The 5 steps to (un)happiness [SamBucky]
Sam is just being hospitable, a good co-worker. A friend. Yes, a friend; and that shrinkage he feels in his guts is just hunger, because Bucky prefers and loves chicken. It's hunger and warmth to have some time without worrying about the end of the world. Just that.
"You'll have to pay for it," he replied simply, as if his throat didn't feel slightly tight, were the windows closed? Was the air conditioning on?
Sam showed him one of his forced smiles before snorting: "As if I wasn't already paying for this".
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Or the 5 steps Bucky follows to realize that Sam makes him happy.
¡Warnings!
+ BoyxBoy relationship.
+ Post - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.