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Softie

Tony couldn't help but stare when Bucky walked into the room with Steve and Clint, half an hour after Tony himself had arrived.

A throat cleared, and Tony shook himself firmly, turning back to the politician who'd been boring his ears off.

"I'm sorry. You were saying?"

By the time Tony had finished his rounds of the room, the Avengers were well settled into their little corner.

"What on earth is that on your arm?" Tony asked, approaching Bucky immediately, and holding his hand out for Bucky's silver hand.

"I figured this was better than the magnetic Hello Kitty things from last time. They kept falling off."

"So you let the kid put spiderman stickers all over it, instead?"

Bucky shrugged. "He was super proud they had his stickers, what was I supposed to do?"

"You're such a softie," Tony muttered, rolling his eyes. Bucky pulled him a little closer, and Tony leant in for a moment before he stepped away.

They didn't hide their relationship—far from it—but they were more subtle at public gatherings that they ever were in the tower.

"Are you telling me that you're not wearing that tie because Peter bought it for you?" Bucky asked, raising his eyebrows with a playful smile.

"Hush," Tony said, waving his hand. "It went with the suit, is all."

"You mean, you planned the whole outfit around the tie, because you wanted Peter to see you wearing it in the papers tomorrow."

Rolling his eyes, Tony shook his head. "I'll never keep my reputation as an asshole if you keep spouting your mouth, Barnes!"

"Good," Bucky replied. "More people should know just how good you are."

Tony pushed up on his toes for a brief kiss and then stepped away from Bucky entirely to annoy Clint for a while.

While he still didn't like gala's, he thought that with his team around him, he could handle them.

Especially when Bucky looked at him like that.

Written for:

North Funfair: Snowman, Step 3: 7. Silver

East Funfair: Cookies for Santa: 11. Fudge Cookies: "I'm sorry. You were saying."

South Funfair: Stocking Filler: 16. Stickers: Stickers

365: 330. Magnetic