#i actually started writing this before going on a 616 winteriron binge & didn't realize that it's actually canon that tony fixes bucky's arm

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@ruinreigns (tony) said: i'm just a little rusty. it's a confidence thing.

❛ & 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭. ❜ he's only half joking. annoyance is clear underneath the monotone delivery of his words, ice blue eyes staring at tony — bucky sits, shirtless, on a bench in tony's lab, metal arm missing while tony fiddles with it. it's technology that bucky doesn't quite understand, too much time & information lost in the constant wipes of his memories. what bucky was told would only take a few minutes was dragging on closer to an hour now, & he's almost positive that tony is just wasting time at this point.

a deep sigh is breathed through his nose, flesh hand pushing long strands of hair out of his face. ❛ 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭'𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧? ❜ maybe he means it, maybe he just wants to get under tony's skin [ again ] — there really was no way to tell, even as his brows raise in the man's general direction. maybe bucky just needs a different mechanic. ❛ 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰? ❜