Why?! Tony’s eyes roll so far back into his head that it’s actually comical. His face contorts and he gives the softest groan, hands coming up to slip through his hair. Mohinder and Bruce are silent, given the fact that they hadn’t known what Steve was talking about. Whoever Bucky Barnes was, the leaders of the Resistance likely wouldn’t allow them to divert resources to extracting him from HYDRA controlled territory.
And then Steve mentioned the Soldier.
This had stopped being a miraculous win for their side and started becoming a fool’s errand.
Through his hands, Tony could see Mohinder Suresh back up from them, his whole body tightening. He said something to Bruce in two short, low sentences and held his gear to his chest. If there was some sort of consensus, Tony wasn’t sure. The pair weren’t looking at each other. All eyes were on Steve alone. Still, Mohinder spoke again and this time in English.
“The Soldier rescued you from the place your plane crashed and brought you to Stark?”
Tony knew where this was going. They were confirming HYDRA loyalty. They were dead. He had to speak up himself. “No. Okay, yes but listen. HYDRA doesn’t know. Hadn’t known—“ He took a breath and described how his day had been interrupted by the inspection. That the Soldier had been different from how he remembered as a boy. How he seemed only concerned that Steve not be given to HYDRA. “So I know how it looks. I know we look compromised, but we aren’t. I blew up my whole damned life to keep HYDRA from finding us. And you. We came here because there is no where for either of us to go. He still thinks it’s 1945.”
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And then Steve mentioned the Soldier.
This had stopped being a miraculous win for their side and started becoming a fool’s errand.
Through his hands, Tony could see Mohinder Suresh back up from them, his whole body tightening. He said something to Bruce in two short, low sentences and held his gear to his chest. If there was some sort of consensus, Tony wasn’t sure. The pair weren’t looking at each other. All eyes were on Steve alone. Still, Mohinder spoke again and this time in English.
“The Soldier rescued you from the place your plane crashed and brought you to Stark?”
Tony knew where this was going. They were confirming HYDRA loyalty. They were dead. He had to speak up himself. “No. Okay, yes but listen. HYDRA doesn’t know. Hadn’t known—“ He took a breath and described how his day had been interrupted by the inspection. That the Soldier had been different from how he remembered as a boy. How he seemed only concerned that Steve not be given to HYDRA. “So I know how it looks. I know we look compromised, but we aren’t. I blew up my whole damned life to keep HYDRA from finding us. And you. We came here because there is no where for either of us to go. He still thinks it’s 1945.”