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Before Steve shaves off his facial hair for good, he pranks Tony by trimming it into a Stark-style goatee with the promise they can be a power couple that dresses the same. He even doubles down by wearing a suit. This horrifies Tony, who thinks Steve is being serious, and prompts Tony to shave his goatee completely off in rebellion.

Steve just loves being a little shit sometimes.

Tony loves Steve’s new look. He loves the longer hair, how he can tug at the locks when they’re kissing and it always sends a shiver down Steve’s spine. Tony loves the beard, the way it feels on his skin as Steve trails his lips down Tony’s body. He just really loves the new look and he wouldn’t mind if Steve decides to keep it.

But Steve decides that it’s time for it all to go. He only grew out his hair and beard because he was on the run before (and he was moping around too much back then to care too much about grooming). Now that he’s no longer a fugitive and finally reunited with Tony, Steve thinks it’s only right that he shaves the beard off and cuts his hair and stops looking like such a sad mess.

It’s not what Tony wanted Steve to do, but he accepts this. He loves Steve’s clean-shaven look as well. It’s fine. As long as Steve’s happy with the decision, then Tony’s happy with it as well.

It’s date night and Steve wants to get clean up before heading out to dinner. Tony hops up on the bathroom counter to keep Steve company as he shaves. As Steve lathers the shaving cream on his face, Tony notices that his eyes keep sliding over to Tony and the corner of Steve’s mouth twitches up constantly. He knows, immediately, that Steve’s up to something and asks, “What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Nothing!” Steve exclaims. “I just like looking at you.”

Tony narrows his eyes at Steve. “…right.”

Then Steve starts shaving. He’s methodical, every stroke of the blade clean and meticulous. It’s mesmerizing to watch. Tony could stay there forever.

A third of the way through, Steve pauses and smirks at Tony. “So I was thinking.”

Tony knew Steve was up to something.

“What.”

Steve keeps shaving and starts talking at the same time.

“Well you know. There are always these couples that like to match their outfits and stuff whenever they go out? They’re always color-coordinated, or they wear the shirts in the same style but different colors. Matching accessories, stuff like that?”

“Sure?”

“Why don’t we do that?”

Tony frowns. “Sweetheart, if you want me to wear skin tight workout shirts with you then that’s not happening. That’s your thing, not mine.”

“No, that’s not what I meant.” Steve chuckles. “I was thinking maybe I’d start dressing more like you.”

“Like, band tees and dirty jeans?”

“Well, for starters,” Steve says, “how about matching goatees?” He gently wipes his face with a towel and turns from the mirror to Tony with a giant shit-eating grin. A giant shit-eating grin that’s now framed by a perfectly trimmed goatee.

Oh no.

No.

“Steve, no.”

“What?” Steve scowls. “Do I not look good with a goatee?”

“Babe, you can pull off literally anything. But please shave that thing off. Please. I’m begging you. Don’t do this.”

Steve smiles. “I think I’m gonna keep it for a while.” With that, he brushes past Tony and heads back into their bedroom and to their walk-in closet.

By the time Tony has caught up to Steve, he’s already mostly done changing into his outfit. He turns around to Tony as he’s buttoning up his vest and says, “See? It suits me! Now we can be a true power couple!”

And Tony has to admit that Steve looks really good. He’s wearing gray dress pants, with a matching vest over a crisp light blue shirt. In his hands he’s holding up two ties for Tony to choose. “Red or navy?”

“Navy. But go shave the rest of that thing off, please.”

Steve makes a show of looking at his watch and says, “Hmm. Sorry, doesn’t look like we have time for that.” He shrugs and shoots a cheeky smile Tony’s way. “You better start getting dressed too otherwise we’ll be late for our dinner reservations.”

***

Date night goes well. Steve and Tony have a good time, despite Tony’s initial grumbling.

The next morning, while Steve is in the shower, Tony scrolls through his phone in bed. Apparently a lot of people got pictures of them during their date, and everyone has something to say about Steve’s new look.

Tony scans the comments and decides he really can’t take this anymore.

He bursts into the bathroom just as Steve is toweling off and shoves his phone at Steve’s chest. “Look at this! Look what people are saying!”

Steve quickly reads through a couple comments and smiles. “They like it. They’re saying I look great with the goatee and we look amazing together. I told you! Power couple!”

“No, Steve. They may be saying this now, but how long before we become that cringe-worthy couple that’s always got to be matchy-matchy, huh? How long before we stop being cute and start being a joke?”

Tony marches over to the bathroom counter and grabs his straight razor. He turns around to Steve and flips the blade open.

“If you’re not going to shave that thing off, then I will.”

“Tony, wait a minute.” Steve, wide-eyed, takes a step backward. “Let’s not do anything rash, okay?”

Tony doesn’t listen and instead turns back to the mirror and starts lathering shaving cream all over his own face.

“Honey……what are you doing?”

“What does it look like I’m doing? I’m shaving.”

“Your goatee?”

“Yes, Steve! I’m shaving my goatee! There’s only room for one person in this relationship to have a goatee, and if you insist on keeping yours then I’m getting rid of mine.” With that, Tony swipes the razor across his jaw and for the first time in over twenty years, he sees his bare chin.

It’s too late for Steve to stop him.

***

Ten minutes later, they’re both staring in shock at the mirror, where Tony’s clean-shaven face is reflected back at them. He looks ten years younger, and he also kind of looks like he wants to cry.

“I can’t believe I just did that,” Tony whispers.

“Shit. Tony, I’m so sorry.”

“Why? I did this to myself.”

“I didn’t think it would get this far,” Steve says. “I just wanted to fuck with you for a bit. Mess around and have some fun. I didn’t think you’d shave it all off!”

“To be fair, I didn’t think I would shave it all off either. I wasn’t thinking.”

Steve closes the distance between them and pulls Tony back into his chest. “You still look amazing though.”

“Thanks, honey. It’s kind of weird though, isn’t it?” Tony sighs. “I think I’m gonna avoid going out in public for a while. Wait a couple weeks for this baby to grow back in.”

“Alright. Staycation?”

“Yeah. Staycation.”

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