Marvel One Shots

Professor (WinterIron)

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AU inspired by the movie Good Will Hunting, where  Tony is the professor and Bucky the janitor.
Credits of the fanart to the artist

//SMUT WARNING//
"Dismissed"
Bucky, as the professor dismissed the class, sneaked out, carefully avoiding being noticed. The other students usually stayed in the class to ask a few more question to the professor.
Bucky slid into the broom closet, changing into his blue overall. He still had a couple of minutes until his shift started. He sat on the small chair, waiting for the students to clear the room. Or that's what he told himself. The truth was that he was waiting for the professor to leave. He wasn't a student there, he just worked as a janitor, but he liked physics and most of all, he liked the professor.
Professor Stark was overwhelmingly handsome. And this was not only Bucky's opinion, everybody thought that and it was the reason why the Advanced Physics course was more crowded than ever. People, girls in particular, went into that classroom because Tony Stark was a good-looking bachelor but they stayed because he was an even better professor. He loved his job, he loved teaching, shaping young minds, telling them all the secrets of physics. And he did it with such passion that everyone of his students had fallen in love with the subject.
On his first day on the job, Bucky stumbled into the classroom, thinking that the lecture must have been over, but the class was in between a beautifully heated discussion with the professor. Bucky sat in the last row, trying not to catch anyone's attention, and just listened to Tony speaking in such a beautiful, pleasant way, that made him want to study again. But there was no way he could ever afford college in general, leave alone MIT. So he decided to get on the job earlier than his shifts and sit in class, just listening to the lecture, just for the sake of it.
Bucky's life hadn't been exactly easy. He grew up in a poor family, with way too many kids. He went to school, and actually did good, until it was strictly necessary, and even then, he would work until night to bring home as much money as possible. After he finished school, he started working in a factory, where he worked until the incident, making bearly as much as he needed to get to the end of the month.
After the incident, he moved to Boston, wanting to put his New York life behind him. There he found a job as a janitor at MIT and from that point on, well, we know the story.
Bucky made sure that the room was finally empty and walked in, dragging the trolley behind him. He worked his way down to the Professor's desk. On the big back board there was written a problem, left there for the students to solve. Professor Stark would write a really difficult problem on the board and whoever solved it would get an A. Bucky had listened just to a bunch of lectures but, just by looking at the problem, he thought of what could maybe be the solution. Bucky looked for a piece of chalk to write the answer, and then proceeded to finish cleaning up.

"Take your places" Tony walked in, placing the briefcase on th desk.
The student were mumbling, looking at the problem on the blackboard.
"So let's see the solution of the problem" he said turning towards the board, looking at the solution written with an instanbe and messy handwriting.
"Who did this?" He asked, facing his audience.
Bucky, who was sitting on a small chair next to the exit door, as usual, just wanted to disappear. The students were looking at each other, trying to figure out who did it.
"I don't bite, c'mon guys" the professor encouraged.
No one was answering.
"Well, if no one wants to come out, too bad for them, because it's going to cost you an A. Congratulations"
Tony started explaining why the solution is right and then proceeded with the lecture. In all of this, Bucky was sitting, silently,on his chair, captured by the professor's voice.
Once the lesson was over, Bucky slid into the closet and then started his shift. On the board in professor Stark's classroom, there was another problem. Bucky sat on the professor's desk, trying to figure the solution out and, as soon as it came to him, he wrote it on the board.
Just as the previous day, the students noticed right away that someone had figured it out the problem. And once again, Tony tried to make the genius come forward.
This routine went on for a couple of weeks, everyday Tony would write a more and more difficult problem on the board, Bucky would solve it in secret and let him wonder who between his students was stupid enough to solve the problems but not come to get their As.
One day Tony decided that it was time to challenge his genius student with one of the most difficult problems he had ever faced and that he himself had never been able to solve. He also decided to sit in his cabinet to see who was the mystery student because if they could solve that problem, he might have a real genius in his class.
Bucky dragged the cart all the way down and, as usual, he sat on the desk, trying to figure out that impossibl problem. He started walking around the room, doing his job while thinking about a bossible solution. And then it came to him. He sprinted to the board, grabbing the chalk and writing down the solution. When he finished, he left the chalk in the small box and went back to cleaning the room.
Tony opened the door after seeing the guy watching attempting to solve the problem. Bucky didn't even hear the door opening.
"It was you all along then huh?" Tony broke the silence.
Bucky turned towards the professor, blushing.
"Uhm I guess"
Tony glanced at the board.
"That's...that's impressive. Do you study here?"
Bucky shook his head, embarrassed.
"I know you. You're the one that's always sitting by the door"
Bucky's eyes widened. He knew he could get in trouble.
"Yes, I notice everything" the professor said winking.
Bucky nodded, scratching the back of his head.
"You do know that this is one of the most difficut problems of physics, right? I mean genius level shit"
Tony sat on the desk and Bucky finally looked at him. He was wearing a grey tight-fitting suit, a white shirt underneath and a red tie. His hair was messy but short and had a cleanly shaved beard. Tony definitely didn't look like a 50-year-old man and Bucky had never been more attracted to him.
On the other hand, Bucky was a mess. He was wearing the blue overall and a pair of dirty white sneakers. His hair was long and up in a messy bun and he definelty hadn't recently shaved.
"Uhm, I just... I just listen" Bucky looked down at his feet.
"Have you ever thought about college?" Tony asked.
Bucky shook his head. "I cannot afford it"
Bucky had never beed ashamed of his situation, he knew that his parents had always tried the best to give him a decent life.
"There are scholarships you could apply for" suggested Tony.
Bucky shrugged. He knew about the scholarships, of course, but if he went to college, he woudn't have time to work and therefore he wouldn't have money.
Bucky leaned against one of the desks. "I wouldn't have time to work tho"
Tony walked towards Bucky.
"You have potential -Tony looked at the name tag on Bucky's overall- James. It's not everyday you find someone that can solve that problem with such ease".
The professor placed a hand on Bucky's shoulder, feeling the hard metal of the prosthetic arm, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
"Let me take care of you. I'll get you back on track and get you at you best to assure you a scholarship at any Ivy Leauge school." Tony winked, attracted by the young man "You know, it would be a crime towards the scientific community if I let you go"