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[biggerstick]

[What does an insomniac superhero do at night? They wander off the pool house and build their own working area in the underground labs]

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[paragon]

You've been getting no sleep and running yourself into the ground besides.

[biggerstick]

[sneezes again, looks incredibly annoyed. And after a moment puts aside what he was tinkering with and rubs his face]

I'm not sure of what you're expecting from me, here.

[paragon]

. . . nothing.

Just don't expect to be better by tomorrow at this rate.

[ and with that he fishes a sewing kit out of his pocket and sits at the other end of the couch to open it ]

[biggerstick]

[back to tinkering]

JARVIS if you don't hitch the volume up I'm reprogramming you.

[paragon]

I still want to talk to you about something.

[biggerstick]

JARVIS you're off the hook this time. [turns to Steve] If it's about my health or lack thereof I will throw this thing at your head.

[paragon]

[ gives him a slight, weary smile that quickly fades as he speaks ]

Bucky went looking himself up on the internet. Found some things he's pretty dead-set on believing.

[biggerstick]

He mentioned it. I did some digging for him.

[paragon]

What kind of digging?

[biggerstick]

Hacking into Coulson's computer, but that was useless. So I spoke to him instead. He gave me a... thing. Aromatherapy thing. It's supposed to help me sleep— I am so not equipped to have this conversation with you.

[paragon]

It's just a conversation, Tony. Did it help?

[biggerstick]

I haven't tried it. Look, you should find Barnes I got back to him, he turned down my absinthe.

[paragon]

Did he?

[biggerstick]

You're a good influence, it's depressing.

[paragon]

I'll talk to him. I just thought you should know.

[biggerstick]

I know. He's kept me up to date and I've kept him up to date, we're good.

Except he turned me down. That had never happened before, I'm a little hurt.

[paragon]

Don't take it personally.

[ licking the end of some thread to put it through a needle from the kit while Bucky Bear waits jauntily in his lap. ]

[biggerstick]

Hard not to when it's the first time ever.

[paragon]

Tell you what. You find a way to make it work right for us and we'll both take you up on it.

[biggerstick]

[really honestly confused for a moment, but he eventually understands]

Oh, oh. For a second there I thought you were inviting me to a threesome. But no, we're still talking about alcohol. Good, I wasn't sure about how to react to the threesome thing.

[paragon]

Jeez, Tony.

[ his face is red. ]

[biggerstick]

Oh look at that, that's a lot more like you.

Don't worry, not interested.

[paragon]

[ still red. ]

Yeah, 'cause I was gonna lose sleep over that.

[ shakes his head ]

[biggerstick]

Let's not go there, I get enough of that from Barnes.

[paragon]

Go where— never mind.