The Apartment Above Stark Industries, Monday Morning

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Well, they'd had better ones of these weekends, but they'd also had worse. And, after Rhodey and Jan had gone on their way, the quiet had sort of settled in to a degree that not even Patriot could seem to break it.

Tony gave it until the following morning before giving Steve a helpful nudge.

With coffee and what was left of the bagels and lox as breakfast in bed.

[for the guy]

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[heroic_jawline]

That Steve was still in bed at all was Not a Great Sign, no.

He gave Tony a tiny little smile. "Thanks," he murmured.

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Tony kissed him on the cheek for that. "Eat."

Then he could be forced to talk about what Rhodey had said to him.

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Steve kind of poked at the bagel for a bit before taking a bite. He wasn't going to waste food, but he wasn't really enjoying this like he should, either.

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"Would it help to talk first then?" Tony asked, settling in next to him with his coffee.

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"I don't actually know," Steve admitted quietly.

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Tony rested his head on Steve's shoulder. "Try."

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Steve slid his fingers through Tony's and squeezed. "I'm screwing something up."

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"Something fixable?" Tony asked, squeezing his hand back.

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"I don't know," Steve said, chewing on his lower lip.

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"You know, I'm pretty good at fixing things," Tony murmured.

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"Yeah, but I broke you," Steve said finally, sounding broken-hearted.

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"No one is broken," Tony said, putting his coffee aside to hug him now. "Is that what Rhodey said?"

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"Pretty much," Steve said, being a little bit dramatic. "Tony's dodging my calls and creating an army of robots."

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"Steve, you've seen how I handle things, right?" Tony asked, tilting his head to look Steve in the eye.

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"The dodging I expected," Steve admitted. "The army's new."

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"The what now?"

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"The Iron Legion, apparently," Steve said, flopping back against the pillows. "All so he doesn't have to call me."

Well. Not all, Steve.

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"Oh," Tony said, getting a very bad feeling about that.

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"That's not a very reassuring tone of voice, sweetheart," Steve said.

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"It's just." Tony made a face. "That's one of the things I helped Hank with. Before, you know."

He went off the deep end.

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Steve squeezed Tony's hand. "Yeah. How much was Hank?"

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"You should check on him. In person," Tony said, rather than answer that.

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"Shit," Steve murmured.

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"Yeah," Tony agreed, slumping a little into his side.

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Steve leaned his head to rest on top of Tony's. "Come with me?"