Another prompt by Kogouma. Although Fi Suki Saki prompted something similar yesterday, which is funny considering this was already in the queue. *shuffles away*


Surprise Kiss


It had been a rather ordinary day. Albeit a rather crappy one thanks to a mess R&D had made. In any case, it was just like any other day since Tony had invited the Avengers to live with him in the newly named Avengers Tower. But this time he was complaining to Steve about R&D because he was the only person there to lend a sympathetic ear to Tony's plight.

So there Tony was, gesturing wildly and complaining about the idiots in R&D that he sure hadn't hired, and he was going to go and complain to Pepper because obviously standards had fallen because they couldn't even get the newest phone prototype out on time, never mind that it was only slightly tweaked from the last model.

And he was on a roll, like he usually was, and most of the time no one really listened to him when he was on one of these rolls. JARVIS sort of did, but then he was also Tony's creation. Rhodey and Pepper started off listening but then gradually moved onto doing something else while Tony continued talking.

Steve was different. He actually paid attention from start to finish, and it was one of the reasons that Tony liked talking to him. He never got the impression that he was boring Steve, and oftentimes Steve had something intelligent or insightful to say that would give Tony a sudden idea and have him haring off to do it.

The point was that Tony liked talking to Steve (at Steve, whatever). It was a normal part of his day by now, just like finding arrows or knives stuck in odd places or tripping over Mjölnir in the dead of the night because Thor was too lazy to put his hammer away.

So Tony sat down by Steve, talking a mile a minute and eventually going for his phone to further bring the point home that they were all idiots

Steve was kissing him.

As in…kissing him?

Tony's brain stuttered, attempted to reboot, failed, and then rebooted again, this time successfully.

It was a graceless kiss, and Steve's eyes were screwed shut, his lips pressed messily to Tony's. Stunned, Tony just sat there, blinking as his struggling brain tried and failed to comprehend what was happening.

As quickly as it had started, it ended. Steve pulled away, eyes averted and blushing furiously, taking off like the hounds of hell were at his heels.

So…not a normal day after all…


Steve, honey, you don't kiss and run. Especially not if the other person had no time to react.

And in the background, Pepper and Rhodey have just won the betting pool because everyone else bet on Tony making the first move.