A Campsite, Upstate New York - Tuesday

[imafuturist]

Memorial Day weekend was rarely great for Steve most of the time. And this year he'd had to keep up the PR appearances the majority of the weekend.

Which was why Tony had gone up to meet him for a de-stressing mini trip before going back to real life.

Why camping had been the plan was a real mystery to everyone involved, but there they were.

"It's really not this difficult," Tony muttered to himself as he assembled the tent. Luckily Steve had taken the dog for a quick walk and couldn't see how perplexing the luxury tent was proving to be.

[for the fellow!]

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[heroic_jawline]

"Me too," Steve said. "I'm so glad to see you both."

[imafuturist]

"You made it through the parades at least," Tony said as the dog made sure to sprawl out over the one piece of the tent they needed.

[heroic_jawline]

"So much waving," Steve said, shaking his head.

[imafuturist]

"Well, tonight we will build a campfire and have s'mores and look at the stars in blissful solitude."

Together.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve sighed happily. "That sounds swell. Do you want me to set up the fire?"

That he knew how to do!

[imafuturist]

"It would be a big help," Tony replied. Also, s'mores were very hard to screw up, so they were safe there.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve kissed the top of his head. "I think I have sausages for sticks, too."

[imafuturist]

"Oh, you get to explain to the dog why he can't have any." Tony was going to give that dog bits of sausage no matter what.

[heroic_jawline]

"Oh, he's getting one but he might not be allowed in the tent," Steve said.

Because industrial-grade sausage farts.

[imafuturist]

"Oh, the tent has different compartments," Tony said brightly. "Once... I get it completed."

[heroic_jawline]

"It does?" Steve asked excitedly.

[imafuturist]

"It's a very fancy tent." Too fancy, one might even say.

[heroic_jawline]

"I'm really looking forward to it," Steve said, smiling from his little pile of sticks.

[imafuturist]

Tony grinned at him for that. "Maybe we could make this a tradition," he suggested.

[heroic_jawline]

"A camping tradition?" Steve asked a little dubiously.

[imafuturist]

"Or just a post-holiday trip?" That seemed more likely.

[heroic_jawline]

"That seems like a very good idea," Steve said more enthusiastically.

[imafuturist]

"Maybe not to Greece, because that would just be a tease."

[heroic_jawline]

"Greece deserves more than a couple of days," Steve agreed, getting the fire to catch.

[imafuturist]

Tony was actually getting somewhere with the tent, so things were turning around.

"And we can find new places to visit."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve grinned teasingly at him. "Does that mean leaving the house for more than a day?"

[imafuturist]

"No training, no lab..." They might go nuts.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve frowned slightly. "But there'd still be internet, right?"

How was he supposed to survive in the 1950's? Honestly.

[imafuturist]

By ignoring everything? Because there was a lot there, Steve.

"Oh, of course. In case of an emergency."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve smiled at him. "In that case, it sounds swell."