AN: Here’s a tiny thing for the love of my life @icangoonallnight for being a total babe and making me some Christmas icons (which don’t seem to want to show up on mobile i’m fuming). This is the post she’s referring to - I changed the prompt a little so it’s taking place after my interpretation of what Infinity War will be like. There may be minor trailer spoilers, but obviously I’ve not seen it yet so I’m making assumptions and shit up as I go along :)
His hands were shaking; from adrenaline, shock, both, he wasn’t sure, but his palms were sweating, a fine quiver wracking his fingers, and his heart beat painfully fast against his ribcage as he took a cautious step forwards.
They hadn’t spoken, not really. There had been orders, strained but spoken, and warnings, suggestions, but nothing... real. Nothing that really mattered; nothing about what had happened, about them. They had both been so busy, so terrifyingly close to total destruction, that Tony felt like he was only just seeing Steve, really seeing him, for the first time since Siberia.
He looked good. Tired, beaten, dirty, but good.
“You’ve stolen my look,” he found himself saying, and instantly regretted it when Steve reached a self-conscious hand up to his beard. What a stupid thing to have said, to have started this conversation with -
“Needed something to remind me of you this past year,” Steve replied, voice small and so honest, and God, Tony loved him. In that moment, he loved him more than he hated him.
“Steve,” he whispered, the name feeling foreign in his mouth, and breached the remaining gap between them when Steve made a wounded noise in the back of his throat.
Steve’s hair, when Tony cupped the back of his head and ran his still-shaking fingers through it, was gritty, greasy from months on the run and the battle with Thanos. Tony didn’t care; he grasped at the long strands gently, reverently, and took a sharp breath as Steve gingerly wrapped his arms around his waist.
“For a second I didn’t think you’d -” Steve started quietly, but shook his head and didn’t finish. Tony didn’t need him to; there had been moments where he hadn’t thought Steve would make it, either.
So many of their friends hadn’t.
“I’m here,” he whispered, and was rewarded with a surprisingly sharp kiss.
Their first kiss.
Tony instinctively gripped Steve’s hair tighter, pulled his face forwards to make sure he wasn’t going anywhere, and kissed back with force. It wasn’t particularly sensual, or even enjoyable with their beards rubbing against each other’s faces, but Tony would be damned if he broke away without taking as much as he could. He knew there wouldn’t, couldn’t, be a repeat occurrence.
Steve growled, pure frustration, and pulled away far too quickly. Tony tried to follow his lips, but then realised there were tears tracking through the grime on his face and his chest started to ache.
“Why did you have to be so...?” Steve croaked, voice thick with emotion like Tony had never heard before. “What do we do now?”
“I -” Tony didn’t know, not really. Half of the world was in ruins, so many people were dead, and he didn’t have the first clue how to fix any of it. “What we always do, I guess.”
“And what’s that?” Steve asked, tone incredulous.
“Our best,” Tony replied simply, because he didn’t have another answer. “Together.”
Steve looked as though he was going to argue, as though he was going to start yet another fight, but instead he took a deep breath, sniffed, and nodded his head.
Happy, happy birthday to my absolute faves @a-less-ordinary-life and @icangoonallnight! Hope you both have an amazing day, babies, and know that I adore you beyond words <3
I’m just so genuinely happy for my twin sis @icangoonallnight and my friend @ivefoundmycenter because they attended The Mockingjay Part 2 premiere in Paris today and got to see their faves!!!!!!! They waited all day, arriving there this morning at 7:30am and I’m sure they had a blast!!
There was a livestream and I got to see them take pictures with Woody Harrelson or talk with Jennifer Lawrence! Laet even told me she took a pic with her bae, Liam Hemsworth, would you believe that?! :D They are currently watching the movie, and I know that it’s going to be a “best day ever” kinda day and I can’t stop smiling about it! :D
In other news, my baes @icangoonallnight and @ivefoundmycenter got tickets for the Mockingjay Part 2 premiere in Paris next november!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D I'm so happy they get to see their babes!!!!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: General Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom
Relationship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Peter Parker
Additional Tags: Superfamily, Fluff, Ducklings - Freeform
Language: English
Words: 1,416
Series: Me, You and Peter, Too
Summary: Trying to keep their son from realising his beloved pet duck has laid eggs turns out to be a lot harder than either Steve or Tony had imagined.
