WinterIron one shots

Blind Love

Word count: 3377

Summery: after an accident leaves Tony blind, he covers it up- however Bucky sees past his facade and decides to do something about it.

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There weren't very many days that Tony took the time to stop and think about the intricacies of JARVIS's system. He would even admit that most days he took the AI for granted. It made sense in a way, Tony had designed the system after all, it would sort of be like thanking himself for being brilliant enough to design something that could anticipate his needs and therefore deserve thanks, right?

Anyway.

There weren't very many days that Tony took the time to stop and think about the intricacies of JARVIS's system, much less to thank him, but today was a day that Tony was both incredibly aware and entirely grateful for every bit of code that made up the AI.

He didn't know how it happened– nope, scratch that. Tony did know how it had happened. A too hard hit and the suit had taken too long to catch itself and he had knocked his head on the ground hard enough to make him see stars, and then consequently nothing at all.

The resulting concussion from the hit had rendered Tony temporarily blind.

Hopefully it was temporary.

Please God let it be temporary, because Tony couldn't see much more than a wall of black in front of him and had had to rely solely on JARVIS to announce to the rest of the team that he had been compromised, and then to get the suit home to the Tower and dismantled around him.

It had been unnerving to say the least, flying totally blind. Knowing there was new information flashing through the screen in his helmet almost faster than he could read it– altitude changes, speed, weather conditions, any buildings they approached and avoided– all of that sort of thing that usually Tony saw, scanned and took into account as he flew, but this time he hadn't been able to see any of it.

JARVIS had relayed the pertinent information in a calm tone, sounding almost like a tour guide as he warned Tony they were approaching the city and which buildings were coming up on his right.

Tony was completely disoriented as the suit took itself apart, feeling around for the wall as he tried to walk and it was only with his AI's help that he made it down to the lab at all.

"Run scans for me, J." Tony said once he had made it to his desk. "Full body scans, tell me how bad this concussion is, what my eyes look like."

"You can't see anything at all sir?"

"Nothing at all."

"Just a few minutes while I run a scan, hold still please."

Tony held as still as he could, standing straight and trying to settle himself in the space. It was his lab after all, he spent more time here than in his bedroom. He knew where every piece of equipment was and every desk and the distance to the walls and how many steps it took him to get to the doors and–

"Barring any sort of professional exam, it appears as if there is some swelling due to your fall." JARVIS intoned. "I cannot see any acute trauma, though I am limited of course. A visit to a doctor is recommended."

"If you think I'm alright, I'm probably alright." Tony said slowly, feeling around for his chair and sinking it into it. "This is my desk, right?"

"Yes Sir."

"Did I knock anything over on my way in?"

"No sir, everything is just as you left it."

"Okay." Tony took a deep breath. "This is fine. I can make my way around just fine for right now. Dum-E–" A low whir as the robot came to his side. "–hey buddy, I'm going to need you about a foot to my right at all times in here, alright? Don't let me walk into anything stupid."