WinterIron one shots

Im a genius you know

Word count: 2770

Summery:  "I just really can't seem to figure this one out, is all. And I'm a genius, you know."

I used google translate for the Russian and Italian parts so they may be wrong - just letting you know.
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The first time it happened, it was a complete and total accident. Seriously. Bucky hadn't meant to say it. Tony was just being so damn frustrating and stubborn and beautiful. It just sort of slipped out.

"Look, kotyonok, if you would just listen to Stevie for two seconds-"

"Woah! Woah, woah, woah! Hold up. What did you just say to me?"

Bucky froze, brain finally catching up to his mouth and realizing that he'd just called Tony fucking Stark 'kitten' in Russian. To his face. The billionaire clearly wasn't happy about it either. His face was a downright thunderstorm of swirling aggression and fury. It was one of the most gorgeous things Bucky had ever set eyes on.

"What? You think just because you use another language I won't notice an insult when I hear one? Well, I've got news for you, Barnes, vaffanculo!"

The genius turned on his heel and stomped out of the room, leaving a stunned Bucky blinking after him. Steve was glancing back and forth between his best friend and where his team mate had stormed off, but Natasha only looked amused as she leaned forward to murmur in Bucky's ear.

"He basically just used Italian to tell you to go fuck yourself...kitten."

Bucky could've sworn she was holding back laughter as she and Barton left the room. Banner sighed and stood from his seat as well.

"I should go after him. No doubt he's gone down to the labs."

Steve looked like he wanted to say something, but Bucky just headed out after the others and shut himself away in his room. He didn't want to deal with anyone, not even Stevie. He'd found himself attracted to Stark within just a few weeks of moving into the tower. At first, he hadn't really known what to do with the emotion, hadn't even know what it was. Once he'd figured it out, he knew he couldn't act on it. Even if Stark wasn't as straight as his playboy lifestyle suggested he wasn't going to give Bucky the time of day.

Stark had everything, literally. He had money, fame, power, women throwing themselves at his feet (and other body parts). He had a gorgeous, fierce woman who stood beside him in anything he did, though Stevie had told him Pepper and Tony hadn't worked out in the relationship sense. And If Stark wanted someone to actually be with, he wasn't going to choose Bucky.

Bucky had killed Tony's parents, had killed Howard. (At least that was what he'd been told. He didn't actually remember doing it, but apparently there were files somewhere that said he had. In the end, it didn't really matter if he remembered it or not because everybody else knew. Including Tony.) Why in the world would he want anything to do with the guy who killed his parents? He'd been way nicer to Bucky already than the soldier deserved after everything he'd done and all Bucky'd done to repay him was piss him off.

Bucky had to admit, though, Tony Stark was even more attractive than normal when he was angry. It was the way that tanned skin reddened, the way the corners of his mouth pinched and his lips pursed. Those honeyed eyes seemed to spark and, Bucky just wanted to melt in the face of it all. He'd never really understood what people meant when they said someone was devastatingly beautiful, but he sure as Hell did now. And apparently he also now held the key to setting off that devastating beauty any time he wanted.

He knew what Steve would say, that it was wrong and he shouldn't do that to Tony. (Which was a good point, admittedly, but it wasn't like Bucky was doing a very good job at not pissing the inventor off anyway.) He knew Natasha would tell him to get over himself. She'd done it before, multiple times in fact. Specifically, she'd told him to pull his head out of his oblivious ass, grab Tony by the shoulders, and lay one on him. Bucky was pretty sure that would not only piss Tony off, but also get himself kicked out of the tower. Besides, he'd never been very good at resisting temptation.