ironmanstan:

tony stark stopping by some teenage patients on his way out of the psychiatric ward, assuring them that it’s okay to feel helpless and scared sometimes, that even in his stongest suit tony sometimes feels weak, and that breathing gets easier when you share the air with your loved ones instead of shutting them out. he sighs a breath of relief when he realizes that the kids still looked at him with awe instead of pity looks he usually got when opening up about his anxiety

bucky barnes visiting a childrens hospital when he meets a young girl who’s leg had been amputated only days ago, so he stays by her side for hours and tells her all his terrible prosthetic-related jokes that usually made steve sad but this little girl was out of breath laughing at “my favorite color is army green” and him saying how she’s a legend for putting up with his horrible puns, and he feels something warm bloom in his chest when she laughs again. he was good for something, after all

clint secretly holding sign language classes in a nearby grade school, and meeting this cute little boy after the class that signed him how he felt happy that there was a superhero who also couldnt hear and if mr. hawkeye can fight evil deaf then surely tommy can become a scientist, and clint just ruffles the kids hair in reassurance, leaving the classroom before the kid can see him cry