"Well, then... what are you doing here?"
@ccrruptmind
❝You do realize that some of the people here are my friends too? People I care about, people I want to make sure are protected. My visit has nothing to do with you, Barnes, so you can leave me alone.❞ Running into the former Winter Soldier hadn’t been on the list he’d made for himself when deciding to visit Wakanda. And yet, here they are, facing each other like two Western gunmen about to see who had the quickest draw.
He feels his spine tense up, adrenaline start to pump in his blood. It seems to be natural reaction, as if he’s facing a predator instead of a man. But this man…This man wears the face of the weapon Hydra had pointed at his parents. This man wears the face of the weapon that had beat Howard Stark to death and strangled Maria Stark while she was vulnerable and helpless. Tony sees that blank stare in his nightmares, behind his eyelids when he tries to breathe through his nose and keep the crushing grief at bay.
Tony is unsure of what to do, how to proceed, so he stays stock still, waiting for Barnes to make the first move. ❝You gonna stand there like a statue or are you going to say something to me?❞
