tchallacap:

i’d just like to point out that the bucky barnes recovery process didn’t involve him crying to sleep in steve roger’s arms every night on a farm far away from civilization. a grounded community, free spirited kids, shuri, an opened hearted, generous, intelligent healer, and the open air soil sun of wakanda is what finally makes bucky look less like he’s died several times at the bottom of the ravine and just woke up. 

that doesn’t diminish how important steve is to him, but it shows how important recovery is done properly. it can’t be done through one person or two people who are already suffering from their own problems as it is. let bucky and steve prosper individually, it doesn’t take away from their reliance, need, or love for each other; it makes them stronger.