I’ve seen a lot of fics that deal with Bucky being touch starved post Hydra, but I’d love to see the opposite too. After decades of unwanted medical touching and trash parties, Bucky is over being touched - avoids casual touches and wants absolutely nothing to do with sex or physical intimacy of any kind. Triggering, upsetting etc. Dude just wants total body autonomy without anyone infringing on that.

Enter Steve trying to pick up the pieces of their relationship. Bucky still loves him, but he just can’t get past the touch aversion and can’t compromise on it (maybe they tried introducing some touches and Bucky bugged out so badly that it ended that). Steve, being Steve, will do anything to make Bucky comfortable even if it means never so much as hugging him again.

Basically I just want a mountain of bad feelings on both their parts - Bucky feeling selfish and guilty, Steve shameful that he’s resentful - with no magic resolution apparent.