Apartment Above Stark Industries, Monday Morning

[imafuturist]

Tony had actually managed a full seven hours of uninterrupted sleep last night which made today a red letter day for his brain.

Which was why he was leisurely sipping his coffee as he watched the news.

And he wasn't even torturing himself with Fox. It was like he was growing as a person.

[expecting a guy]

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve came in from his jog, dripping sweat. "Hey," he said, grinning at Tony as he wandered over to make himself a protein shake. "How's the world? Still in mostly one piece?"

[imafuturist]

"Mostly. We're apparently not supposed to think of Martin Luther King Jr as a political figure," Tony said, automatically leaning in to kiss him on the cheek.

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Steve snorted. "Heroification striking again?" he asked.

[imafuturist]

"It's like we picked the right subject for the weekend," Tony replied. "I'm just waiting for the 'If Captain America were here today, he'd agree' comment that makes me want to hack their broadcasting systems."

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"Oh, sometimes I call in," Steve said with a smirk. "Gives Fury fits."

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"Oh, please let me know the next time you do," Tony replied, beaming with pride at him. "I want to record it. Fox and Friends vs Steve Rogers."

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Steve leaned in and kissed him because he loved when Tony gave him that look. "There's generally yelling," he said. "Mostly from me. The last time I did it, I got a message from Jim Morita's grandkid saying his grandfather would've laughed his ass off. Meant I was probably on the right track."

[imafuturist]

"That's gotta be on Youtube, right?" Tony asked, laughing now. "At least it's not the anti-vaxxers?"

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"They are stupider than the new trend of people trying to drink untreated water, and that's saying something," Steve said, making a face. "And you can probably find it if you look up Captain America and internment camps."

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"Why learn history when we can just pretend out heroes think the same as us," Tony said, kissing him again to clear up that face.

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Steve smiled at him a little wryly. "Makes it so much more complicated when they call you and say you're wrong, huh?"

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"Just a bit," Tony replied, ruffling his damp hair. "But hey, I was very happy to see you defied expectations."

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"As opposed to a Ken doll that spouted nationalistic nonsense?" Steve said, leaning into Tony's hand.

[imafuturist]

"G.I. Joe might be more appropriate," he teased.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve made another face, taking a swig of his protein shake. "Thanks."

[imafuturist]

Tony kissed his cheek because blegh, protein shake. "Well, I know for a fact you're not lacking in some areas like Ken."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve laughed, blushing hard. "I'm glad you noticed."

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"God, you're cute when you blush," Tony said. Because he terrible like that.

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This, of course, made Steve blush even harder. "That wasn't my intention."

[imafuturist]

"What was?" Tony asked, smile going nowhere fast.

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"Not turning the color of a tomato was high on my list," Steve said.

Darn Irish complexion.

[imafuturist]

"Awww," Tony replied, reaching up to cup his cheek with his free hand. Because he wasn't abandoning his coffee just yet. "Does it help that you manage to make me blush too."

Not as often, but it was Tony Stark he was doing it to here.

[heroic_jawline]

"It kind of does," Steve admitted with a little smirk, kissing Tony's nose.

[imafuturist]

"My poor, poor ego," he replied, smiling much more affectionately at that.

[heroic_jawline]

"I'm completely confident that it'll recover," Steve said. He finished his protein shake and gave Tony another grin. "Should probably go shower, huh?"