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“Tony.”

“God dammit .”
Tony couldn’t stop himself from recoiling when he flipped on the
lights to the lab and saw the soldier sitting by his desk. “You
can’t just come in here. This is my lab.
What are you even doing in
here?”

“Sorry
about that.” Bucky apologized. “I was hoping you could take
another look at my arm.” He lifted the heavy limb. “It just
doesn’t work like it’s supposed to and I know you are better at this
sort of thing than Banner is. I’d really appreciate it.”

“No.”
Tony shook his head. “No. I can’t. You need to leave. I’m sorry but
you need to leave. I’ll call Banner for you or something, OK I’m
sorry but please
just leave .”

“You
don’t have to be sorry all the time.” Bucky said then. “You don’t
need to apologize to me because you don’t want to do something.”

“Is
that so?” He retorted, but his voice was shaky and he hated
that .
“Thanks for that, Sergeant Barnes, I’ll tuck that away for
contemplation.”

“It’s
okay to not be alright all the
time, Tony.” Bucky frowned over the angry reply. “I’m not trying
to– I dunno. I’m not trying to tell you what to do but–”

Tony
looked away, folding his arms tighter across his chest. “I’m fine,
alright? I’m always fine.
Leave it alone.”

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