@dont-do-anything-i-would-do
From the moment everyone had come through the portals to now, Steve had been fighting to keep everyone safe. Bucky, Sam, Wanda… Clint… Peter… Especially Tony. He knew they’d made their peace with one another, but he didn’t know if the man truly understand exactly how much Steve loved him, how much he would do, how far he would go…
Steve got to Scott’s van just as it was blown up and he caught the gauntlet as it was knocked away from the group surrounding the van. Thanos was on him a moment later, wrestling it from his grasp but Steve was smart. He’d been quick. And he’d grabbed the gauntlet from the compound when it had blown up earlier. He had seen Tony and Bruce working on it and knew what it was capable of doing. As Thanos put it on, the gauntlet wrapped around Steve’s hand, summoning the stones without Thanos seeing it.
Thanos snapped… and nothing happened. The entire battlefield was quiet until a sharp gasp sounded and every single eye turned to see Steve Rogers, barely standing, looking a bit dazed at the power from the stones. Thanos looked at him in shock.
“How…” the villain growled angrily.
Steve’s gaze slid towards Tony once more. “Whatever it takes,” he said, just before he snapped his own fingers.
A blinding light surrounded him and he could feel pain lance through him as the power of all the stones were wielded to end Thanos’ war against humanity. For a moment, Steve thought he’d vanished himself, but his eyes cleared and he saw Thanos and his army disappearing in clouds of ash and smoke. He let out a choked sound as his legs finally gave out and he dropped to his knees, fighting to stay conscious and breathe as much as he could.
Steve leaned against him, eyes closing slightly as he did so. The press of Tony’s hand rubbing along his back was perfect. “You’re perfect to me… you’re all I need. And I am just happy to have you here with me.” He sighed softly. “How long have you had this place?”
Tony smiled softly when he heard the other and he took a very deep breath just relaxing in the seat. "I had this not long after I came back from the blip, from the snap, from whatever you wanted to call it. Gave me time to just...enjoy the peace and quiet, to just...be..."













