Looking At You (Post CACW Winteriron)(Part One)

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“Hey,
Tony can I–”

“Jesus.”
The plate Tony was holding shattered across the kitchen floor when it
slipped through his fingers. “Jesus,
Steve sorry about that. Sorry.”

“I
didn’t mean to startle you.” Steve said with a frown. “Are you
alright?”

Tony
shook his head.“It’s
fine. Just lost a little in my head is all.” He bent down to start
cleaning up the mess. “What do you need?”

“Let
me help you clean that up.”

“I
got it.” Tony waved him away. “What can I do for you, Captain?
What do you need from me?”

“Well,
I was thinking maybe you could take a look at Bucky’s arm?” Steve
asked hopefully. “It’s been freezing up or not flexing or something
and it’s hurting him quite a bit. I told him you’d be happy to help
him with it.”

“ Happy
to help –”
Tony cleared his throat. “That’s fine. But I’m busy, so send him to
Banner. He’s got access to everything in the lab anyway.”

“I
was hoping you would
look at his arm specifically. Bruce isn’t as mechanically inclined as
you are and I want Bucky to have the best.”

“I’m
busy, Steve.” Tony wiped his hands on his pants and raised his
eyebrows. “Banner is smarter than me anyway, he will find a fix
faster than I can. Sorry, I just can’t right now. Sorry.”

“Uh,
okay. I’ll just take him to Banner then.” Steve sent him an odd
look, but turned and left anyway, and Tony sank down into a chair,
sitting on his hands so it wasn’t quite as obvious they were shaking.

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