The Avengers - Stony Engagement - Contest Entry 1 by lemonlollipop, literature
Literature
The Avengers - Stony Engagement - Contest Entry 1
Another opening of Stark Expo. Another occasion for Tony to show off, to please the crowd craving for Iron man. And Tony wanted Steve to come this time, but Captain refused, saying that he will feel out of place. It wasn't his place, flashes of cameras, crowd cheering, it was Tony's place. Tony just frowned and pouted for a bit, as always as something didn't go according to his plan, but a single kiss from Steve could fix everything. And another kiss. More kisses. Not only kisses.
Steve was watching Tony on TV. How he landed, how he got out of the suit, his annual speech, when he joked a bit and made those adorable frowning faces and flashed
When it began, Peter would leave without telling his parents and when they saw the bruises he'll tell them that he fell off his skateboard. It doesn't take a genius to see that those bruises could have never been caused by a simple fall, and Tony actually is a genius so he's pretty fast to find out that Peter's lying.
It doesn't take long for Steve to put the pieces of the puzzle together either, but when they have a serious talk about it, Peter tells his parents that they are crazy and leaves for his room, limping.
That went on for weeks, until Tony decided that 'screw his privacy, he's my son and he's lying to me' so he plays dirty. It wa
Things have been crazy lately at Stark Industries, day after day Tony comes home late after boring meetings and with a huge headache, wanting nothing more than to curl up against Steve and hear his soothing voice, strong fingers running through Tony's hair and making him fall into a peaceful sleep. Steve, on the other hand, spends his days taking care of a difficult 4 years old Peter, and even though that's not the same as saving Manhattan from weird aliens or nutcases, it sure as hell is exhausting.
Steve tries to stay up, he really does. More than once he ends up falling asleep on the couch, waiting for Tony to get home, but when he wakes