[Even though it surprises him, Bucky just lets it happen. He doesn't tense or move or push her away, and a beat or two after it happens, he carefully puts his right hand between her shoulder blades, not really pulling her closer or hanging on for support, but acknowledging it.
He doesn't want to make her feel like this isn't okay. Maybe it's even easier accepting something like this from her, because she knows what it's like to be made into a monster and he doesn't want to deny her anything more than she's already been told she can't or shouldn't or won't have.]
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He doesn't want to make her feel like this isn't okay. Maybe it's even easier accepting something like this from her, because she knows what it's like to be made into a monster and he doesn't want to deny her anything more than she's already been told she can't or shouldn't or won't have.]