Redefinition (RP for starspangledcap)

[iron_tony]

*OOC -- Yes, finally.

Tony didn't make up his mind right away.

After he heard Sally's speech at the awards banquet, after he met the girl and her mother at the reception, he knew he would have to talk to Steve. But nothing had changed, really; the cirumstances that made their meeting in person a foolish risk were the same as ever. Tony

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[starspangledcap]

Steve stared. Tony couldn't possibly be considering what he appeared to be considering.

"But I'm dead, remember? No one is supposed to know. The danger it would bring..."

The prospect of talking to Sally again, of having her be a part of his life - of course it made Steve excited. But there was no way it could actually work.

[starspangledcap]

Steve moved his hands to Tony's hips, hooking his thumbs over the waistband of Tony's pants and pulling him forward a tiny bit, almost possessively. Even in the garish bathroom lighting, Tony looked beautiful. And despite everything Steve had assumed over these past few months, Tony still wanted him. Had, apparently, always wanted him.

"I've denied myself a lot of things, Tony, because I thought they were 'bad ideas.'" Steve began, slowly. "But as far as bad ideas go, this doesn't rank anywhere near the top of any potential list. And I'm tired of self-denial. I want this. I want you. I l-" No. He wasn't going to say that, no matter how true it was - not when it could send this whole thing spinning away from him. "I want us to do this."

And he moved his hands to the buckle of Tony's belt.

[iron_tony]

Tony was pretty damn tired of both of them being afraid to say what they meant. So, as Steve's hands moved over him, he said, "I love you. Whatever happens, has happened, will happen between us, that isn't going to change."

Steve's hands worked below his waist; Tony touched Steve's back, and moved in for another kiss. "Attractive male movie stars and me? Watch it, now. I might just start getting a big ego."

[starspangledcap]

The words shouldn't have made such a big difference. Steve never should have doubted them to begin with. But with everything that had happened in the war, and all the arguments he and Tony had had since the return from Wanda's, not to mention Tony's insistence on ignoring the other world, Steve had begun to think that, whatever feelings of love Tony might have once had for him, they'd all vanished somewhere in the intervening years. But now there was honesty in Tony's eyes, and in Steve's smile - pure honesty flowing between them for possibly the first time ever, in this world