[ Steve loves Tony more than he knows. It's deep, runs into his soul and has really made itself part of Steve's identity. He's Steve Rogers: soldier, American, father of Alice, husband of Tony Stark. And even then, he's not unaware of Tony's flaws. But he knows that Alice is going to grow into them, because some of them are ones Steve also has. Chiefly, they're both stubborn and they march to the beat of their own drum.

He trusts Alice to make good decisions in the future, because he'll have to trust that the two of them have raised her correctly. But he knows Tony's nature, and he is definitely not looking forward to Alice starting arguments with him just because she can. ]

You're gonna have to remind me, when the time comes.

[ It's that simple. Tony won't always be there, but he will when Alice is a teenager. He has to be. Steve knows that realistically, if neither of them die in battle, that it's more likely Tony will die first, and Steve doesn't want to look at years spent without him. He doubts he'll ever be ready to confront it, but certainly not right now, when Tony's promised him he'll fix this.

His arms wrap around Tony as he pulls him tighter into him, curling around his form, wanting to cocoon him. ]

We should move this to bed. I've got the electric blanket on, so it'll be warm.

[ He presses a kiss to Tony's cheek and starts rinsing out the shampoo. ]