This is concept art of Steve Rogers’ apartment from Captain America: The First Avenger.
Let’s talk about this, shall we?
I’ll lead by saying that I am in full support of the headcanon that Steve and Bucky shared an apartment, and yes this is going to be a Stucky-centric post. Ye be warned. Plus, that guy in the kitchen in the top pic? There’s no way that’s meant to be Steve. In no comic does Steve have brown hair, that I know of, and Steve would have been way tinier. And is that a military issue hat hanging on the wall in the top pic?
A brief history lesson: what we’re looking at is definitely a pre-law tenement that was built in the late 1800s and modified in 1901 to fit new building codes. We know this because there are no visible windows to the outside, and it was common back then to make long two-room tenements with only one window at the end, which would be right behind the “camera” in these pictures. In 1901 building codes were made more strict and required more ventilation, so landlords added (useless) windows between rooms.
However, by 1944, there were far better apartments and even better tenement options available. People who still lived in pre-law tenements at that time were majorly lower middle-class or poor. This supports what I’ve seen in fanfiction, which is that Steve and Bucky don’t have a lot of money.
Something else we see a lot in pre-law tenements is having a bathtub in the kitchen. Take a close look at their “dining table” in both pictures. That’s not just an old tub they’re using as a makeshift table, that is an actual functioning bathtub and definitely the only one in the house. So clearly Bucky and Steve didn’t have any issues with bathing/being naked in front of each other, since their bathtub is out in the open. Unless the other person left the house or locked themselves in the bathroom whenever the other wanted to bathe.
Speaking of bathroom, that’s the door on the far wall. Pre-law tenements just had a closet-sized room with a toilet, and a sink if you were lucky. The door on the side wall is the one that leads to the communal hallway, you can tell because it has a deadbolt lock on it in both pictures that the bathroom door doesn’t have.
And my favorite part: there’s only one bed. It’s a beautiful thing when the fanfiction writes itself, isn’t it?
Other things that are not necessarily important but enjoyable nonetheless: lots of books, like more books than kitchen utensils. The drawings and stuff pinned on the walls (edit: I thought the lady was Marilyn Monroe but apparently she’s Betty Grable). The chair propped up by books. The easel. The ONE BED.
Hopefully this will be useful information in your fanfiction writing, for imagining layouts as well as potential Stucky-ness.
Steve hadn’t expected a party. Bucky had come back to him only a year ago, he was healing, remembering, and it was the best present Steve could have ever hoped for, but Bucky had more than that in mind. With a little help from Steve’s teammates, Bucky arranged for fireworks, presents, and a cake (who’s violently American interior Bucky found, personally, hilarious.) But the best present came after everyone had left, and Steve could lay in bed with the man he loved, and kiss him, warm, and tender, and know he never had to loose him again.
Stucky edit 21/∞ Birthday AU for the lovely tirelipimpsesque for their birthday. Hope you had a wonderful day! Images not mine.
yeah but consider this for a bucky barnes centric movie
bucky barnes w/ a bun
bucky barnes smiling
stucky af moments
cap + bucky finding happiness w/ each other
shots of bucky barnes recovering
shots of bucky barnes being outraged at the 21st century (”steve! why in the good lord’s name is this shit so expensive!?”)
shots of bucky barnes appreciating the 21st century (”stevie! boys can marry boys!”)
bucky barnes destroying stereotypes (by being a lgbt activsit, feminist, racial equality activist + more)
bucky barnes helping veterans find homes and support
bucky barnes visiting kids in hospital
bucky barnes visiting old people’s homes bc steve broke down when he told him about peggy’s alzheimer’s
bucky barnes being star struck by tony’s lab
bucky barnes hanging w/ bruce
bucky barnes competing w/ clint
bucky barnes playing pranks on steve w/ natasha
bucky barnes learning about the modern world alongside thor
bucky barnes enjoying netflix
bucky barnes on ellen
bucky barnes coming out
people supporting bucky barnes
bucky barnes learning how to play instruments
bucky barnes jokingly serenading the avengers w/ songs that def suit them
bucky barnes slowly realising he isn’t the winter soldier or the asset
bucky barnes slowly realising he isn’t the monster pierce and zola told him he was
bucky barnes slowly realising he is james buchanan barnes and steve rogers is his best friend
bucky barnes genuinely enjoying life
despite this bucky barnes still being vulnerable to particular triggers but that’s okay bc we’ve all got our problems and it doesn’t matter what they are or how small they are, they still matter all the same, he learns
❝ This world will try to bend you, break you. Scare you, shake you. Make you question all the things that make you. It will hurt, it won't be easy. Sometimes it's barely worth believing. But hope is light and fear is heavy. ❞ Ⓒ
Ind. & Selective BUCKY BARNES as told by Rae. Post-Civil War, slightly canon divergent. NSFW+
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