[ If Sam stops and thinks about it - and he has, with Bucky in his head, and especially after this - he's more than aware that it's probably been a long, long time since anyone touched Bucky like this, gentle and playful and meant to comfort. Hell, he'd known a long time ago that it's been too long since anyone treated Bucky like a person, which is one of the reasons that Sam always has. He figures the last thing that Bucky's ever needed was someone else treating him like he was broken, or walking on eggshells around him just waiting for him to go off.

It's easy, to incorporate touch into that. To soak up Bucky's grin and return it with a gap-toothed smile as he hassles him about being in the finishing school they like to call the army, as he stays in Bucky's personal space, radiating as much warmth as he can short of actually running his fingers through Bucky's hair.

He might have technically just admitted he liked Bucky okay, but he's pretty sure that's a level they're not at. ]

They got 'em now, can't remember when they first started giving them out. There's a game that goes along with them - it's why they're called challenge coins. If someone pulls theirs out, it's a challenge, you gotta show yours, too. Whoever doesn't have theirs on them has to buy everyone else a drink.