This is just your average drabble set in some alternate universe where Tony Stark and the Winter Soldier are nowhere near friends but they're not exactly enemies. Surprisingly, I have not seen Civil War yet, so please do not spoil the movie. Thank you! - Cinderfire
"You would do well-."
"Holy shit! Can you fucking not creep up like that you fucking creeper?! How did you get up here, anyway? I doubt they let you in the front door."
"Your man didn't stop me when I found the service elevator. And you would do well to not be such a target. I'm almost positive that you've been taught how to hide."
"There's no point in hiding from the likes of you, so why bother at all? Have you come to finish the job?"
"You were never my mission."
"Good to know." He sneered. "I bet Stane hired you. Now that I think about it, that seems like the kind of twisted thing he'd do. Even without knowing who you really are. You meant something to him, my father. It sucks that you were the last thing he saw, that that's what he had to die with. Knowing that he'd given up on two friends instead of just the one. And my mother… you killed my mom, man. What the hell?"
"If it helps you at all, she was more than just collateral."
"Hydra wanted her dead too?"
"Maria Carbonell was a genius in her own right. She could have easily foiled Hydra, and Stane wanted you for himself."
"Huh. Good to know that they thought she was worth something. Not many saw past the charities and the social aspect of being Howard Stark's wife. Say, why haven't you tried to kill me yet? It's not like there's anything stopping you."
"You were never my mission. And now, I no longer have missions. There is no one I follow that wants you dead, so you live."
"So I live." Tony scoffed.
