OP here! Of course I'm still around, I live in this dumpster. >:D
Author!anon, I'm so excited you're considering filling this! As for your questions, I was inspired to prompt this in response to a few comic panels I'd seen, that's all. As the anon above me said, I imagine comic!verse Bucky's coping mechanisms not working in the MCU. (Not that they're working out all that well for him in any 'verse, but hey, that's probably another story.)
As for relationships, sure, go ahead! The trash is so much more trashy when it's wedged in between 'normality', or even almost soft moments.
Re: Bucky's guilt trips
Author!anon, I'm so excited you're considering filling this! As for your questions, I was inspired to prompt this in response to a few comic panels I'd seen, that's all. As the anon above me said, I imagine comic!verse Bucky's coping mechanisms not working in the MCU. (Not that they're working out all that well for him in any 'verse, but hey, that's probably another story.)
As for relationships, sure, go ahead! The trash is so much more trashy when it's wedged in between 'normality', or even almost soft moments.