"What the hell?"
The confused exclamation echoed from the lounge of the Avengers complex. Steve set his coffee down on the kitchen island and wandered in the direction of the voice.
The voice, as it happened, belonged to one James Buchanan Barnes, known to his friends and fellow Avengers as Bucky.
"On your left," Sam shouted, the grin clear in his voice as he slunk into the room.
Steve winced at the muffled swear words as he edged around and into the lounge. He peeked in just in time to see Bucky slam one of Tony's Wii controllers into the ground. Hard. With his metal arm.
Hoping to avoid further catastrophe, Steve rushed into the room and pried the remains of the controller from Bucky's clenched metal fist. "What's going on, Buck?" he asked warily.
"This stupid game doesn't work for shit!" Bucky exclaimed vehemently, angrily gesturing at the TV screen. "It keeps making me go backwards, and these stupid green things keep hitting me!"
Steve glanced at the TV, and saw Bowser ram into the wall as several computer players lapped him.
"Well, now you're never going to win," Sam chirped, sounding way too pleased with himself. "Contrary to popular belief, smashing the controller to bits does not help you accelerate."
Bucky stopped his outraged complaining to send Sam a dark glare that promised death in destruction.
Sam shifted back further into the couch and merely held up his hands in defeat, "Just saying."
"Not helping," Steve muttered to Sam, then turned to Bucky. "Okay, let's try it again." Grabbing another controller, he settled onto the couch next to Bucky and started another game. He handed the controller over, and had to stifle a chuckle when it was immediately flipped around, causing the animated creature to veer off the track.
Sam, however, had no such tact, and burst into peals of laughter. Bucky just looked at him, confused.
"Ah-okay, Buck. I think I see the issue here," Steve said, and reached over, adjusting the controller so it was right-side up.
Bucky was silent for a moment as he gripped the controller, before turning around and fixing Sam with a steely glare, "...You couldn't have told me that before?"
"Nope!"
Bucky's mouth twitched up in an unnerving smile, "I'm going to run over your tiny plumber's ass."
At that moment, Clint wandered into the lounge, followed by Wanda. "Is someone playing Mario Kart?"
Steve groaned. This wasn't going to end well.
Nat wandered into the lounge hours later, only to be confronted by a strange sight. Bucky, Sam, Clint, and Wanda were engaged in a furious Mario Kart battle on the TV, while Steve dozed on the couch next to Bucky. Grinning, she swiped a controller from Clint and fell onto the couch. "Alright, bitches. Let's go."