Tony huffs a sigh and catches Steve's wrist, pulls his hand up and presses his palm over the reactor. Like Steve suspected, it's cooler than his skin, but then Tony's skin is very, very hot. Tony taps the back of Steve's hand and says, "See? Solid."
"It – " Steve moves his hand without really thinking about it, his fingertips tracing an arc around the reactor's casing before drumming his fingertips against it. "Can you feel that?"
"Feel you touching the metal? No. But it's like... A reverb, I guess. Like this," Tony says, flicking his fingernail against his front teeth. "Except in my chest."
"Huh," Steve says, rubbing his thumb over the blue blow, watching the way it lights up the underneath of his nail.
"You're very interested, Rogers."
"You're very interesting, Stark."
Tony blinks. "Did – did you learn that? Did someone write that for you? Was this whole conversation scripted."
"Uh – no?"
"Well. Good. Because if you're getting the inside scoop on how to flatter me, I will be really – "
"That's flattering?" Steve asks. Because he could say a lot of things about Tony beyond interesting.
"Have you met me?" Tony asks, setting his hands on his hips. "I'm fucking fascinating, Captain. The more of you ordinary people who realise that, the better."
Steve feels like maybe he's being teased, but he quite likes the idea of being the ordinary guy to Tony's genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. When Tony squeezes his wrist, Steve realises he still has his hand on Tony's chest, splayed to the right of the reactor now, and under all that, after everything, he can still feel Tony's heartbeat.
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Re: Avengers (no spoilers), Steve/Tony, Interesting/Interested, G [2/2]
Date: 2012-05-04 03:34 pm (UTC)"Is it – can I – "
Tony huffs a sigh and catches Steve's wrist, pulls his hand up and presses his palm over the reactor. Like Steve suspected, it's cooler than his skin, but then Tony's skin is very, very hot. Tony taps the back of Steve's hand and says, "See? Solid."
"It – " Steve moves his hand without really thinking about it, his fingertips tracing an arc around the reactor's casing before drumming his fingertips against it. "Can you feel that?"
"Feel you touching the metal? No. But it's like... A reverb, I guess. Like this," Tony says, flicking his fingernail against his front teeth. "Except in my chest."
"Huh," Steve says, rubbing his thumb over the blue blow, watching the way it lights up the underneath of his nail.
"You're very interested, Rogers."
"You're very interesting, Stark."
Tony blinks. "Did – did you learn that? Did someone write that for you? Was this whole conversation scripted."
"Uh – no?"
"Well. Good. Because if you're getting the inside scoop on how to flatter me, I will be really – "
"That's flattering?" Steve asks. Because he could say a lot of things about Tony beyond interesting.
"Have you met me?" Tony asks, setting his hands on his hips. "I'm fucking fascinating, Captain. The more of you ordinary people who realise that, the better."
Steve feels like maybe he's being teased, but he quite likes the idea of being the ordinary guy to Tony's genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. When Tony squeezes his wrist, Steve realises he still has his hand on Tony's chest, splayed to the right of the reactor now, and under all that, after everything, he can still feel Tony's heartbeat.