Ok but see the thing is that I feel like while they’ve been on the road Sam and Steve have been sharing tender kisses and making out on motel beds and exchanging handies and then they find Bucky and suddenly Sam is up against this epic love story that spans a century and mind control and fuck if that isn’t intimidating and Sam just thinks he’ll step aside and let them do their thing until one night when they’re all sitting on the couch watching tv and eating pizza and Bucky and Steve are sort of snuggling and Sam thinks it might be time to leave but Bucky just reaches over and pulls him in with them and they become a giant gay cuddle and kiss pile and then sometime later when Steve is out Bucky can’t help but take Sams hand and say “thank you for taking care of him” and it’s just unspoken that they’re all gonna be inseparable now and that no choice has to be made because they are all starving for love and honestly the more the merrier