Birthday fic bash prompty thingy! Lol how about Disney Princess Tony Stark with a million animals always coming up to him on missions/during battles/team outings etc. And always bringing home just one more animal friend, much to his partner(s) exasperation and amusement lol
“Oh no. Oh no no no,” Bucky sighs as Tony walks up to him with a racoon in his arms. “Doll, we talked about this.”
The Iron Man helmet retracts so that Bucky can experience the full effect of Tony’s pout. It’s a dangerous thing, and Bucky can already feel his heart twisting as Tony’s eyes widen.
“No,” Bucky repeats, but not even his Winter Soldier face can hold up to the look on Tony’s face for long.
“But she’s injured,” Tony says as he cradles the racoon to his chest.
“Then she can go to the zoo who can help her,” Bucky argues half-heartedly, as he can’t resist taking a closer look at the raccoon laying docile in Tony’s arms. Bucky doesn’t reach for her, having learned his lesson after a squirrel bit his finger when Bucky had tried to touch.
Tony can hold whatever animal he finds - injured or otherwise - but no one else can manage to get close.
“She’ll need a place to recover,” Tony argues.
“That’s what zoos are for,” Bucky defends as he crosses his arms. He admits that he’s probably simply delaying the inevitable. Even if Bucky wasn’t particularly weak to Tony’s pout, it isn’t like Bucky wants to be the villain who denies help to an injured animal.
But Tony already has picked up so many, and sometimes Bucky wants to romance his boyfriend without a curious crow or a chattering chipmunk getting in his way. But maybe Bucky should be grateful that Central Park only has so many types of animals, because if they ended up in the south and Tony picked up a scorpion or something…Then Bucky would have to try to figure out how to say no to Tony bringing animals back to their home to recuperate. Raccoons aren’t the worst thing that Tony can manage to find post-battle.
Besides, Tony hires the best caretakers and does his research to make sure each animal gets what they need, and most of them can and do get released back into the wild. But Bucky had date plans and if Tony too busy, checking over the raccoon instead…
“Please, babe? You know she’ll get better, more individualized care back at the Tower,” Tony pleads.
Bucky sighs. “Alright, alright. She better appreciate it,” Bucky says, casting a weak glare at the raccoon nestled in Tony’s arms. Her paw does look kinked, and Bucky feels a sympathetic tug about the injured limb.
“She sure will,” Tony promises with a bright grin.
Bucky rolls his eyes as the raccoon hisses at him, nestling further into Tony’s arms.
