May 18th
"Are you baking cupcakes?" Tony asks as he's walking into the kitchen.
Steve glances over his shoulder with a smile, "Yeah. I'm making them to take to dinner."
Ah, right; Tony had forgotten. They're supposed to go over to Clint's and Natasha's place for some catching up. Tony approaches his husband, pressing up against his broad back and grabbing a handful of ass.
"Why cupcakes?"
Steve laughs, swatting at Tony's greedy hand and placing a chaste kiss on his lips.
"I don't know," he admits softly, shrugging as he returns to stir the batter. He dips the mixing spoon in the batter and holds it over his shoulder for Tony to take a taste.
"Mmm," Tony moans contentedly, "What is this?"
"Snickerdoodle."
"Snickerdoodle cupcakes?" Tony retorts, leaning up to place a kiss at the shell of Steve's ear.
Steve nods, spooning the last bit of the batter into the paper liner. He pulls away long enough for Tony to slide them into the oven and set the timer. By the time Steve spins on his heel Tony is reaching around Steve, untying his apron and tossing it to the floor. He presses a hot, frantic trail of kisses down the side of Steve's neck, pulling away long enough to ask a simple question.
"Wanna fool around?"
"Oh, yes, please."
Tony grabs Steve's hand in attempt to drag him to their bedroom.
"We can't leave the kitchen," Steve says softly.
Tony retorts with an eye roll, "Why not?"
"The cupcakes might burn. Also, I need to shower before we go. You've got ten minutes."
"Challenge accepted," Tony grins.
As promised, Tony manages to get them both hot and bothered in ten minutes. By the end of their orgasms Steve's against the counter, arms stretched out along the marble surface with Tony gripping his one hand on his hip roughly and spilling into him. Steve's hair is a mess from Tony pulling and fisting his fingers in it. He feels Tony's hand slide up beneath his shirt to drag his nails over Steve's chest and when a fingernail grazes a nipple Steve lets out a harsh gasp.
Tony pulls out, collapsing against Steve's heaving back and pressing a kiss to his clothed shoulder.
Steve straightens up moments later, clearing his throat and smoothing his hair.
"That was-"
"Yeah," Tony breathes in agreement. He grabs his jeans from the floor, lunging out to pop Steve in the ass with them.
"Hey!" the blond snaps with a chuckle, grabbing Tony by the wrist and pulling them flush together once more. He presses a kiss to Tony's mouth and then to the tip of his nose, smiling endlessly.
"Maybe that'll be the one."
Tony smiles faintly, a little pang of sadness hitting him. They've been at this for well over two years and Tony is slowly beginning to think that the day for Steve to conceive is never going to come. Nonetheless, he nods.
"Maybe."
Steve turns around, still grinning at the thought, and reaches for his pants. Tony goes to shower and Steve is left alone to clean up the mess in the kitchen, still holding onto the hope that perhaps he and Tony will get the chance to become parents after all.
Steve spends a lot of his free time thinking about babies and kids in general. He's always loved kids and he can't believe he was willing to convince Tony to give the family thing a shot. It took a while for Tony to come around but when he did, the thought of a family came as a challenge. Tony was always trying to out-do his father and decided that if he and Steve could make a happy successful family, Tony would count that as a major win. Challenge accepted.
Steve's beginning to think that maybe the day will never come. The reality of the situation began to sink in some months ago and with every month that passes Steve is reminded of what he can't have. He feels like a failure sometimes; it shouldn't be this hard. They shouldn't even have to try. It's a struggle for them some months. Tony and Steve argue as if that's going to fix anything. Tony will lash out and yell that if Steve is so damn desperate, maybe they should just adopt. That pisses Steve off more than anything and most times those arguments end up in an angry, passionate sex session. Afterward, they'll come down from their orgasms and talk and eventually hug it out and the process begins again.
Still, Steve tries his best to keep his spirits up and focus on the positive things in his life, but always at the back of his mind is the nagging little idea that just won't let go.
