Marvel One Shots

Bionic (WinterIron)

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credit of the fanart to the owner
AU where Tony doesn't die after the snap and finds out he's much more similar to Bucky than he has ever thought.
*Pepper and Tony are not married and therefore there is no Morgan. Steve still goes back in time (even tho i could not disagree more with this decision)*

"I am inevitable"
A click sound echoed on the battlefield as Thanos snapped. Everyone stopped, ready to die, but nothing happened.
Tony fell on his knees as the gamma radiations of the stones penetrated his body. It hurt, it hurt an awful lot, but he was better than Thanos.
"And I...am...Iron Man"
As Tony snapped, Thanos and his army turned into dust.
They won and Tony didn't mind sacrificing his life for it. It started with FRIDAY turning herself off, then the suit cut the power.
Peter ran to him, followed by Pepper and Rhodey and in that moment Tony saw his life running in front of him. He lived a good life after all.
Tony closed his eyes as Peter was pulled away from him. The light from the Arc Reactor started fading away when Pepper and Rhodey took his hands.
Bucky wanted to be there, he never really apologized for killing his parents. It was like the whole word was falling on him, but he knew that his pain was nothing compared to Pepper's or Rhodey's, or even Peter's.
Rhodey placed his mask on Tony's face, unable to look at his lifeless face.
"Mr. Rhodes, sir. I found an heartbeat"
The AI spoke from War Machine's suit on the comms and everyone in the battlefield looked at Tony's corpse.
There was an heartbeat, Tony was most likely not dead then.
Dr. Strange opened a portal with his sling ring, following Rhodey, who was carrying Tony's body.
They placed him on a stretcher while Stephen was looking for Christine. He left Tony with her in a surgery room and went to change in more surgery-appropriate clothes.

Tony's body was resting in a private room, connected to various machinery that were keeping him alive for now. The surgery went well, Strange and Christine were positive that Tony would recover. It was going to be a long process, but eventually he would. They did everything in their power to save him and luckily it was more than enough. Unfortunately there was nothing they could do for Tony's right arm, the armor had fused with his flash.
His body needed to regenerate and adjust to the operation they performed. He was in a coma but he was most likely to wake up.
Tony was resting on the candid bed, he looked peaceful and that was probably the best sleep he had since they started the whole time heist thing.

Strange had returned the stones to the Avengers and Steve was the one in charge of returning them in the place they belong. He had greeted Bucky and Sam before going back in time again and never coming back. Well, he did came back, as an old man married to someone, most likely Peggy. He had nothing to lose, he complained, everything that meant something to him was gone. Bucky didn't know what to think of his decision. He was still there, Sam too and Tony was alive. But apparently they were not enough for Steve, once again Bucky was not enough.

Bucky couldn't hide that he was relieved when he was told that Tony would make it, but still couldn't force himself to visit him. He was sure Tony wouldn't want him there after all he caused to him.
But one day Bucky decided that if he were to live in that century, he might as well try to fix as much as he could his relations with what was left of the Avengers. Bucky was well aware that it was him the cause of the Civil War and the reason behind Tony and Steve's rivalry over the past years. And that was probably the reason why they could not defeat Thanos the first time.
'Butterfly effect' thought Bucky entering the elevator of the hospital 'A butterfly flaps its wings in Tokyo and in New York there is a hurricane. Steve wants to protect me and Tony ends up in a coma'

In the room with Tony there was Rhodey, reading a book while sitting on the armchair next to the bed. Bucky was standing in the corridor, behind the big window, looking at Tony and at his empty shoulder. He couldn't help but blaming himself for... everything.
When Rhodey saw him, he smiled, walking towards the door.
"You can come in, y'know" said the Colonel opening the door.
Bucky shyly walked in the room, sitting in the plastic chair in the corner.
Rhodey looked at the time. "I really have to run, Pepper is running late for a meeting at SI, you wouldn't mind staying with him 'til she arrives, would'ya?" asked and Bucky nodded.
About an hour later Pepper arrived. Bucky was sleeping on the armchair when she put a hand on his shoulder. Pepper knew what he had been thinking, she was good at reading people. "It's not your fault."