stony + “if you cared about me, you wouldn’t do this.” ?
Happy Thursday, have some angst!
Steve’s hand flexed around his shield and he turned back to look at his husband, standing haloed by the light of their kitchen.
“They don’t need you,” Tony pleaded. “They don’t.”
“You’re wrong,” Steve growled. “Bucky said - “
“Bucky said they could use the help in logistics, which means we stay here and send out the drone cameras -”
“Drones will never be as good as human instincts, Tony, we’ve talked about this-”
“-but if they get shot, my husband doesn’t die,” Tony roared. “The serum is weaker! Your healing factor is down by at least 60% and if you go in there-”
“It’s my job,” Steve ground out. They were both frozen in their places - like gunslingers in an old west shootout.
“It’s not,” Tony whispered harshly. “You told Sam and Bucky and Nat to take care of it. You spend hours and hours with Peter, teaching him leadership theories and talking about how to be a good man and still hold this all in your heart, and you retired. You went back in time, you fixed it all, and we decided together to be done.”
“We decided to be done unless they needed us,” Steve corrected. “And Bucky-”
“If I called Barnes right now,” Tony took a step forward, “what would he say?”
“Would he say that he used the code word? I doubt it, because that activates my suit. Would he say that he begged? Doubtful, because he knows what today is,” Tony continued, his voice even but Steve could tell that his emotions weren’t.
“He should have come home today,” Steve ground out, “he should have been ours…”
“I need you here,” Tony pleaded. “I never say this, we promised to never… but Steven, if you love me, I need you to stay. I’m calling in the husband chips. If we can’t do today together… please don’t do this. Please don’t run.”
Steve heaved out a sigh that came out a sob and let the shield clatter to the ground.
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