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[starkmade]

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[starkmade]

you don't need game, steve, because you're already frustratingly naturally charming

[shield]

I have to assume you meant to say naturally frustrating, because charmed is not something you've ever been towards me.

[ Phase one: denial. ]

[starkmade]

so i've been doing a great job hiding it
good to know i can lie to you when i need to

[shield]

You know you're pretty naturally frustrating yourself sometimes? You don't need to hide or lie.

[starkmade]

mmmm except i did
when you're smitten big time by captain america the only appropriate response is to hide and to lie

[shield]

You really make the strangest leaps in logic. It's a wonder the feeling is mutual.

sorry for the delay i wanted to give it a little more length...

[starkmade]

[ at first tony skims the words in the text without processing them, ready to fire back some snide remark, but.

then it registers, all at once, slamming into him like a brick wall. his heart drops into his stomach. where anyone else would have been elated to hear that someone they have feelings for returns them, all that fills tony is dread. this can't be right. he can't be telling the truth. that's it, he decides, steve must be lying. ]

nice try
mocking me isn't going to get you anywhere
but at least it's all out in the open now

no worries! it's great!!

[shield]

I'm not sure how you can like me and still expect me to be that much of an asshole.
I wouldn't mock you over this, Tony, come on.

[starkmade]

what do you want me to say, steve
you've gotten it out of me

[shield]

Is that supposed to be the end of it? Because for me, it's the start.

[starkmade]

you're gonna have to elaborate on that one, steve

[shield]

[ Steve reads the message with a sigh, knowing he has to spell it out in no uncertain terms. Here goes nothing (here goes everything). ]

I think you said it best. Smitten big time? You have no idea.

You think I can just drop it? Hell, I won't be able to think of anything else.

i am so sorry for him he'll get over it soon

[starkmade]

and what did you do with that? shout it from the rooftops? i don't think so
you did exactly what i did
so i'd worry less about sitting on that high horse and worry more about being honest with yourself

how long?

weep we love him anyway

[shield]

I haven't exactly been keeping count.

[ That's both true and false: he could ballpark it, likely with precision, but he has a feeling his answer wouldn't calm Tony. Apparently Steve wasn't supposed to keep this buried, and he has been for, well, way too long. ]

Can we just call it a truce?

[starkmade]

[ tony deflates.

steve, even over text, sounds so defeated, and tony doesn't want to push him too far. he never wanted to push him at all, but, well. his self restraint hasn't always been the best, has it? ]

yeah, fine
i
just wish it were easier
i wish it wasn't you but it is

[shield]

[ I wish it wasn't you is received like a gut punch. That little guy made up of insecurities and sheer stubborn will may have disappeared to the world, but he remains a part of Steve, there to absorb the all-too-familiar hit of something that sounds too close to rejection. ]

Wow. You sure know how to flatter someone.

Maybe you were right to want to end this before it starts.

[starkmade]

you know that isn't what i meant
i wish it wasn't you, who comes with hang ups and "what about the team"s and press conferences and public statements
i wish it was easier

[ of course, it had been easy. falling for steve had been the easiest thing tony's ever done. ]

[shield]

I don't care if it's easy.

That last time I fell for someone, I let all of those hang ups and fears keep me from making the most of the time we had. I'd rather not repeat that mistake.

[starkmade]

so you tell me what's next
because my experiences?
pretty opposite yours

[shield]

You mean because you have any and I don't? I was thinking we'd get to changing that.

[starkmade]

yeah
maybe
what did you have in mind

i reserve the right to change my mind about this

[ it makes him nervous, steve! you make him nervous! ]

[shield]

Right now, at this particular moment? What I want to do is fuck you over the nearest surface until backing out is the last thing on your mind.

Pardon my French.

[starkmade]

[ oh. ]

oh

i didn't know you were fluent

[shield]

I picked up a little German and Italian too. Is that what we're focusing on?

[starkmade]

[ steve rogers is many things, but tony wouldn't call him a liar. if he's told tony that's what he wants... tony has no reason to doubt it, and yet, he can't seem to muster up more than a few words in response. ]

that's a lot of talk for such a big guy
i think you're going to have to prove it to me