“No need to beg.” Tony doesn’t like that. He doesn’t want some guy who he knows has had a bad run of things having to ask like he is. “I’ll bring my party tricks and we’ll see what we can do. I think I have the perfect guy for the job anyway. I just have to go and blackmail him.”

It takes exactly ten minutes once Tony’s hung up with Bucky to locate and get actually get Bruce Banner on the phone. He’s persistent. Bruce knows that. And if he wants some peace and quiet, he’s going to be agreeable to a little private jet flight up to New York.

Tony will be waiting for him, annoying grin and all.

Steve just had to wait for them to arrive the next afternoon. By then, however, he’s two inches taller still and filling out Bucky’s clothes like they were made for him.