The Park, Tuesday Morning

[imafuturist]

After a second and decidedly more private funeral in the Arctic, Tony was back on island. This time there wasn't any music to distract him, which wasn't nearly as fun. But hey, thems the breaks.

He took a seat on one of the park benches, watching the birds eye him with disdain over his lack of bread. Still oddly preferable to going back to the lab for the moment. He just needed to breathe fresh air and he could back at it. Sure.

[open because I'm mean to this sad sack of guilt]

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[fjordicswagger]

"Are you moping all over the park?"

Tamsin. Be nice.

She was coming up from behind him, anyway, so she hadn't seen his face yet.

[imafuturist]

Tony straightened up and put on a smile that would totally cover up the whole sleep deprived chic he had going. "Does that sound like me?"

[fjordicswagger]

"Yes," Tamsin said dryly.

She walked around the bench and then sat down next to him.

[imafuturist]

"Ouch," he replied, eyes on the birds. "You wound me, Tamsin."

[fjordicswagger]

"So now what stupid, implausible thing happened?" Tamsin said, rolling her eyes. "Pretend like I actually care."

[imafuturist]

"I would never," Tony admonished rather than have normal responses to emotions. "I know you better than that."

He took a nice, steadying breath, hands on his knees. "Just the usual. Fought a Nazi and an Asgardian sorceress."

[fjordicswagger]

"Together or separately?" Tamsin asked.

[imafuturist]

"Together." Where was the fun in separate? "I miss when supervillains didn't team up."

[fjordicswagger]

"I don't know, the loner types can be really obnoxious," Tamsin said, pulling a face. "But hey, you didn't break anything. Congratulations!"

[imafuturist]

Tony grinned despite himself. "Not this time."

[fjordicswagger]

"Take little babysteps, dude," Tamsin said sagely. "You weren't kidnapped by anything either. You're growing as a human being or whatever."

[imafuturist]

"Excuse you, I've only been kidnapped... a few times."

Which was probably one too many for the average individual.

[fjordicswagger]

"More than twice?" Tamsin prompted.

[shapethecentury]

Bucky had some stale bread with him, this time. These morning walks were looking to be on their way to becoming a thing, so he'd thought he... might as well contribute something, somehow.

Even if it was small, and kinda meaningless. (Also maybe not entirely healthy for the birds, but he didn't know that.)

He wasn't too surprised to see Tony. But maybe a little. "Mr. Stark," he said, nodding.

[imafuturist]

"Mr. Barnes," Tony replied, sitting back against the seat with a faint smile that was probably just autopilot.

[shapethecentury]

Yeah, it kind of looked that way. Or at least that was the feeling Bucky got, as much as he wouldn't have been able to pinpoint the reason.

He dug into the bag hanging over his shoulder. "Enjoying the morning?"

[imafuturist]

"Quieter than the city." Way to not answer, Tony.

[shapethecentury]

It wasn't in Bucky's nature to pry, though it was in his nature to let out a soft snort.

"Sure."

He threw some small pieces of bread out for the various birds.

[imafuturist]

Which earned him a little more real smile. "Seat?"

[shapethecentury]

Bucky considered making some kind of a crack at that single-syllable offer. Then he decided against it, and went for a one-shoulder shrug instead. "Sure," he repeated, wandering over and slumping down ono the bench before stretching his legs out.

[imafuturist]

"I was honestly expecting a crack about New York in the past being different," Tony said, relaxing a bit without having someone loom over him while was ~delicate~. "Maybe dinosaurs being used to travel around in Queens."

[shapethecentury]

Hey now, Bucky was still a couple of years away from looming! Too much.

"Sorry to disappoint," he drawled. "Dinosaurs aren't my thing."

[imafuturist]

Fine, fine. Proto-looming then.

"And they were only in Hell's Kitchen anyway," Tony said with a straight face.

[shapethecentury]

"Obviously," Bucky replied, after a beat. "Definitely not around Brooklyn."

[imafuturist]

"Which, I can only assume from television and movies, was a land of angry taxi drivers and shouting 'I'm walkin' here!'"

His Brooklyn accent was terrible because he'd lived in Boston. Clearly that was the reason why.