[He steps out of the tub carefully and submits so willingly and easily to the way Steve wraps him up. It helps fight off the immediate chill of moving from that warm water, but more than anything else it warms his heart. They have these little things, these little rituals that they've built up over the years. Things he doesn't know what he'd do without. Steve has always been almost overwhelmingly loving and kind and sweet to him. Maybe more so because Tony at times doesn't believe he deserves it. But Steve makes it so easy.

A little laugh escapes him, at the question, and even though he shakes his head he's definitely thinking about it.] I know we've joked about it a million times before but I might actually melt into a puddle of goo this time. [Which isn't a no because of course that sounds amazing. Steve's hands on him, any way he can get them, still is a notion Tony will always say yes to. There are feelings that he thinks haven't waned in the slightest, only grown brighter in intensity the longer they've been together. That's definitely one of them.]

But I'm thinking if I offer you one in return you'd say no. [Because Steve deserves to relax, too. God, he really does after everything. And Tony is almost desperate to find a way to make it happen. Anything that would help, after what he feels like is him putting his family through this, he wants to do.]