Avengers Mini-Tower, Sunday afternoon

[heroic_jawline]

Steve knew that this day was tough for Tony and that was why he'd left him to his own devices for a few hours to bang around in the lab and get some of those emotions out. He'd also sent a card up to the Tony of his universe up in New York: with Rhodey temporarily out of commission, he didn't want Tony to feel alone or forgotten about on Father's Day. (It turned out that no one made a "sorry the guy I know in the war turned out to be a huge disappointment as a father but I think you're swell" card. Steve hoped a "Thinking of You" and a bottle of the midend (for Tony) Scotch that he like conveyed the same sort of thing.)

Steve was up in the gym trying to get the hang of riding on the jetpowered rollerskates Tony had made for him. He turned too sharply as he ran out of ballroom floor, hit the ground hard and winced as his shoulder did something it shouldn't have. "JARVIS?" he called from the floor. "Can you ask Tony to bring up the first aid kit? But first be sure to tell him I'm not that hurt."

[OOC: For the husband.]

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[imafuturist]

You couldn't relay a message about a first aid kit and not get a very worried Tony, Steve. You just couldn't.

Which was why a moderately disheveled Tony was rushing into the ballroom, having taken the stairs for a change. "Steve?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Hey, sweetheart," Steve said with a slightly pained smile from his comfy spot mashed onto the carpet. "I can't turn worth a darn in these shoes."

[imafuturist]

Tony's expression went a little pained before he rushing over to help him sit up. "I should have put more safety measures in them."

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"This isn't for you to blame yourself over," Steve said, sitting up carefully. "I just need you to pop my shoulder back in."

Totally normal thing to ask for, when you're an Avenger.

[imafuturist]

"It really seems like it is something to blame myself over," Tony muttered, testing Steve's shoulder with the practice of someone who had done this at least once before. Possibly on himself!

[heroic_jawline]

"I'll be completely fine in a half hour," Steve promised.

[imafuturist]

"So, no need to call Don then," Tony replied. Which was probably good because he was already hiding from judgement today, no need to add to it!

[heroic_jawline]

"I fell over like an idiot, I didn't impale myself," Steve said with a laugh. "And I don't want to see Don's judgmental face if he caught me on roller skates."

[imafuturist]

"Nothing wrong with roller skates. They're fun." And on every single set of Iron Man armor. You know. Just in case he needed to move without the jets.

[heroic_jawline]

"They work very well on the ballroom floor," Steve said, pointing. "Maybe a little too well."

[imafuturist]

"Maybe we supply pads and put up bumper boards?" Tony suggested, finding the right angle for Steve's shoulder to be, you know, put back into place. "Ready?"

[heroic_jawline]

Steve blew out a slow breath, then nodded, concentrating on not tensing up. "Go."

[imafuturist]

"Three, two--" He did it on two. "--one."

[heroic_jawline]

"Gaaaaaaah--that sure doesn't tickle," Steve gasped, squeezing his eyes closed. "Thank you."

[imafuturist]

"Let's get your arm stabilized so it heals properly." Wanna know how often Tony didn't do that? No, no you don't.

[heroic_jawline]

"Thank you," Steve said with a smile. "You've done this a few times?"

[imafuturist]

"A time or two." Pepper hadn't been willing to help out, weirdly enough!

[heroic_jawline]

So weird! "And by a time or two you really mean--"

[imafuturist]

"It's fine," Tony promised, tucking Steve's arm against his chest to wrap up.

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"That is not answering the question," Steve pointed out.

[imafuturist]

"You know how long it takes to heal with your super soldier metabolism," Tony pointed out.

[heroic_jawline]

"I throw a shield a lot," Steve said.

[imafuturist]

"...does it mess up your shoulder?" Tony asked, now looking concerned. Had he not noticed?

[heroic_jawline]

Steve shook his head. "Not at all. Some people just tend to yank pretty hard trying to get me to stop."

[imafuturist]

Tony frowned and considered new body armor for Steve to help with that. "Let's avoid that in the future."