WinterIron with holding hands please? :)
@hogwartstoalexandria Prompt time yay! Winterironwidow - Hurt/Comfort fluff.
@celtic7irish Prompt: Tony & Avengers - Tony has a hand injury and the armor needs repairs. Mostly, I just want Tony & Avengers fluff. Please?
The Things You Do (To Yourself)
âWhat the hell was that for?â Tony snapped, the voicestarting in the modulation of Iron Man, and ending with the man himselfsnapping up the face plate so he could give Bucky one of those patented I am smarter than you, soldier and donât youforget it glare.
âI thought itwould be bad for team relations if you blew up,â Bucky responded.
âI had it undercontrol before you charged in like a bull in a china shop,â Tony said. He triedto gesture, but pulled up short as one hand was pinned down by an epic craptonof building.
âDisagree,â Buckysaid. âYou might have been able to disarm the bomb, Iâve no doubt. But what youdidnât see, because you were concentrating on the bomb, was the shitheelHydra-wanna-be skinhead alt-right asshole with the remote detonator.â
âWhat happened tohim,â Tony said, because he would never admit that Bucky might have been right.
âExplosion,â Buckysaid. âTheyâre big, theyâre messy, they get everywhere. People should rememberthat before they stand kicking distance from the blast radius.â
âYour kickingdistance, or a normal personâs?â
âSo, blast radiusbeing what it is, how did I get here, here being, Iâm assuming, somewhat under thebuilding we were trying to save. Which, also, assumption time again, we failed.â
Bucky had, infact, looked around a little. âUh, no. Weâre in the parking garage next door? Idonât know if the other one sustained structural damage or not. Little busydown here.â
âAnd let me guess,weâre out of contact--â
âYeah,â Buckysaid. âPretty sure there was an EMP with that blast. Now, at least thearc-reactor doesnât have a problem with that, but everythingâs down. Suitdidnât reboot--â
âYeah, Fridayâsnot here,â Tony said. âSo, we wait. Theyâll dig us out.â
âI wouldnât besurprised if Steveâs up there digging concrete slabs out with his fingernails.â
âMan could use a manicure,âTony agreed. He hitched a breath. âNeed to work on that EMP problem, itâs beenan iss--â
âYouâre injured,âBucky said, trying to keep it as neutral as possible.
âYou dropped abuilding on me,â Tony protested, then made a pained sound. âYes, dammit. Ithink my handâs crushed. If I had Friday up, she could tell me for sure, andthen--â
âI know you have apharmaceutical suite on board,â Bucky said. âIs there anyway to manuallyactivate the painkillers?â
âYeah,â Tony said.âBut I donât--â
âYou do. Let mehelp you. Talk me through it, I know you canât move much.â
âYou got a hexwrench shoved up your ass, or--â
Bucky reached inhis belt pouch and pulled one out.
âHow in the nameof fuck do you--â
âDUM-E swiped itfor me a few months ago, after that incident with the Wrecking Crew. I thoughtit might be good if someone knew how to get you out of your clothes. Now, tellme what to do.â
âTake me on a dateand bring me flowers, Iâm easy,â Tony said. Then, nodding, âthere's a hiddenrelease manual just under the left armpit. You have to use the hex to unscrewtwo -- yeah, right there.â
It took longerthan Bucky would have liked to get into the suitâs manual controls, but Tonytalked him through it. Finally, the chest piece was opened up. âLeave the rightarm there,â Tony said. âIf Iâm too far out, the injection system wonât work.âHe tugged his right hand out of the suit. âTa-da.â
âYou keep amedical shunt set up--â
âItâs a modifiedPICC line,â Tony said. âTemporary-permanent. I have to replace it about once ayear, but--â
âThe things you doto yourself to fight crime,â Bucky said, shaking his head.
âYouâre one totalk, Message-in-a-bottle,â Tony said. âItâs efficient.â
Tony took a deepbreath. âYeah, uh, dial it up a bit. Now that Iâm out of the suit, I think-- Ithink I have broken ribs.â
âYouâre gonna goto sleep on me?â Bucky dialed in a double-dosage of pain meds and musclerelaxers.
âYeah,â Tony said,âprobably. You can hold my hand and sing me to sleep, if you want.â
âOh, I want to,âBucky said, coming around to sit by the side of the Iron Man suit. âHere, youcan put your head on my shoulder, probably more comfortable than this rock.â
âI dunno,â Tonysaid. âThey donât call you a brick wall for--â Tony took a breath, shallowerthat time, and thenâŚ
When the team dugthem out, nearly two hours later, Bucky was still holding Tonyâs hand.
Two days later,when Tony woke up in medical--
âHey,â he said,turning his head to see Bucky sitting there, sprawled in an uncomfortablechair. Their fingers were still linked. Or, quite probably, linked again. Tonyhad a cast on one arm, and bandages around his chest. A cannula in his nose.And another tube he didnât even want to think about, going other places. Ug.Decathing was so uncomfortable. âWhatâs this?â
Bucky opened thosebeautiful eyes.Â
âFlowers,â hesaid, voice hoarse, pointing to the table. âAnâ if youâll consider checkinâ youout of this dump as a date--â
âYouâre aromantic,â Tony said. âI should have guessed.â