Tony woke up earlier, it is a rare thing to be, but today it is.
He lay in bed for a while, wondering whether he should unobtrusively wake up his spouse. In the end, he decided not to. Steve smiled quietly through his sleep (as if he dreamed of something insanely pleasant), and besides, the playful rays of the sun, that broke through the window, traveled so peacefully over his face, as if flowing from the hump of his nose to his cheek and then straight to his lips... That Tony considered breaking the idyll of these two components a gross crime, no more, no less.
Carefully slipping out from under the covers, throwing on his cardigan and stuck his feet into the slippers, he sneaked into the living room, and from there straight into the street, bypassing the veranda.
Outside is April. Underfoot, in some places, last year's fallen leaves rustle, but around the trees new ones are already turning green with might and main. He closed his eyes. Breathed in the pine scent, coupled with the wet cold of the early morning. Shivered a little. And then someone picked him up, lifting off the ground, however, immediately dropping into place and pressed tightly from the back. Tony noted, that, in an amicable way, he should have been scared or at least a little nervous for decency, but, to his own surprise... He was not surprised at all, as if he knew in advance that someone who sneaked up from behind could be trusted.
"Should I drag you back to bed or keep you company?", Steve mumbled warmly over his ear.
"I think we'll go in order. But first ...", Tony pulled away, turning around and, barely holding back his laughter, pointed to Steve's bare feet, buried in dry dusty earth and old leaves. “I won't let you into the bedroom like this, Captain Rogers."
They leaned against each other, intertwining their fingers, and stood still for a while, looking over the lake, where the sun was already illuminating the entire forest.
" Spring has come ...", Steve said quietly.
" Yes," listening to the chirping of birds, Tony confirmed, "our first spring here..."
