"Like how it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding?" Steve asks with mock innocence. "It's going to be a different first meeting for them no matter what."
He's not prepared to argue too hard. If Tony prefers he break some of his younger self's toys, he'll do that without any real qualms. He's just not sure there's much point in hiding from the younger Stark. Or maybe he's leery because he's learned from experience that being anything but honest with Tony ends badly.
His train of thought is veering wildly away from the direction Tony's is, then, but at the same time, he's feeling the contentment of the moment, lying nude and comfortable beside him and plotting schemes to save the world. It's not quite the rest and domesticity he'd like to believe they deserve, but it's probably as close as a couple guys like them can get. Tony's not going to retire. Steve doesn't think he's capable of retiring.
Slowing down and caring for one another in between fights ought to be a possibility, though. His hand strays over to glide through Tony's hair and down his shoulder, apropos of nothing more than affection. "You think so, huh? I'm getting a lot of pizza out of this deal. I'm gonna have to tell him I'm not the same guy he's about to meet on the helicarrier, you know. Other-Steve will give it away in a heartbeat."
((Sorry it's been rough! But I like the plot twist.))
He's not prepared to argue too hard. If Tony prefers he break some of his younger self's toys, he'll do that without any real qualms. He's just not sure there's much point in hiding from the younger Stark. Or maybe he's leery because he's learned from experience that being anything but honest with Tony ends badly.
His train of thought is veering wildly away from the direction Tony's is, then, but at the same time, he's feeling the contentment of the moment, lying nude and comfortable beside him and plotting schemes to save the world. It's not quite the rest and domesticity he'd like to believe they deserve, but it's probably as close as a couple guys like them can get. Tony's not going to retire. Steve doesn't think he's capable of retiring.
Slowing down and caring for one another in between fights ought to be a possibility, though. His hand strays over to glide through Tony's hair and down his shoulder, apropos of nothing more than affection. "You think so, huh? I'm getting a lot of pizza out of this deal. I'm gonna have to tell him I'm not the same guy he's about to meet on the helicarrier, you know. Other-Steve will give it away in a heartbeat."