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Lab Beneath Stark Industries, Sunday Afternoon

The War Machine armor had taken a significant enough hit in a fight that Rhodey wasn't able to patch it up on his own. Which was annoying on a few levels for Tony. One, that Rhodey could have gotten hurt. Another that Tony should have been there to help him.

Tony made a face, rereading the assessment of the damage for a third time before starting to get some tools together.

"JARVIS, has the lab in East Village been touched?"

"No, sir. Shall I inform Lieutenant colonel Rhodes of your plan?"

Tony grinned up at the ceiling. "You know me so well, sweetheart. Tell him I'll be there within the hour. Help him shake any tails if you'd be so kind."

[Expecting one, but open before!]
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shapethecentury: ([neg] god u r a punk)

[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky snorted and rolled his eyes.

"Just get me back to Fandom in one piece, pal."
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Now? Otherwise, you can stick around for Rhodey."

Who could never know that Tony was in more shit now.
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
A shrug.

"At this point? I don't know if I care."

He was pretty sure things wouldn't turn as exciting as they had before, again. Pretty sure. (He had no way of knowing, so he was going by some twisted law of averages.)
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony glanced up as an alarm went off.

"Lieutenant colonel Rhodes has arrived, sir," JARVIS chimed in.

"Lead him down, sweetheart."
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lieutenant colonel?" Bucky asked, rhetoriically for the most part. "This someone I should salute?"

Wouldn't be too long now before that became a reflex.
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Rhodey?" Tony looked completely confused by that before shaking his head. "No. You... don't have issues with black people, right?"
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky shot him a mildly offended look.

That was really enogh of an answer. But just to make it clear: "No."
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Tony held his hands up in surrender. "The past is weird. So is the present, of course..."

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The present featured people flying in suits of armor. So. There was that.

The ceiling opened up to allow War Machine to land across from them in the lab. "...did you get into a fight?"
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that was one way to make an entrance.

Bucky said nothing. It was not because he was staring, honest, because he wasn't staring. Much.
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Rhodey! No, no, of course not," Tony said like someone in the room wasn't sporting a bandage and he didn't have rapidly blooming bruises on the side of his face.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-10 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The armor settled into place, peeling away from him so he could step out and leave it standing where it was. He spared Bucky a look like he was trying to place where he knew him from before making for Tony to investigate those bruises like the mother hen he was.

"Christ, Tones. I can't leave you alone for five minutes." He glanced back at Barnes again. "Who's your friend."
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bucky Barnes?" Tony offered, trying to express how fucked up his life was with an awkward smile as Rhodey manhandled his face to look at the damage done. "Meet Rhodey."
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-10 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Was gonna go for James, but Bucky works too," Bucky replied, somehow managing to convey a shrug with just the tilt of his head. It was a skill. "Nice to meet you."

Well, Rhodey was so far not trying to kill him or maim him.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-10 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Rhodey glanced down at the bandage on his very much flesh and bone arm and let out a sigh. "Nice to meet you... Bucky. I'm a James too."

Oddly this same name thing would not fix things later on in life. Zack Snyder.
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-10 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, your armor?" Tony said, praying to god Rhodey wouldn't slip up and mention any sort of HYDRA trained former assassin.
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-11 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Good thing that bandage was there! Made it easier for Bucky not to notice anything off about this interaction.

So he was just giving the armor a curious look, as you do.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-11 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing was off at all! Other than the look that look Rhodey gave Tony that was purely 'only you could get in this situation'.

"Reaction time is off and I've tweaked it as much as I can without a complete overhaul," he said. Which he didn't have the equipment for outside one of Tony's labs.
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[personal profile] imafuturist 2016-10-11 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's run some diagnostics," Tony said with a forced cheer as he clapped hid hands together.

The War Machine armor twitched and opened up like Tony was checking under the hood of a car.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-11 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, we've lost him for the next three hours," Rhodey said to Barnes dryly.
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-11 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"He do this kind of thing often?" Bucky asked.

Not even specifying. Rhodey could take that however he wanted to.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-11 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Get distracted by tech or run blindly into danger?" Rhodey asked, glancing down at the bandage for only a second. "Nevermind, the answer is yes to both of them."

He said with love. And annoyance. And worry.
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-12 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky snorted. "Figures."

Okay, the danger bit was relatively new information. But still, information he'd already had.

Since running blindly into danger.

[identity profile] imawarmachine.livejournal.com 2016-10-12 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
One day, Barnes... One day...

"Want to share what happened before I have to drag it out of him?" And smack Tony upside the head before hugging him. As you do.
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[personal profile] shapethecentury 2016-10-12 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky sighed, and brought his hand up to scratch the back of his neck. "I think he'd be better at explaining it," he admitted. "But, we ended up in the sewers. Kidnapped. There were lizard people."

He glanced at Tony, then back at Rhodey.

"And some delightful dame by the name of Madame... something?" he offered, then nodded at the bandage. "She got a little too familiar with my arm, so maybe I should've paid more attention to the name."

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