Apartment Above Stark Industries, Monday morning

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Steve rolled over and turned off the alarm before it could go off, groaning quietly into his pillow. The weekend had been...not exactly what he'd needed...and his portal back up to Avengers Headquarters was opening in an hour.

He sat up and looked around for Patriot, but he seemed to have slept in his normal spot in the usual bed. Steve smiled to himself. Tony, as a teenager, had probably secretly loved that: someone to cuddle who was full of unconditional love.

He padded out to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker before getting ready for his morning run. He'd have to cut it off early but his run was like Tony's first cup of coffee--he couldn't really function as a human without it.

[OOC: For the guy!]

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Tony woke at the smell of coffee and a side of the bed that didn't even hold the warmth of someone else. Which jolted him awake with the cringe worthy memories of being a teenager again.

But the fact that he knew Steve had to go back to his team first thing in the morning got him out if bed rather than wallowing.

"Hey," he muttered sleepily, plastering himself to Steve's back.

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Tension leeched out of Steve's back and he leaned into Tony's warmth. "Welcome back."

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"I'm sorry," he breathed, just holding onto him as a solid, stable thing in his weird, weird life.

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Steve turned around and enfolded Tony in a hug. "There's nothing to apologize for."

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"You're only here on the weekends and I was a stupid teenager for it," Tony full on whined.

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Steve sighed. "Yeah, the timing's not great, but this week is Thanksgiving, so I'll be back pretty soon anyway?"

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"Still," he grumbled, holding on until the need for coffee got too strong.

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Steve kissed Tony on the top of his--thankfully non-permed--hair. "I love you."

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"Love you too," he replied, tilting his head up for a kiss after that.

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"Missed these," Steve admitted, kissing Tony with intent.

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"Me too," Tony sighed, resting his hands on the small of Steve's back. "I feel like you just got home."

And yes, this was home.

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"Sorry," Steve said, hugging him tightly. "I've got an hour."

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"Let me make you breakfast." A bagel. Which was as fancy as he could cook.

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"That sounds wonderful," Steve said with a little smile.

He'd just run more at the compound. Sam would be thrilled.

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Sam would hopefully understand.

Tony beamed at him like he'd been told Christmas came early. "Gotta make the most of seeing you at my right age."

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"You were a cute teenager," Steve said, kissing him, "but it would've been inappropriate to say that to you."

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"I think I would have just died if you had," Tony admitted, smiling into that kiss.

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"You seemed very impressed with me," Steve said, blushing slightly.

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"You were kind of my hero," he teased, giving Steve a gentle little shove.

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Steve blushed harder. "I was afraid to ask why," he said.

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The blush was adorable. "Well, Captain America didn't like bullies."

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"Still don't," Steve murmured. "Not sure you believed that I liked you more than Howard."

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"Well, he always talked about how good friends you two were," Tony said dryly, putting a bagel into the toaster.

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"Well," Steve said, pouring two cups of coffee, "maybe he was remembering me better than I was."

He could imagine any number of reasons for Howard to want to say they were closer friends than they had been, and most of them were entirely for Howard's benefit.

[imafuturist]

Well. That was true.

Tony offered him a quick smile, holding out his hand to him. "Coffee?"