THEN LETS FUCKING TALK FOR EIGHT YEARS ABOUT THIS ONE GIF
Not about Sam, but about Steve.
LOOK HOW RELAXED HE IS IN SAM’S HOUSE. He’s just chilling there, with Sam’s OJ, that Sam definitely drinks straight from the bottle btw) He’s leaned so far back into his chair that he has to actively sit up.
This is a man who just got chased around and nearly murdered by Nazis on several occasions, but he feels so safe and secure in Sam’s house that he can melt into his chair and sip orange juice. Yes, he’s probably bone dead tired and still thinking about the fact that what little he knew about everything is a fucking lie, but here’s Steve in a similar situation:
Bone tired, Loki has been fuckin shit up and the nice guy who made his really tight suit is ostensibly dead. But he’s sitting forward, alert and thinking.
Overall I think Steve is a pretty tense and closed off person. He’s always got this ridiculously rigid posture and doesn’t seem to let himself go around anyone, including his team. Actually I think it’s gotten more tense as time wears on.
In CA:TFA, he’s pretty relaxed, even with the new body.
In The Avengers, unless actively fighting, he stands like his suit is lined with solid steel and not Kevlar.
In TWS, it’s even stronger. He stands like a hardened marine who’s seen too much.
and also he has that JFC face that puts even my shadiest and saltiest of friends to shame:
And of course, there’s the RAEG OF STEVE, which really only apparently happens out of costume. (Interesting? Interesting.)
But around Sam, he’s super chill. He drops his shoulders and visually looks less like Captain spandex and more like a dude who wants to get to know Sam, possibly even in the biblical sense.
Shoulders dropped, open posture, smizing.
Then you see him more vulnerable than he’s been in this entire series. Even skinny! Steve walked with more aggression than the dude who shows up on Sam’s doorstep:
he maintains that vulnerability when in Sam’s presence through the entire movie, even when he’s pissed.
When he puts the suit on however, he squares right the fuck up
ANyhow i forgot what i was doing but IN CONCLUSION
Steve is super relaxed around Sam and has probably definitely been to his house before the world went to shit.
Tony “who says yay when he finds a secret door” Stark
Tony “elevators not worthy” Stark
Tony “hopeful that all the avengers will stay for the party” Stark
Tony “getting really attached to the team” Stark
Tony “do I get to rule Asgard?” Stark
Tony “pretend flirting but totally meaning it with Rhodey” Stark
Tony “I’m not the boss, I just pay for everything, make everyone look cooler, etc which he totally does because he cares” Stark
Tony “bragging about how boss Pepper is” Stark
Tony “is making medical advances” Stark
Tony “calling himself old man” Stark
Tony “don’t take from my pile” Stark
Tony “willingly going to fix Clint’s tractor” Stark
Tony “caring for friends so much he’d build something to keep them safe” Stark
Tony “making jokes in horrible times to ease the tension” Stark
Tony “giving up JARVIS because he thinks that’ll save the world” Stark
Tony “has anxiety, PTSD, and he’s still in the game” Stark
Tony “telling Bruce to take a stand not to be rude but because Bruce doesn’t have to bow down to anybody” Stark
Tony “I’m not the same man as before” Stark
Tony “going from war profit to saving the world because he thinks it’s what he was destined to do, even though he’s just a civilian, no super powers, just because he damn wants to, he’s gotten so far and become such a better person but no one really sees that over his mistakes” Stark
Tony “isn’t the same man as before, because he’s so much better” Stark
I’m fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: ‹Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.›
