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[cheesefridge]

You knew my dad?

[ That's the closest to a peace offering you are going to get for now, Bucky. ]

[razoruzhat]

Yeah. Not as well as Steve did.

But he was a decent guy.


[ You know, he's tired of arguing with Starks. He'll take the olive branch. ]

[cheesefridge]

I'm pretty sure Steve knew him better than I did, too.

[razoruzhat]

I'm sorry, Tony.

[cheesefridge]

You might have done some bad things, Barnes, but my issues with my dad are not on you. Don't worry about it.

[razoruzhat]

[ 'Might have'. Ahahahaha sob. That's pretty damn generous, pal. ]

I know that. But I'm sorry I took him from you.


[ Because apologizing for killing his mother might result in property damage again. ]

[cheesefridge]

I appreciate that, really. And.

[ THIS IS SO HARD ]

It wasn't your fault.

[razoruzhat]

But I still did it.

[ It's okay, Tony. Difficult for him too. ]

Thanks.

[cheesefridge]

Yeah, well. Steve cares about you. Guess that should be enough for me.

[ Hopefully it will be, someday. ]

[razoruzhat]

Steve's a punk. But he's a loyal punk.

[ he's not done yet. ]

Maybe you are, too. Stark.

[cheesefridge]

[ Wow. That was way more than Tony could have ever expected. Especially after practically trying to kill them both. ]

Thanks, Barnes. I hope so, too.

[razoruzhat]

[ It is. And Bucky, bless his heart, is not quite as generous in the forgiveness department as Steve. Well, when it comes to things that are not Bucky. (Maybe he and Tony have that in common.) ]

We'll see.

You and Rhodes doing ok?

[cheesefridge]

[ They probably have more in common than either of them would ever want to admit, or accept. ]

We're surviving, which is enough.

You and Steve?

[razoruzhat]

[ the horror. ]

It's not.

I mean, good that you're surviving, but that's not enough.

We're more or less the same.

[cheesefridge]

It'll have to be for now. Things will get better.

[ He hopes, anyway. Maybe things will get better for him, but he's not sure about Rhodey. At least he can spend his life developing enough Stark tech to keep him going. ]

Just keep an eye on Steve ok? I know he doesn't care what I have to say anymore but he needs someone to have his back.

[razoruzhat]

Tenacity and hope. Sounds familiar.

[ Reminds him of this one guy. Blond, stubborn, willing to give the shirt off his back to someone who needs it more. Even if that generosity resulted in a round of pneumonia. ]

That's my job, Stark. Always has been. I just fucked it up by falling in the Alps. Got 70 years to make up to him.

He does care. Trust me.

[cheesefridge]

[ He snorts at that. He knows who Bucky is talking about. And truth be told, he agrees. He and Steve were just as alike in a lot of ways as they were different. ]

Thanks. And take care of yourself, too.