sunflowers and he keeps every single one of them.
Together Bucky and Tony start a mental health advocacy program called Seeds of Change or something and their logo is a sunflower that Bucky drew (Steve’s been teaching him).
Shuri makes him a new arm and takes his old one and takes it apart completely and makes it a flower bed so that Bucky can have at least one happy thing attached to it.
idk man I have a LOT about Bucky + sunflowers
If anyone wants to draw or write about any of these tag me please I would love love LOVE to see it!!
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