[The chuckles that spill out of him are just so overly besotted and warm. He tips up, hand sliding along Steve's chest for the moment. Just resting over his heart. Always steadied by the beat there.]
I won't tell if you don't. Can't have people thinking you're a homewrecker.
[Despite and even during their one giant miscommunication and his lapse in judgement, Tony's feelings for Steve have never lessened. Only grown stronger. He'd found solace in Steve, stability, a partner, a home. And he knows that he'll get through this because he still has all that in Steve. Knows he'll never lose that. And he'd never take that away from Steve, either. Not so long as he can help it.
Not so long as the world doesn't require him to go through one more wormhole or snap his fingers again. Which is why the thought of staying in is so appealing. No more worrying about the shadow around the corner. Except perhaps the biggest of the big ones. He can just...
Stay.]
And you're my everything. [His man on the ground, yes, something they'd agreed to maybe more than once, what with Tony's proclivity for wanting to give Steve a suit. Something that definitely lives in the garage anyway despite being told no a million times. But he's so much more than that. Everything is the only word that will fit it all, now.
He settles, cozies in, can't fight the weariness that's settled so deeply in him, especially not now that Steve has more or less given him permission. To drift, not to go. Only a small bit of him is worried if he keeps closing his eyes he might not open them again. But he doesn't voice that. He couldn't. And maybe that's what keeps his brain firing. Allows a small trickle of ice to keep him just on the line of sleep. Because even though he's crossed his arms, even though he's laid his head at Steve's shoulder and is definitely drifting, he says,]
I know- what it is. [Babbling a little. Maybe even just to himself.] How about... Extreme Tactical Remedy, Emergency Medical Intervention Serum. [Yes. Yes it's an acronym. EXTREMIS. He's reclaiming it. So clearly it'll work. And never has there been a time when Tony wasn't ridiculous.]
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I won't tell if you don't. Can't have people thinking you're a homewrecker.
[Despite and even during their one giant miscommunication and his lapse in judgement, Tony's feelings for Steve have never lessened. Only grown stronger. He'd found solace in Steve, stability, a partner, a home. And he knows that he'll get through this because he still has all that in Steve. Knows he'll never lose that. And he'd never take that away from Steve, either. Not so long as he can help it.
Not so long as the world doesn't require him to go through one more wormhole or snap his fingers again. Which is why the thought of staying in is so appealing. No more worrying about the shadow around the corner. Except perhaps the biggest of the big ones. He can just...
Stay.]
And you're my everything. [His man on the ground, yes, something they'd agreed to maybe more than once, what with Tony's proclivity for wanting to give Steve a suit. Something that definitely lives in the garage anyway despite being told no a million times. But he's so much more than that. Everything is the only word that will fit it all, now.
He settles, cozies in, can't fight the weariness that's settled so deeply in him, especially not now that Steve has more or less given him permission. To drift, not to go. Only a small bit of him is worried if he keeps closing his eyes he might not open them again. But he doesn't voice that. He couldn't. And maybe that's what keeps his brain firing. Allows a small trickle of ice to keep him just on the line of sleep. Because even though he's crossed his arms, even though he's laid his head at Steve's shoulder and is definitely drifting, he says,]
I know- what it is. [Babbling a little. Maybe even just to himself.] How about... Extreme Tactical Remedy, Emergency Medical Intervention Serum. [Yes. Yes it's an acronym. EXTREMIS. He's reclaiming it. So clearly it'll work. And never has there been a time when Tony wasn't ridiculous.]