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rekindleme2014-10-02 12:39 am
ironyman) wrote in rekindleme2014-10-02 12:39 am
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tony stark not allowed to be happy, news at 11
Who: Tony Stark & Steve Rogers; Later, Tony Stark & YOU! (Special guest appearance by sadness)
Where: The dumb superhero apartment + first and second districts
When: first part September 16th, second part September 16 to present
Summary: Tony Stark's life gets more complicated and terrible, and then he goes on an angst walk.
Warnings: Talking about death and sad stuff. Also probably swearing and/or alcohol because Tony.
Repairing the suit's going to take a long time. The physical damage alone is pretty extensive, thanks in part to Barnes. But the coding is the bigger issue, and the one that's going to occupy the larger part of Tony's time. And admittedly, not having an available armor for the first time in years--plus inevitably needing to continue not having one for so long--is a little unnerving. (... Okay, a lot unnerving. But that's the idea of the Clean Slate Protocol, and he's already cheated for long enough. Sure would make it easier if Pepper was here, though.) But even geniusesshouldn't can't work all the time, so Tony is taking a mandatory, insomnia-preventing break.
... By experimenting with snack combinations. Because he's taking a break from the suit, not science, okay? Grapes and pretzels? Surprisingly good. Potato chips and olives? Awful, procedure never to be repeated. Next up: blueberries and peanut butter.
Surely he won't get any terrible news on such a fine day as this!
---OPEN---
As it turns out, Tony's luck isn't that good.
The last time Rogers returned he brought Tony a headache--he kinda liked the little shit, after all. This time, he brought... Tony doesn't even know what to call this.
Bucky killed his parents.
Yep. Bucky Barnes, war hero turned scary ninja assassin, murdered Howard and Maria Stark.
Forgive Tony if he needs a minute to process that.
It's not even that he's angry. He's not, not really. Barnes was brainwashed, he knows that. Tony's read the file. And it's not like he had the best of relationships with his parents anyway. Not to mention it was twenty years ago and even Tony doesn't hold that a grudge for that long. Especially not against a guy who doesn't even remember doing the grudge-worthy thing.
Tony's been wandering the city a lot since he found out, not because the outdoors gives him any particular peace of mind--it doesn't, sorry, roots and trees aren't his thing--but to avoid... something. Rogers. Barnes. Thinking about the whole screwed up situation. Unfortunately, thinking is one of the things Tony Stark does best, so the end result is an unsettled-looking engineer walking slowly through the city with an iced coffee. Occasionally he stares into the cup like it contains all of life's answers.
Where: The dumb superhero apartment + first and second districts
When: first part September 16th, second part September 16 to present
Summary: Tony Stark's life gets more complicated and terrible, and then he goes on an angst walk.
Warnings: Talking about death and sad stuff. Also probably swearing and/or alcohol because Tony.
Repairing the suit's going to take a long time. The physical damage alone is pretty extensive, thanks in part to Barnes. But the coding is the bigger issue, and the one that's going to occupy the larger part of Tony's time. And admittedly, not having an available armor for the first time in years--plus inevitably needing to continue not having one for so long--is a little unnerving. (... Okay, a lot unnerving. But that's the idea of the Clean Slate Protocol, and he's already cheated for long enough. Sure would make it easier if Pepper was here, though.) But even geniuses
... By experimenting with snack combinations. Because he's taking a break from the suit, not science, okay? Grapes and pretzels? Surprisingly good. Potato chips and olives? Awful, procedure never to be repeated. Next up: blueberries and peanut butter.
Surely he won't get any terrible news on such a fine day as this!
As it turns out, Tony's luck isn't that good.
The last time Rogers returned he brought Tony a headache--he kinda liked the little shit, after all. This time, he brought... Tony doesn't even know what to call this.
Bucky killed his parents.
Yep. Bucky Barnes, war hero turned scary ninja assassin, murdered Howard and Maria Stark.
Forgive Tony if he needs a minute to process that.
It's not even that he's angry. He's not, not really. Barnes was brainwashed, he knows that. Tony's read the file. And it's not like he had the best of relationships with his parents anyway. Not to mention it was twenty years ago and even Tony doesn't hold that a grudge for that long. Especially not against a guy who doesn't even remember doing the grudge-worthy thing.
Tony's been wandering the city a lot since he found out, not because the outdoors gives him any particular peace of mind--it doesn't, sorry, roots and trees aren't his thing--but to avoid... something. Rogers. Barnes. Thinking about the whole screwed up situation. Unfortunately, thinking is one of the things Tony Stark does best, so the end result is an unsettled-looking engineer walking slowly through the city with an iced coffee. Occasionally he stares into the cup like it contains all of life's answers.
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Because he couldn't save Bucky. Couldn't get rid of HYDRA completely. That laid on his shoulders and his alone.
"Clean." Steve winced for a moment at his wording. Fury wasn't clean, not by a long shot, but he wasn't HYDRA. "He noticed HYDRA growing in SHIELD, tried to take them down."
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"Great," he replied flatly, heaving a sigh. "I guess I should ask what tried means, but to be perfectly honest I don't really care."
He looked away, brow furrowing as tension came back to his jaw.
"So when you say forced, is that forced the way he was forced to try to kill me, too?"
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"Bucky shouldn't have attacked you. That's his responsibility." He probably already said that, at least long time ago. But this mission with Howard and Maria... it was something completely different. Bucky had no will during that time. "HYDRA was still pulling his strings when your parents died."
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"If he's so innocent why can't you say he killed them," Tony spat out.
First it was HYDRA was responsible, then an assassin, but when your parents died was the one that pissed him off. Died and killed were two very different things, and Rogers damn well knew it. Died was being abandoned, discovering a new level of alone after an absent father made a stupid mistake. Tony was fine with died. He'd made his peace with died. Killed cut out the mistake part, changed "abandoned" to "ripped away." And it jammed a big fat knife in a wound that had long since healed.
because tony
"He may be the one that pulled the trigger, but someone else forced him in that direction in the first place."
Not that it made the news any less painful, knowing that his best friend killed Howard and his wife like that. Steve always considered Howard to be a great ally, a friend of sorts even if they weren't on the battlefield together. His inventions helped them stay alive in the battle against HYDRA.