Hydra didn't treat Bucky like a living being, so Bucky's forgotten a lot of things about being alive, and that includes knowing what feelings feel like. Sure he knows what emotions are, that they exist, that people feel them and that he probably feels them, but he has no clue how to tell if he actually is, or what he's feeling. He doesn't remember what happy feels like, so he can't identify when he's happy, if he's happy. He doesn't know when he's sad or scared or lonely. And since he doesn't know, no one else can tell.
He doesn't remember what love, or being loved, feels like.
He doesn't even remember what 'safe' is.
(I'm not sure if this is trashy enough for this meme, but I just want Bucky to have been dehumanized - hell, to have been treated like an object - to a point where he's lost the absolute basics of being a living being. Even animals know when they're scared or happy or sad, even if they don't know why. They can tell when they're safe. Bucky's lost even that. I want him and everyone around him dealing with this. Steve/Bucky is always preferable, and if you can write him relearning feelings, I will give you so many mouldy cookies!)
Bucky doesn't remember feelings
He doesn't remember what love, or being loved, feels like.
He doesn't even remember what 'safe' is.
(I'm not sure if this is trashy enough for this meme, but I just want Bucky to have been dehumanized - hell, to have been treated like an object - to a point where he's lost the absolute basics of being a living being. Even animals know when they're scared or happy or sad, even if they don't know why. They can tell when they're safe. Bucky's lost even that. I want him and everyone around him dealing with this. Steve/Bucky is always preferable, and if you can write him relearning feelings, I will give you so many mouldy cookies!)