Tony & Steve's apartment in the Stark Tiny Tower, Wednesday mid-morning

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Steve and Tony had returned from Steve's dimension at an ungodly time that morning and had almost immediately collapsed into bed. (Patriot had been ecstatic to see them home and so Steve'd had to take him for a long walk to get those wiggles out. At three in the morning. Patriot owed him. So did Tony.) Steve had, for once, forgone his pre-dawn run and was still in bed as the clock's numbers read 10:00.

He finally opened his eyes with a tiny groan. His stomach let out a much less tiny rumble in reply. Time to get up.

[OOC: For the husband!]

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[imafuturist]

Ton hummed around the bite. "We caught it in time."

Hopefully.

[heroic_jawline]

"You really think so?" Steve asked earnestly. "I hope so, and getting the team double checking Nick can only be a good idea."

[imafuturist]

"Which lets them work together again." And hopefully not fight again.

[heroic_jawline]

"You're really cheering for my team, aren't you?" Steve asked, smiling.

[imafuturist]

"I like seeing my friends succeed," Tony murmured, snuggling into Steve's side. Because it made him all kinds of anxious to see a version of his team break apart like that.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve set his food down so he could hug Tony properly. "I'm glad Tony has his Rhodey back."

[imafuturist]

"Has he said anything to you?" Because maybe things were improving there too!

[heroic_jawline]

"Not much, but I'm hopeful," Steve said with a tiny smile. "He wasn't avoiding eye contact or making unnecessarily cutting comments at the last meeting."

[imafuturist]

"And all without using me as a buffer," he teased.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve's cheeks went pink. "I'm trying to get better about that, too."

[imafuturist]

"Doing a great job," Tony assured him.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve blushed more, pleased. "I am?"

[imafuturist]

"I know that I can be... a lot. Even in different realities," Tony said slowly. "So, yeah. Yeah, I think you are."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve leaned in and kissed him. "I'm stubborn enough not to give up."

[imafuturist]

"Stubborn? You?" Tony murmured, enjoying the kiss for a moment.

[heroic_jawline]

"I've heard that describe me one or twice," Steve said.

[imafuturist]

"But you're so laid back," Tony said oh so seriously. "Just like me. It's why we mesh so well."

[heroic_jawline]

"Our devil-may-care, let the world do what it wants attitude," Steve agreed, laughing.

[imafuturist]

Okay, now Tony cracked up. "Sounds like us!"

[heroic_jawline]

"Ask anyone," Steve said, leaning into Tony's shoulder.

[imafuturist]

"Just not our teams."

They'd have Some Words.

[heroic_jawline]

"They would be unnecessarily harsh," Steve said with a nod.

[imafuturist]

Tony nodded along with him before leaning in for a kiss. "We're still not moving out of this bed for at least a day."

[heroic_jawline]

"Suggestions like this are why I married you," Steve said, kissing him back.

[imafuturist]

"Damn right." It was a good enough reason for Tony!