#samtonybucky

[lovelyirony]

I HAVE A PROMPT. tony being rly good with facial grooming and stuff, and post afghanistan not liking people cutting his hair (because like water etc) and therefore learning how to cut his OWN hair with translates to: (1) at some point shaving sam because he's injured his arm while practising to throw the shield and/or (2) giving bucky his 21st century haircut

Tony doesn’t like going to the barber’s after...well. After the whole ordeal. He can’t sit down in a chair, have his actions controlled by someone holding a pair of shears that are remarkably close to his neck. 

So he has to learn how to cut his own hair. It involves a lot of bad decisions, but it ends up with the goatee that he’s been known to sport from time to time, 

“I don’t know how you’re doing it yourself, I remember the accidental mullet,” Rhodey remarks. “But you do it well.” 

So it continues. Tony likes the routine of grooming himself, the different steps that are involved. He finds new products, tries new things, and generally likes this time to himself. 

He didn’t think his skills would be needed, but occasionally Bruce forgets to get his hair cut and asks Tony. 

“You cut hair, right?” 

“Yeah, I do.” 

“Wanna cut my hair?” 

“Uh...sure?” 

Bruce sits quietly, remarkably still. He says it’s from meditation. They both know he’s lying. 

(Bruce mentions the next time that he’s also still because he had to hide in a cabinet in the kitchen of a house in Canada, running from Ross’ task force. Tony snips hair efficiently.) 

So besides Bruce, he also helps some of the other team. Steve travels down to Brooklyn, going to a local barber that charges too damn much for a haircut and has a nice handlebar mustache. 

“Of course you would,” Tony says, rolling his eyes. 

“What’s so bad about that?” 

“You’ll find out,” Natasha says. “Tony, give me bangs.” 

Natasha looks good in bangs. She looks good in everything, so this isn’t a surprise to anyone. 

- 

It’s when the team expands that Tony’s surprised that his skills are needed. 

Sam has stepped up to the plate of being Captain America. 

(Tony can’t deny he looks quite a bit better in that suit, and that’s...well that’s saying something considering Steve’s, ah, assets.) 

But the shield takes time. And it involves a bit of injury, because Sam is not enhanced as far as Tony’s figured out. 

(He’s enhanced in some areas.) 

But he hurts his arm. And usually, Sam does his own grooming habits since he’s away from where his old barber and he likes the routine too. 

So now he’s worried about finding someone who knows how to cut and style hair. 

“Tony might,” Bruce mentions. “He cuts his own hair, has for a while. He cuts mine. I like it.” 

So Sam asks if he knows how to cut his hair. 

“You just want it short and simple?” Tony asks. 

“Yeah.” 

“I can do that.” 

Tony works masterfully. He can carry a conversation while focused completely on the task at hand, and often looks very cute as he focuses on making sure the hair is at an even level. 

Sam notes that his eyes squint a bit. It’s adorable. 

“I owe you for this,” Sam says. “What do you want?” 

“Um, I don’t need anything,” Tony responds. “Just the fact that you trust me enough to cut your hair speaks volumes.” 

Sam can tell that Tony’s the type of guy who thinks that people giving him things is a Bad Thing, because why would they? 

So Sam takes him out for coffee. 

“I can pay,” Tony says, fiddling with his wallet. 

“Next time, maybe,” Sam says. “But it’s my treat today.” 

Tony grins as he orders a very fancy latte. 

They have good conversations about hair, what kind of styling they’ve always wanted to do, and Sam likes that he’s struck up this thing with Tony. He genuinely likes Tony and wants to get to know him. 

-

This turns into Sam needing a shave. And he injured his dominant arm. 

(Okay so it’s healed up considerably and he just hasn’t tested it. But in his defense when you have someone as attractive as Tony on your team, you saying you’d want to do things yourself?) 

So Tony gets called and asked if he could shave off some of the beard that’s attempting to grow on Sam’s face. 

“You like the clean-shaven look?” Tony teases. “No lumberjack beard?” 

“Tried in college, bad mistake,” Sam says. “The only person I know who looks good in facial hair is you. And maybe my uncle. But mainly you.” 

Tony turns a lovely shade of dusty rose, and Sam wishes he could capture that in a picture. 

Tony leans in close, and Sam smiles. 

“You look so pretty from where I’m sitting.” 

He pauses, looking at Sam. 

“Got anything else to say?” 

“After this, I’d really like to take you out to dinner.” 

Tony smiles bashfully. 

“I’d love that. But it’s my treat because I’m currently giving you very nice facial hair and it’s gonna be awesome.” 

Sam and Tony hit it off fantastically, and they’re at the restaurant far past the estimated time of two hours. 

- 

They have their thing, and then Bucky comes along. 

Bucky with the sadly attractive eyes, nice body, and a caring personality. They both fall and fall hard. 

It’s Tony who notices first, but Sam who says anything. 

Bucky’s hair was at shoulder-length when they got him to come with them. Now it’s past that, and he’s not quite sure what to do with it. He doesn’t like that strands keep falling loose, but he refuses to use any sort of clip or bobby pin. 

“You want someone to cut it?” Sam asks. 

Bucky stills. “No,” he says. “No chair.” 

“I can cut it standing up,” Tony offers. “No chair. You know my skillset. I can’t hurt you without a serious fight.” 

Bucky snorts. 

“...without the suit.” 

He snorts again. 

“Tony, you’re by far the most capable Avenger. Now, Sam here....” 

Sam throws a sock at him. 

But they cut his hair. And Tony hums his favorite songs and Sam acts as a “watch out” for Bucky, and it’s sort of comforting. 

Tony cuts his hair short. 

“No getting in your eyes just yet, and you look good in short hair,” Sam says. 

Bucky turns red, mutters a thank you, and retreats. 

-

At night, Sam and Tony find custom gifts that Bucky must have hunted for afterwards. 

Sam gets a pillow with a very nicely embroidered bird on it and a speech bubble of “fuck you I do what I want.” 

Tony gets a lovely assortment of chocolates and a very cheesy card. 

They’re both speechless. 

And....they both kind of want to know what it’s like to date Bucky. 

[ad1thi]

disclaimer: i know nothing about US governance, all my knowledge is based on Scandal, Madam Secretary and Designated Survivor

//

When one is democratically elected to the position of President of one of the world’s most powerful democracies; there is a reasonable assumption that they will have some sort of control over their own life. That assumption, Tony is quickly realising, is unfounded and blatantly untrue. He has never had less control over his own life.

“I have a perfectly good security team now Pe - Virginia,” he says for what feels like the tenth time, pinching the bridge of his nose, “Agent Rhodes has managed to keep me alive since my days as a Senator and I have no reason to believe that he will start to slack now”

“All due respect Mr President,” Pepper replies smoothly, “but Agent Rhodes agrees with me. You need additional security”

Tony shoots Rhodey a baleful look, but Rhodey doesn’t even twitch. He sighs, running his hands through his hair, “And these guys are the best?”

He directs the question to Rhodey, because he’s heard Pepper’s argument so many times that he can probably recite it from memory.

“I served with one of them in Afghanistan sir,” Rhodey says, “and I would trust them both with my life”

“The question is Agent,” Tony curls his lip, “whether you trust them with my life. I’m still not sure how I feel about them not being Secret Service Agents”

Obadiah, who’s been quiet this whole time, pipes up, “I agree. The Secret Service exists to protect POTUS, why aren’t we just promoting some of them?”

“Because,” Pepper grits her teeth, “As I have explained before, Agent Rhodes and I have reason to believe that these threats are internal”

Tony can gear Obadiah gearing up for another fight, so he throws his hands up in surrender before he can start, “Okay - you win. I’ll take on the extra security”

Pepper’s lips stretch into a thin smile, “Wise choice Mr President. I’ll ask for them to be sent in immediately”

Tony flails a bit, “they’ve been outside my office this entire time?”

“Yes,” Pepper replies and before he has a chance to press her further, the doors swing open and two men step in.

“May I present,” Rhodey says with an undertone of amusement (properly because Tony is about two seconds away from drooling), “Sergeant James Barnes and Staff Sergeant Sam Wilson”

“Pleasure to meet you,” Tony says, trying to keep his voice level and not betray the dryness in his throat; but from the way Rhodey and Pepper are barely containing their laughter - he might have failed

tbc

[kimannhart]

"i never stood a chance" for samtony or samtonybucky 👀👀

dark thoughts cw and implied suicidal ideation cw (both are under the cut)

~~

“You’re a complete fucking idiot,” are the first words Tony hears as he slowly wakes up. Judging by the harsh smell of antiseptics and the beeping sounds, Tony knows he managed to land himself in the hospital once again. He manages enough energy to keep his eyes open and is greeted to the sight of an angry looking Bucky.

“Your ‘edside manner needs some wor’,” Tony slurs out.

“And you need to stop playing the self-sacrifice card,” Bucky bites back, anger seeping through his words. He leans back in the uncomfortable hospital chair and crosses his arms. “Why did you do it Tony?”

Tony ignores the man, not willing to let himself be interrogated when he can’t physically escape the conversation. Because if he did then that would mean having to deal with his.... feelings, and Tony most definitely would like to avoid those any cost. So, yeah, he’s going to keep quiet.

“Tony,” Bucky says in that scolding tone that Tony hates so much.

“Toucan Sam okay?” he asks instead, making it a point to not look at Bucky.

Bucky sighs. The anger leaving his veins as he realizes that trying to question Tony in this state is unfair. Though, he points a finger at the injured man and sternly says, “We’re penciling this conversation for another time. Don’t give me that look Tony. I’m not afraid to resort to getting Steve into this conversation too so he can subject you to his puppy dog eyes and get it through your thick skull that you need to stop recklessly putting yourself in danger.” 

Tony doesn’t have to bite back his retort because as soon as Bucky is done speaking, the man he asks about walks into his room. “There he is,” he greets.

Sam gives him a smile before crouching down slightly to give Bucky a peck on the lips, causing Tony to look away. Tony can’t tell if the new pain he’s starting to feel in his chest is from the injuries he received from their recent battle or if it’s heartbreak. Though, if it’s the latter, Tony knows he has no right to feel that way. Sam and Bucky are happily together. (Hell, Tony was the first one to find out about it after seeing the two of them slow dance together in the dead of the night in the common room, ending with the two of them kissing deeply.) He knows that his feelings for both men are something he should never act on. Despite the marks that connects his soul to both of them—a fact that he’s hidden from everyone—, Tony isn’t worthy of their love, at least that’s what his mind has led him to believe. The dark thoughts that haunt his mind.The self-loathing and depressing thoughts that taunt him daily, telling him how much he doesn’t deserve to be loved by anyone. The thoughts that tell him he doesn’t deserve to bear the mark of two amazing human beings. The thoughts that tell him how much he doesn’t deserve to be alive and that he should constantly throw himself into danger, even if there is no need for it.

Tony knows that one day, soon he thinks by how things are going now, that eventually those thoughts will swallow him whole. And Tony knows that the day Death comes to greet him the first thing that he will say is, I never stood a chance against those thoughts, did I? 

“Never stood a chance against what thoughts?” The question snaps Tony back to reality. He panics a bit when he realizes that he spoke aloud without meaning to. “I’m going to ask again, Tony, what thoughts?” Sam asks, worry painting his face. 

Tony gives them his press smile. “Oh, nothing. Everything is peachy keen here, boys.” Tony quickly changes the subject into asking what the full extent of his injury are, hoping they’ll take the bait. Though, judging by the glance Sam and Bucky give each other, Tony knows they’ll keep a close eye on him later.

~~

[ad1thi]

adiiiii, if it's no trouble can i ask for headcanons of ur recent winterironfalcon au??

i love talking about my aus 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

//

Sam wears suits on the job, while Bucky refuses to wear anything more formal than a leather jacket.

Their job is split between either getting Tony into, or out of bed and for the first six months there isn’t much body-guarding to be done. Its mostly just saving Tony from himself.

Sam and Tony’s first kiss was 4 months into the job. Sam is in charge of waking Tony up (with a cup of coffee) because he has a meeting with the Secretary of State; and Tony absently leans up and presses a dry kiss on the corner of his mouth in thanks. They don’t talk about it for another month.

Bucky and Tony fall into bed together first, but its Sam who he falls in love with first. Bucky flirts like he breathes, and thats familiar for Tony. He isn’t used to Sam’s inherent goodness though.

Bucky and Tony’s first kiss is after a botched assassination attempt. He pushes Tony out of the way of a bullet that skims his neck and lands him in the hospital over night. The next day, Tony pulls him in for a kiss while he’s still bedridden.  

Despite dating their charge, Bucky and Sam spend an exorbitant amount of time denying their feelings for each other - until Tony finally sits them down and says he refuses to play second fiddle to them any longer.

The precarious otv relationship that they have actually leads to a lot of insecurities on Tony’s part - who convinces himself that he was just a convenient surrogate for his bodyguards’ feelings for each other.

it takes a lot of late nights spent,,,not sleeping to convince Tony otherwise.

nobody prepares Bucky for the fact that his President has a kid, and when he wakes up one day to see Peter eating cereal at the dinner table - he doesn’t react well.

(in his defence, Iraq was filled with kids who were strapped with bombs. its how he lost his arm)

Even though Sam is the one who served directly under Rhodey; its actually Bucky who’s terrified to tell him that they’ve blurred the lines between professional and personal.

(but they were both wrong they should’ve been scared of Pepper)

Despite their less than ideal first encounter, Bucky and Peter get on so well that once Peter moves to the White House permanently - Tony asks him to move onto Peter’s detail permanently.

Agent Rumlow replaces Bucky on Tony’s detail - and thats when everything gets fucked up.

tbc

[ad1thi]

anyway the new winterironsoldier is Sam x Tony x Bucky

[ad1thi]

listen listen listen listen just:

Tony being rly good with facial hair grooming and upkeep and stuff and giving Bucky his first ever haircut in the 21st century

Sam dropping into the workshop intermittently to make sure that Tony eats

FRIDAY working on an extensive file on Baron Zemo; Sam and Bucky flying out every couple of months to chase down a new lead

Bucky teaching Sam how to balance the weight of the shield against his own strength

Tony buying part of a forest so that Sam can practise without worrying about hurting anyone

Tony modifying the Falcon wings so that they also hold the shield

Sam and Bucky bickering with each other all the time, but always been sweet and cute with Tony

Sam and Tony taking Bucky shopping, making him wear purposely hideous clothes and model for them 

Arm Maintenance

Bucky learning how to cook. Testing out the strength of his new arm out on tomatoes and oranges, and then slowly learning new recipes in the kitchen

Slumber parties on the floor of the Common Room, Tony snuggled in between Sam and Bucky because they both find beds too soft (and Tony refuses to sleep without them)

Tony whisking them away to the middle of nowhere for basically any day involving fireworks

Bucky volunteering at the VAT, and Tony hosting a gala to raise funds

just - samtonybucky man

Bonus:

Sam and Rhodey ganging up on Bucky because he’s Army and they’re Air Force