Winteriron

chapter 7

The date went well, but he didn't sleep with her... it didn't go that well! When he got back to the compound, he flopped on the couch. He heard someone come in and groaned as he waved in their general direction.

Steve jumped when he heard that someone was in the living room, but calmed down when he saw it was Tony. He smiled and walked over to him, sitting on the coffee table across from him, "Tony?... what's wrong?"

The brunette realized it was him and got up, thinking this was the perfect time to talk to him about Bucky. "Hey Steve, can I talk to you about something?" Tony was starting to get nervous, not really knowing how to talk about this. He got a nod from Steve and took a couple breaths to help calm himself down, "so, the thing is... well... it's about... Bucky." He mumbled the last part and looked at the couch, starting to play with a loose string.

Steve felt his breath catch in his throat, his heart tightened... while he is over the man, it was still hard to hear about this. He let his body take over for him and he touched Tony's hand, "it's okay." He sounded so sure, but inside, he was slightly hurting.

Tony let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding in, he smiled at him and looked him in the eyes, "are you sure Steve?" The blonde nodded his head, a warm smile on his face as he looked him in the eyes, "okay?" Tony wanted to be extra cautious; he was just confessing his feelings about a man who just so happened to be best friends with his ex, who he was confessing said feelings to.

Steve brought a hand up to his cheek and rubbed it softly, "it's okay... I promise." Tony hugged him and thanked him. Steve smiled as he hugged him tightly, but let go when the man pulled away.

Tony got up to go to bed, "promise?" Tony still wasn't sure.

"Promise," Steve smiled softly at him and nodded his head, making the billionaire beam and turn around to go to his room. It hurt, but the more he reassured Tony, the more he started to believe it as well.

Bucky woke up to make something, he was having some trouble sleeping. He knew he shouldn't eavesdrop, but when he saw Tony and Steve talking, he had to listen in. When he heard Tony start to talk about him, he clamped a quiet hand over his mouth to stop himself from gasping or cheering, Tony liked him back! He could tell that Steve was trying to process it and he felt bad, he really did, but he noticed the more Tony made him assure him, the more Steve started to believe it as well. He smiled and beamed when he knew it would be okay for him to start trying to court the man. He ran back to his room when he heard Tony walking towards the hall, and hid in his room, cheering for a bit. He fell asleep perfectly after that, just wanting the night to be over so he could talk to Tony.
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Bucky woke up earlier than usual that morning and was beaming.

"what's up with you?" Sam glared at the soldier and Steve rose a brow at Bucky.

"yeah, what's up with you Buck?" Steve was very curious about why the man was up this early... and smiling.

Bucky simply rolled his eyes and walked out.
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It was later in the day when he was in Tony's lab with him, ready go talk to the billionaire about what he heard yesterday when Nat, Clint, Sam, and Steve walked in. He growled at them for interrupting him.

Tony didn't expect to hear that noise from the man and choked on air. He blushed while everybody else gave him knowing looks and Bucky looked at him worriedly. He waved them off then went back to work.

Steve thought he should have a little fun with Bucky. He walked over to Tony and grabbed the Stark phone out of his hand, going into his notes, and typing away. He handed it back to Tony "watch this!" Tony rose a brow, but let out a little squeak as Steve wrapped his arms around his waist, "let's have some fun with Bucky... look at him!" Tony was confused, but looked at Bucky and saw the scowl and glare aimed at Steve. He instantly knew what Steve was trying to do and smirked, leaning his head back against the soldier and humming with a small smile on his face. Steve smirked.