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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"I love you too," Tony murmured. "Here for you through thick and thin."

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"I'm really grateful," Steve murmured back. "Thank you for explain the Skrulls to me."

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"Luckily I've dealt with them," Tony agreed. Thanos would be a new one, though. He dealt with a different purple guy from space.

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"Very lucky for me," Steve said with a smile. "I don't think Fury was going to be all that informative."

[imafuturist]

"Oh, no. He'd take it to the grave," Tony said with a little sigh. And then it would turn out so, so much worse!

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"Information sharing is a good thing," Steve said, pursing his lips.

[imafuturist]

"Nick."

Tony felt that explained a lot.

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Steve huffed out a breath. "I spent time in SHIELD. I understand the need for security. He takes it to another level."

[imafuturist]

"How many times was it him who talked to us and how many times was it that other guy?" Tony asked, trying to figure that one out.

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Steve shuddered. "I don't know. Is there a way to tell, aside from the detector?"

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"If he messes up a memory maybe?" Skrulls were just that good.

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Steve made a little face. "And that's difficult to come up organically."

[imafuturist]

"Can't even go with a code word because then he'd know." Guys, do not test Nick. He'd get you back.

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"It's so frustrating," Steve admitted.

[imafuturist]

"Sounds like Nick, yes." Look, he could just build a tracking device!

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"Is he like that in every universe?" Steve asked.

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"So far, yes," Tony replied with a sigh. "Maybe there's another one out there where he's not?"

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"That's very irritating," Steve admitted.

[imafuturist]

Tony kissed him on the shoulder. "You'd like everyone to be straight forward."

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"It makes everything a lot easier," Steve said, smiling.

[imafuturist]

"Yes, but people aren't always that easy," Tony replied. "Nice as it might be."

Possibly the reason why Tony built robots and AIs.

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Steve sighed. "I know. Just... wishing."

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Tony kissed him again for that. "I've got you."

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“I don’t deserve you sometimes,” Steve murmured, kissing Tony softly.

[imafuturist]

"We both need someone to have our backs," Tony murmured.