Dumpster #4: I Don't See How That's a Party

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Re: mini-fill [2/?] Re: The only way for Bucky to retain information is through pain

[(Anonymous)]

Steve is pouring his second cup of coffee when Bucky comes out of his room. Tony is on his ... tenth? Depends on how he counts days, really -- by the calendar or by when Tony sleeps. Steve spares a moment to worry about the bags under Tony's eyes before he's elbowed to the side by Bucky. "Hey pal, don't hog the coffee machine."

Bucky's walking with a limp again this morning, and Steve wonders briefly what Bucky gets up to in his room that makes a supersoldier wince as he sits down at the counter, but ... he knows that Bucky would tell him to shove it Mr-can't-stay-in-bed-with-pneumonia, and Tony'd tease him about being Captain Mom. Those two: thick as thieves. So instead, Steve stands there, and tries to be grateful that Bucky's here, pouring a mug full of coffee and spreading cream cheese onto a bagel.

Besides, Bucky sees a whole team of doctors and therapists, and runs his own schedule so tightly that Steve's pretty sure there's a block that says "breakfast with Steve and Tony."

"Hey Steve, back me up here." Tony punches Steve lightly in the arm, then does a mock-wince as he pulls back.

"What?"

"I was just telling Buckaroo here about the clean energy expo that's in town. Well, it's in town because I'm hosting it, funding it, and leading it, but that's besides the point."

"Oh really? You mean that expo that you've been talking about nonstop for the last month? I hadn't heard about it."

"Shut up, Rogers. Anyway, the point is --" Tony gestures with the coffeepot (his eleventh cup?). "I'm trying to get Barnes to go. But he..."

"I have my schedule." Bucky helpfully waves his phone as he flips a pancake with his metal hand.

"... he has his infernal schedule." Tony rolls his eyes. "What's wrong with having a night out, Barnes? Afraid your coach is going to turn into a pumpkin at midnight? Too many scintillating books to read every night, alone in your room?" Tony pauses. "Wait, *is* it the books? Are they porno books? Where do you even find porno books? Have you discovered porn on the internet, yet? Let me get JARVIS to load some good ones...."

"Tony."

"Oh, yeah. The point I was trying to make, is -- Bucky, you should come to the expo tonight. I know it's hard to notice when my brilliance outshines everyone else, but you've had some good ideas for localizing the arc reactor technology and I think you should see how much cooler we are than the competition."

Bucky frowns, and looks to Steve. "I dunno. I'd rather stay home, I think."

"C'mon, Buck. It'll be fun. Tony promises it'd be better than the World's Fair. Plus you haven't let up about clean energy for the last 3 months."

"I haven't, have I?" Bucky quirks a hesitant smile. Then thumbs through his phone. "I guess it's okay if we make it home by 9pm."