// closed starter for @heroesfromtheashes
Tony kept glancing at Bruce as he worked. This was so new to the futurist. Of course he’d dated before. But never seriously and never for long. There were never any real feelings involved outside of a brief need for connection and physical touch that was otherwise withheld from him in his day to day life.
Then Tony had met Bruce Banner and everything had changed. They had connected so quickly. First on the intellectual, and then on the emotional. And for the first time, Tony wanted more than just a brief hook up and endorphin high.
But he wasn’t used to this. Not the companionship. Not the affection. Definitely not the waiting to have sex.
He got it. He did. No one wanted a Hulk out mid coitus - especially not him. But god … it was so hard to hold back when he wanted him this badly. He wanted Bruce so badly he ached.
He was being patient though. The last thing he wanted was for a person he genuinely cared about to feel pressured. Especially not about that. But that didn’t mean he didn’t itch to touch the man.
He was distracted now. He’d been touching up the same piece of solder for far too long. The circuit was ruined and he’d need to reprint it. He set everything aside and moved over to Bruce, wrapping his arms around him from behind and kissing his cheek. “Hey. You wanna go get dinner?” he asked.
