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Bucky paces in the oversized waiting room in Stark Tower.
"Buck," Steve tries again, "They're going to be fine." It is probably his fifth time in as many minutes to try and calm the other man down.
"What if something happens?" Bucky growls.
"Nothing is going to happen Bucky," Steve assures his friend, "Harper's strong, you know that. You trained zir, remember?"
Bucky stops his back and forth pacing. He looks over at Steve. Sometimes Bucky has to stop himself from blinking at the sight of the grown man. His mind would say that Steve was still a five foot four twig, but his eyes say that Steve is a nearly six-foot soldier. "I can't lose zir, Stevie. Ze’s... I..."
"Ze's your husband and anchor," Steve finishes for him. "I get it. I know how you feel right now."
Bucky just runs his flesh hand through his hair, tugging on it. "They could die and I... I don't think I'd be able to take it, Steve."
Just then Stark strolls through the door.
"Now's not a good time Tony," Steve sighs as the inventor joins them.
Tony holds his hands up, "Not here to pick a fight Capsicle. I came to support Barnes." He sits down in a chair opposite Steve.
Bucky flashes him a glare but doesn't stop pacing.
"So, Terminator, how did you and Harry Potter break out of the magical cottage?" Tony asks in a seemingly lazy manner.
Catching on quickly, Steve adds, "You only spoke of how you met but never how you got to the tower." He huffs, "And I had to drag the first story out of you."
Barking a laugh, Bucky replies, "It involved a goat, three blue clovers, and Harper's left toe."
The two other men are silent until Tony exclaims, "That was a joke! You just made a joke!"
Bucky smirks, flopping down on the couch next to Steve. "No one will believe you," He tells the older man.
"JARVIS?"
"I have recorded the event and put a copy on your private servers," The AI replies.
Tony grins.
"Do you want to hear the story or not?" Bucky growls.
Both men look intensely eager, and Bucky fights to not point out that they are acting like children and how old are they again?
Taking a breath, Bucky begins, “It was an accident, Harper told me later.”