(we ain’t) got no time
chapter two: fuck bitches, get money
link to chapter one
summary:
He does jazz hands.
Why did he just do jazz hands? Who is he, Howard Stark?
Yikes, too soon.
word count: 1,505
warnings: awkward kids
a/n: this was me making the 5k requirement, so. thanks so much to my amazing artist @massivespacewren and my beta @capolleon <3 love you guys
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“You know you should tell him, right?”
Bucky groans, flopping over the back of the couch in dismay. “I know. Fuck me, I know.”
Steve shakes his head. Smirking like the asshole he knows he is, he says, “You’re an idiot sometimes -”
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“- you know that?”
“Yes, I’m well aware, thank you.” Tony rolls his eyes from his precarious position, and Rhodey sighs in response.
“Okay…” Rhodey trails off, voice scratching a little with the shitty quality of the video call. “So what are you -”
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“- going to do about it?”
Bucky sighs. “Fuck if I know. I don’t think I can afford to tell him, but -”
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“- I can’t go on much longer, to be honest.” Tony groans, almost reaching up to scrub a hand down his face before realizing that his position relies on his hands for balance.
“Well. I don’t really think there’s much -”
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“- I can do to help you here, buddy. You already know what I think,” Steve says, the smug smirk on his face betraying his innocent facade.
Bucky grumbles unintelligibly, and Steve lifts a hand to his ear in response.
“What was that? I didn’t -
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“- quite hear you.”
“Fuck you, Rhodey, you know what I said.”
“Yeah, well.” Rhodey lifts an eyebrow in response. Just one.
Asshole.
Tony sighs. “Blah blah blah, tell Winter you’re Tony Stark, blah blah blah, your relationship with him won’t -”
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“- last, blah blah blah, you can’t start a relationship with lies, blah blah blah…”
Steve’s smirk twists into something more sympathetic. “You know you have to tell him, right?”
Bucky swivels around, almost hitting Steve in the face with his right foot as he settles back into an upright position. He makes a weird sort of groaning noise - a hhhhhh sound.
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“Yeah, I know.”
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“Okay. Okay, I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna do it. Hoo boy. Gonna do it. Okay. Alright.” Bucky starts to pace around the room, almost tripping over Steve’s feet as he walks past him.
“Yep.”
“Okay. Yeah! Yeah, I’m fine. Okay. Yep, everything’s fine. Ohhhh yeah, okay, I’m gonna do it!”
“Yep.”
“Yeah. Okay!”
“Yep.”
“What should I wear? Maybe the red button-down with the checkered stripes?”
“Yep.”
“What about the blue jeans? Hmm… no, the black ones are better, right?”
“Yep.”
“Shoes?”
“Yep.”
“Well, obviously I’m going to wear shoes but which ones should I wear?”
“Yep.”
Bucky blinks rapidly.
“You’re not paying attention, are you.”
It’s a question, not a statement.
“Yep.”
He sighs and drags a hand down his face. “Mother of God…” Bucky turns around to face Steve, who’s sitting on the edge of his bed with his phone in his hand, probably playing some ridiculously addicting game.
“Steve. Steve. Steeeeeve. STEVE.”
He finally glances up. “Yeah?”
“I hate you.”
Steve smiles softly. “I know.”
“I’m leaving now.”
Steve’s face crinkles up suddenly. “With that shirt?”
Bucky glances down at himself, then looks back up at Steve with confusion. “What’s wrong with my shirt?”
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HHHHHHH.
“What do I do?”
A series of beeps.
“Well, yeah, I know I have to tell him. But when? What? Where? Why? Who?”
Another beep.
“Okay. Who: Him. What: Tony Stark - genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist - is Iron Man - superhero, badass extraordinaire, all-around awesome dude. When: Fuck if I know.”
Angry whirring.
“Listen, Dummy, I am procrastinating this announcement as long as humanly possible, okay?” Tony points a wiggling finger at the robot, who boops it with his arm.
“Anyway. Where: Here? Probably here. Probably. Yeah. Here. Okay. Hoo boy. Okay.”
DUM-E boops him softly on the nose, and Tony lets out a noisy sigh as his body deflates.
“Okay. Why: Oh lord, why -”
“The Winter Soldier is requesting entrance, Sir. Shall I allow him to enter?”
“Oh, motherfucker Jesus Christ son of a bitch.” Tony looks down at himself; greased - everything, really, bare feet, probably baggy eyes…
Ugh.
“Yeah, yeah, okay, fine, let him in.” He spins around in his wheely chair (whee! Ha, Tony is such a child) to face the doors in preparation.
The doors slide open and Winter enters, this time with Tony’s eyes following him. He doesn’t think he could handle it if this time Winter has another panic attack because Tony decided to be a dumbass and ignore him.
“Hey, Winter, what’s up?” he says, smiling widely. DUM-E leans out from behind him and beeps softly.
“Hey.” Winter steps into the room and the doors close behind him, leaving his back flush to what looks like solid glass (but, you know, solid). “I, uh. Wanted to talk to Iron Man about something?”
“Oh!” Of course he does, you dumbass, why would he be here to see you? “Yeah, I’ll go get him.”
Slip through the private entrance, slip the suit on, slip back out, and -
“Hey - Winter! Didn’t expect to see you here.” Iron Man’s voice is warm (and sappy! Stop with that!). “Tony said you had something you wanted to talk to me about?”
Winter’s cheeks lift from behind the domino mask, and his eyes flash a brilliant blue. “Yeah. Yeah, I, uhm - I had something I wanted to tell you.”
“Yeah… so did I, actually. Good timing?”
Fuck, Tony did not think this reveal was going to happen so soon.
Ugh.
“Haha, yeah.” Tony can’t help but notice that Winter’s laughter sounds like the singing of a thousand little fairies, even through the voice modulator.
Ew. That was a little too sappy, even for him.
“So, um. Mine has to do with my identity?”
Holy shit.
“Oh, wow,” Tony coughs out, rubbing a hand across the back of his neck (metal? Metal neck? Ugh.) in a nervous motion Pepper has told him multiple times he needs to get rid of, “me too! What a - ha, what a coincidence. Wow.”
Winter’s eyes widen. “Oh! Oh. Okay. Um. I guess I should go first, huh?”
Tony’s eyes dart nervously around the room despite knowing Winter can’t see him. “Um. Yeah? If you’re comfortable with that, obviously.”
Instead of responding verbally - which, yeah, Tony can understand that, he’s nervous as hell too - Winter just reaches up to the back of his mask and undoes the fingerprint-scan locks, one by one. He rips of the mask, and -
Holy shit. That’s James Barnes.
Barnes’ smile comes out more like a grimace. “Yeah. That’s me.”
“Did I just say that?”
Barnes - should Tony be calling him Bucky? - laughs again, this time a little less nervous. “Yeah. You have a habit of doing that. So does Tony, come to think of it.” He smiles fondly.
Why does Tony feel jealous? Bucky’s talking about him.
Still.
What the fuck?
That’s Bucky Barnes. James Barnes! James Buchanan Barnes! Fuck!
Tony’s been flirting (fuck, he’s been flirting) with Steve’s best friend!
Oh motherfucker.
Tony realizes suddenly that Bucky is waiting for him to say something, and in the next moment comes to understand that he’s just been provided with the perfect segue.
(Which, by the way (ha, another segue), why is segue pronounced like segway? The English language is a lie.)
“Ha! Speaking of Tony.” Tony blinks twice, then scrunches his face up for a long second, and the suit starts to unfold around him. “Tada!”
Bucky’s eyes widen. “No fucking way.”
Tony’s face twists into what is probably the most awkward expression ever. “Yep.”
He does jazz hands.
Why did he just do jazz hands? Who is he, Howard Stark?
Yikes, too soon.
“Wow.” Bucky scratches the skin above his eyebrow and blows out a massive breath. “Damn.”
“What, you disappointed?” Tony tries to play it off as a joke, but he thinks his voice ends up coming out just a little bit too sincere.
Bucky’s eyebrows crease. “What? No - no, no, no, how could I be disappointed? Tony, I’ve had a crush on you for ages now. I mean, come on. You haven’t noticed? It’s been getting kind of ridiculous, actually. Steve keeps riding my ass about it - guess he’ll be glad to find out I got it all worked out.”
Huh.
“But. What?” Tony’s face feels frozen in confusion. He glances around the room a few times, then looks down at himself and across to Bucky. “But. You only ever come in here for repairs or to see Iron Man - also me, I guess, but not really?”
“Okay, yeah, but - ohmygodthisissoembarrassing - half the time I come down here for repairs I did it to myself ‘cause I wanted to spend time with you. Have you not noticed that it’s always, y’know, a snipped wire? Or a loose gear, or whatever? Easy shit? Oh - plus, I usually spend a bunch of time with you before I ask about Iron Man - or you, whatever - because. I dunno. I like spending time with you?”
Huh.
Interesting.
“Can I kiss you?” The words come flying out of his mouth before he can even consider them. Tony cringes internally, waiting for the backlash, but luckily Bucky smiles widely before he can start apologizing wildly and fucking up his chances.
“Fuck yeah.”
And -
Fireworks.
Fuck yeah.
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Week 4 round up! // June 9 - June 15, 2018
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A Step Behind (Steve&Natasha, Steve&Sam, Sam&Natasha, Steve, Sam & Natasha) - By: @sunrow (artist) // @bennettmp339 (author) // Sam’s not the only one looking for a cold case in this canon divergent AU.
Sunshine’s Gifts (Steve/Bucky) - By: @quarra (artist) // @hawkguyz (author) // Bucky is the leader of the Wild Hunt, and Steve is the most amazing warrior he’s ever seen. Let the romance begin!
Quantum Entanglements (Tony&Steve, Tony&Bucky, Tony/Steve) - By: @potofsoup (artist) // @antigrav-vector (author) // When the unexpected happens, you just have to be ready.
the last good day of the year (Steve/Bucky) - By: @djchika (artist) // @belovedmuerto (author) // Sometimes it really is the journey, not the destination.
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The Stars They Sewed On Us (Steve/Bucky) - By: @khaleesi-onthemoon (artist) // @cesperanza (author) // “Do you remember the time I was only Steve and you were only Bucky?”
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The Square Root of Two (Steve/Bucky) - By: @crow-sizna (artist) // @workinghard-dreamingbig (author) // Steve can only flirt using nerdy pick up lines.
A Good Retirement Plan (Steve/Bucky) - By: @ellebeesknees (artist) // @relenafanel (author) // Bucky stole Steve’s wallet, and in return Steve stole his heart.
The Voyager (Steve/Bucky) - By: @ellebeesknees (artist) // @notlucy (author) // A shared experience, a mistaken identity, and a road trip.
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Coming Home to You (Steve/Bucky) - By: @borkyandstove (artist) // @cometbarnes (author) // Loss manifest itself in different ways and for Bucky Barnes loss is the only thing he’s known for the past eight years.
How We’re Here Again (Steve/Bucky) - By: @sgt-graves (artist) // @lostemotion (author) // Some nights he catches him. Most nights, like in reality, he misses.
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Andante (Steve/Tony) - By: @floweralec (artist) // @imafriendlydalek (author) // A modern character study with romance and humour for your reading pleasure!
Stark’s Circus Spectacular! (Steve/Bucky) - By: @lasenbyphoenix (artist) // Winters_Mistress (author) // In a traveling circus circa 1870, relationships are tested and jealousy rages when one late night rehearsal goes longer than planned.
Serenity (Gen) - By: @phoenixgryphon (artist) // @steverogersnotebook (author) // A cross country road-trip brings Bucky to the beach where an unexpected wake-up call finds him rescuing an unexpected someone.
Redrawing the Line (Steve/Bucky) - By: @pathulu (artist) // @krycek-asks (author) // “You look like you’re having an existential crisis. Must be the weekend.”
Swallowing Darkness (Steve/Bucky) - By: @drowningbydegrees (artist) // @cristinuke (author) // When Bucky is unfrozen for the last time, he’s delighted to find himself in a brave new world with a brave old friend.
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Beneath the Gilded Head and Iron Palm (Steve/Bucky) - By: @sgt-graves (artist) // @grandmastattoo (author) // Knights and swords and, judging by the tags, some serious face punching in this medieval AU!
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