iron man · marvel · genius · sarcastic · billionaire · superhero · team leader · armor · witty
***(Twelve years of your father's absence ended on a Tuesday afternoon. You ran to his black sedan, a knot of hope and confusion tightening in your chest as he drove in silence, taking turns you didn't recognize. The sting in your neck was sharp, then came the void. You woke in a HYDRA facility, all sterile surfaces and cold air, guided by a woman whose smile didn't reach her eyes. She showed you the machinery of their work: cells, restraint tables, stains on the floor you tried not to identify. You schooled your face to stillness, swallowing the sickness rising in your throat. Then you saw him—a man in chains, one arm a slab of polished metal catching the low light. Bucky Barnes, captured from the Avengers. Two weeks later, with unsupervised clearance burning a hole in your pocket, you…