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Winter Falcon is the slash ship between Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson from the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom.

Canon
Bucky and Sam became were close allies when fighting during the accords and had encountered each other when Bucky was still in the hands of HYDRA,

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Steve, Sam, and Natasha had kidnapped Jasper Sitwell, one of the undercover HYDRA agents working for SHIELD, and had taken the freeway when they encountered the Winter Soldier, who threw Jasper out of the car into a passing truck, killing him. Before the Soldier could assassinate Steve and Sam, Sam immediately pushed down on the brakes, resulting in the Winter Soldier getting thrown off the car.

This did not stop him, however, as he slowed himself down with his metal arm before charging back at the car and ripping out the steering wheel, causing the car to lose control and crash. Everyone got out of the car before Winter fired a grenade launcher, which Steve took with his shield, sending him plummeting into a bus below.

Winter then targeted Natasha, who eventually temporarily disabled Winter's metal arm and strangled him. Soon, Winter was close to eliminating Natasha, but was saved by Steve, who fought Winter.

After it is revealed that the Winter Soldier is Bucky Barnes by Steve, Winter is left confused and attempts to shoot Rogers, but is quickly kicked down by Sam when he flew down on is Falcon suit. Winter then disappeared, a unit of STRIKE agents taking Steve, Sam, and Natasha into custody. This fails though, as Maria Hill went undercover and saved the trio.

Captain America: Civil War
After the fall of Project Insight, Bucky's encounter with Steve and T'Challa, the Black Panter, and Bucky turning back into the Winter Soldier. Sam and Bucky meet again after Steve saved Bucky from drowning.

After having small talk, the trio stole a car to meet Sharon Carter, a SHIELD agent that had recovered Steve's shield from the river and Sam's Falcon suit. Bucky, having stayed in the car with Sam while Steve and Sharon talked, eventually asked if Sam could move his seat up. Sam refused, leading to Bucky moving over a little. Steve and Sharon then share a kiss before she departs.

The trio then met Clint Barton, who had gathered other superheroes that supported Steve and Bucky. As they talked, Bucky overheard over the airport speakers that the airport would be evacuated due to Iron Man's arrival. Bucky then spread this message.

The team then went into the airport, Steve and Sam taking ground inside the airport. They then see Spider-Man, or Peter Parker, crawling on the windows of the building. Spider-Man then broke into the building to fight Bucky and Sam. After he kicked Sam to the ground, Spider-Man caught Bucky's metal arm when he attempted to punch him. He complimented on how 'cool' Bucky's arm was.

Sam then started fighting Spider-Man while Bucky threw random objects at the teen, which were thrown back at him. Bucky and Sam are then pinned to the ground by Spider-Man's webs while he mocks them. Sam then activates Redwing, who hooked onto Spider-Man and flew him out of the building, making Bucky ask if he could've done that earlier. Sam tiredly replies that he hates him.

Avengers: Infinity War
Steve and Bucky don't end up meeting, but both fought in Wakanda at the time. The two both turn to dust as a result of the Decimation, or Thanos' Snap.

Avengers: Infinity War

 * Bucky and Sam watch as the first of Thanos' forces hit the shield around Wakanda.
 * Bucky tells Sam that he loves Wakanda when the shields protect them.

Behind the Scenes
{{Quote|Somebody the other day said, 'You know what the real love story is? The Falcon and Winter Soldier.'|Sebastian Stan

{{Quote|It only took about four press tours for someone to kind of get the idea, that these two lunatics, should have a show.|Sebastian on The Winter Soldier and Falcon }}

Fanon
Not being a very popular ship among the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom, there isn't a lot of fanfiction compared to more popular ships, like Stucky or Stony. There were some who shipped them in the comics, and would combine some of their 616 characteristics with their MCU counterparts, which is common for fans of both. Some fans started shipping them from The Winter Soldier most based it on the press tour interviews between actors Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. Given that Marvel has a history of hiring actors who are similar to their characters, it made MCU fans want to see more of Sam and Bucky interact. More started to ship the two after Civil War, given their more shared screen time. With the announcement of the Winter Soldier and Falcon series fans of the pairing were excited. The end of Endgame also set up the two for the series, but also caused many to ship them.

Most ship them based on their more snarky back and forths, specifically saying that they have a more buddy cop dynamic. Many joke about how the only reason they spend time together is because they're both best friends with Steve, and when he's not around they'll instantly start fighting.

On AO3, there are a total of 1,628 works. On Wattpad, there are only 66 stories with the Winterfalcon tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION 
 * Bucky/Sam (Avengers Film) on FanFiction.net
 * Bucky/Sam (Captain America Trilogy) on FanFiction.net
 * Bucky/Sam (Captain America Trilogy) on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * On Earth-616 both have taken on the mantle of Captain America.
 * In a promo for Avengers: Infinity War, Thor is looking through the figurines for the big battle and knocking them all down. When he gets to Sam and Bucky he says "I like those guys, they can stay".
 * A Winter Soldier and Falcon series was announced to be in the works, and would stream on Disney+.
 * An article on The Mary Sue site was written on why Bucky and Sam should be a couple in the Winter Soldier and Falcon series.

Variations

 * Samstevebucky refers to the ship between Sam, Steve Rogers, and Bucky.
 * Stackie refers to the ship between their actors, Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie