Apartment Above Stark Industries

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was back from his normal run and enjoying the air conditioning of their apartment (which he'd turned up a little bit to make himself feel less guilty about being engaged to an engineering genius while everyone else was melting in the heat) and had showered and changed and was now sprawled out on the sofa with his Stark tablet, going through more of the exposed SHIELD files that Natasha had flagged for him in an email titled "Tugging on that Thread."

It was probably a bad idea to be reading the information, but Steve couldn't help himself. He'd been chasing Bucky for years and had gotten exactly nowhere. Maybe what SHIELD, well, Hydra, had on his past would give him some more leads to follow.

[OOC: For that guy! Let's detonate MCU canon today, shall we?]

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve nodded. "I wouldn't want him to get this information without anyone around," he agreed. "Will you be okay? I can tell him tomorrow."

[imafuturist]

Tony pulled him into a kiss. "Yeah, I'll be okay. I just need a little time."

[heroic_jawline]

"I'll bring back the good bagels," Steve promised. "Should I take some with me to the Tower?"

[imafuturist]

That brought a quick smile to Tony's lips. "Whiskey. The good stuff I keep in the cabinet. He'll need it."

[heroic_jawline]

"I can do that," Steve said, kissing him softly. "And I'll be back when I can. I don't really expect him to want me to stick around."

[imafuturist]

"Maybe contact Rhodey for him?" Because that would be what he'd want.

[heroic_jawline]

"Absolutely," Steve said, who was going to be texting this Tony's Rhodey to call and check in. He kissed him again. "I love you."

[imafuturist]

Tony held onto him for that kiss. Just for a little while longer. "I love you too. Whiskey. Maybe some pizza."

[heroic_jawline]

"I'll call you after it's done," he said.

He was bring all kinds of stuff. Tony would know something had happened immediately.

[imafuturist]

But it was better this way than, well, the very shitty alternative.

"I'll be here." Probably awake for the next 48 hours, checking out his own stuff.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve stood up, walked over to grab the whiskey, poured a stiff drink for Tony from another bottle, and brought it back.

He then took a deep breath and blew it out slowly, then grabbed his tablet and headed for the door. "Here goes nothing."

[imafuturist]

Tony lifted his glass in a salute to him as he went. Then downed it all in one go because yes. More of this right now.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve pulled his phone out and texted two different Rhodeys on his way to Portalocity, then gave Tony a call. "Hey, it's me. You in New York by any chance? I was just about be in your neighborhood--"