Apartment Above Stark Industries, Friday Afternoon

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Tony shot up, one hand immediately going to his now perfectly normal chest before registering where he was.

"Time'z'it?" he mumbled, pressing the heel of his hand against the bridge of his nose stabilize the pounding in his head as he quickly silenced all the data feeds surging in at once. Again, no clue how natural telepaths lived like this all the time.

"It is currently 1:26 P.M. Eastern standard time," JARVIS supplied helpfully.

He untangled himself from the throw blanket and sat up on the couch to glare at where Fox News was still quietly playing on the TV. Because Tony was a masochist.

Ugh, naps were simultaneously the best and worst things in the world.

[for the housemate!]

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Tony tilted his head to the side and grinned. "After the cartoons, of course."

And the scifi movies. Look, there was totally a massive list of movies for Steve to watch.

At least Steve would have a good chunk of time where the TV was completely his. And only JARVIS could judge him for crying at Bambi.

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And he would cry at Bambi. Big hiccupy tears.

Steve settled in again. "How did they make this little robot so cute?"

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"You're the artist," Tony said with a laugh. "You tell me."

He just designed things closer to the other robot.

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Steve took the question seriously and watched the movie in careful silence for a few minutes. "It's the eyes," he said. "They're like a little kid's."

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Tony had to nod at that, giving it thought. "And they showed us him alone at first. Everyone relates to being the being lonely."

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Those in this room slightly more than the average, but yes.

Steve nodded. "He's just trying to make friends. What really makes this amazing is for the most part it's without dialogue."

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Tony was pretty sure that was one of the reasons why the Avengers even worked for more than a month. That and every single one of them being a bit of a weirdo.

"You'll love the other movies by this company. They're good at that."

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But they were nice weirdos!

...not you, Hank.

"Making me feel things about drawings?" Steve asked.

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"Yep. Wait until you see Toy Story."

Yeah, tell him to watch the movie about an old fashioned toy being concerned about being replaced by a futuristic toy. That was helpful, Tony.

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And the real reason for the rift is explained!

"I never had toys," Steve said. "Just a rusted nail I named Fred."

Steve, stop it.

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Steve really was an absolute little shit.

"I will buy you toys, Steve. All the Iron Man toys I can find."

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"I'm not going to play with you, Tony."

"....that sounded better in my head."

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Did it? Did it really.

"I could get you some Captain America toys if you'd rather play with yourself."

HE COULDN'T HELP IT, OKAY?

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"I walked right into that, didn't I?" Steve said, putting his hand over his eyes.

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"You really did," Tony admitted. "I tried to let it pass, but I just couldn't help myself."

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Steve snickered. "Sounds like the story of my life."

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"Always making innuendos?"

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"Never letting things go," Steve said, then held up a hand. "Not an innuendo."

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Which only made Tony crack up. "Why, Captain Rogers. You're doing it without even trying."

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"Why do I spend time with you?" Steve grumbled, blushing hard.

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"That is a question for the ages, Steve."

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"I need better friends," Steve teased.

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Hey now!

"You do, but you've already hit the pinnacle here. Nowhere to go now but down."

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"I can believe that," Steve admitted with a little grin.

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Tony grinned fast and happy at that before getting back under control to something more chill. "That and my devastating good looks."

Aw yeah.