Rockafeller Center Christmas Tree - NYC - Sunday Afternoon

[imafuturist]

Well, it had felt necessary to do the tourist thing and go look at the tree with the mass of people leading up to the holiday. The urge to do this was quickly passing as they were in the moment of it.

Mostly because it was too cold for Steve and too crowded for the both of them. But it was a pretty tree at least. The lone upside to the whole afternoon here.

"We can say we saw it now," Tony suggested, arm curled around Steve's and all bundled up in winter gear that was probably too expensive for where they were. Like he was just asking to be pickpocketed or something.

(Joke was on them, he never remembered to carry a wallet because why would he?)

[for the holiday slowplay!]

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[heroic_jawline]

"It sure is a tree," Steve agreed, staring up at it. "Let's get hot chocolate."

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"Please," Tony agreed immediately. "Think there's a pretzel stand near here too?"

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"I hope so," Steve said, "but I'm not taking my gloves off it to eat them."

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Tony snorted, reaching up to adjust Steve's scarf. "Well, at least it's hard to pick you out in a crowd like this."

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"I look like every other frozen New Yorker," Steve said with a smile.

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"Better than looking like a Midwesterner here for the holiday," he teased, pushing up onto his toes to kiss the bit of skin of Steve's face still showing around the scarf and hat.

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"God forbid," Steve said, laughing, kissing him back.

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Tony enjoyed the kiss until they were bumped into by someone trying to get a better picture of the perfectly stationary tree.

"I have regrets about going out during this week," Tony said with a sigh.

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"Tourists," Steve agreed. "Let's move out of this part of town."

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"You mean Brooklyn," Tony replied dryly.

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"Of course I do," Steve said, grinning. "That's where Jacques Torres is."

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"Are you going to buy me a fancy hot chocolate then?" Tony asked, pretending to consider it.

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"Maybe," Steve teased.

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"Then I'll allow it. This one time," Tony said, moving to hold his hand. His very much hidden in a mitten hand. "Maybe we can find a holiday themed bar too."

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Steve grinned. "That sounds swell. Are we taking the motorcycle, or will your face freeze off?"

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"I have a scarf," Tony said, lifting it up like it would protect him from windburn in this temperature. It would not, but there they were!

[heroic_jawline]

"And it's a nice one," Steve said with a smile. "Okay, let's go find where I parked."

It was over by the Tower so no one wandered off with it.

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"I feel like I should apologize for bringing you into this crowd," Tony said as they avoided yet more amateur photographers for the tree.

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Steve laughed. "We both grew up knowing better," he admitted. "Sometimes you just have to do it anyway."

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"It's not like we do the touristy stuff any other time," Tony admitted. This sort of thing was always done for people coming to visit. But any of their friends visiting usually meant some kind of alien invasion was happening, so...

[heroic_jawline]

And invading visitors weren't encouraged to spend time at the State of Liberty!

"Well, obviously not," Steve said, laughing. "The art museum doesn't count."

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"It does not," Tony agreed. "That's just enrichment."

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"Exactly," Steve said. "And we don't tend to go when it's full of tourists."

It turned out when you owned a wing, they let you in basically whenever.

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Weird, that!

"We should probably do some kind of charity thing there this year." Oh yeah, make it even more insane.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve wrinkled up his nose. "We don't have to dress up and go to the Met Ball, do we?"