( he stays quiet for a long while as he just looks at steve, studying the man's face as he's giving this a whole lot of thought for something he was sure was just a joke to begin with. tony thinks if he were to actually ask steve out on a proper date, if he were to continue to spend the rest of his night here watching a jurassic park marathon with the guy instead of going to that afterparty, that steve would probably agree to it, to spend the evening with him tomorrow, and they could start something, something great, maybe. because steve's a nice guy. nice enough that he wouldn't say no to going out with tony even though deep down steve probably knows he's no good, and that he could really do better.

tony decides that he'll do steve the favor of not ruining his dating life with his complicated bullshit and do them both the favor of not ruining their friendship. plus, steve said he doesn't really want to do this and he looks annoyed right then, so it's easy for tony to take that as a little mini rejection; to quell any desire he has to get to know him better in that way. )

Guess we're gonna have to put a pause on this game of chicken. ( he checks the time on his watch as he gets up from the couch. ) Let me know what you think of the movies once you're done. I probably won't be back here for the weekend, so text me if you need me. But I'll see you on Monday. We got that team briefing in the morning? I'll try not to be late.