After a small hiatus during which I contemplated my life (jk, I wrote a gift fic), I've returned!

LaylanatorXVII asked whether I'm doing a New Year's Eve kiss considering I did a Christmas one. Her description was slightly different, but I was in the mood for unapologetic fluff. So here we have fluff.


New Year's Eve Kiss


It was December 31st, and California was as warm and sunny as it always was. New York was having a chilly winter with all the trappings included, and as Steve couldn't stand the cold and the snow and Tony hated seeing his partner so discomfited, he'd packed them both off to Malibu to spend the winter there.

That he'd "forgotten" to let the rest of the team know was only incidental, even if they hadn't been too amused with him when Steve and he touched down in Malibu. In fact, Steve hadn't been too amused either, though his face had softened when Tony pointed out that they hadn't had time to themselves in ages.

The year had been busy, and Tony still couldn't believe that he was in an honest-to-God relationship with Steve Rogers (aka Captain America). It had happened as suddenly as most things in Tony's life did. One moment he'd been watching Steve have fun at his birthday party on the fourth of July, and the next thing he knew was that Steve was marching toward him with a blush and a determined expression on his face and kissing him fiercely.

Needless to say, Tony hadn't really looked back.

And now it was just the two of them in his house in Malibu on New Year's Eve.

Tony couldn't believe this anymore than him being in a relationship, though the way he was snuggled up against Steve under a warm blanket with hot cocoa was definitely feeling pretty real.

There were no fireworks planned for the night, and the TV was on mute while playing the festivities going on in New York City. Loud noises weren't exactly preferred by either of them, and Tony was just fine with watching it happening from a distance or on TV.

His eyes closed involuntarily when Steve brushed a soft kiss against his forehead, and he had to hide a dopey smile behind his mug of cocoa.

When midnight finally rolled around in California and the seconds were being counted down by JARVIS's holographic clock, Tony gladly turned into his first New Year's kiss with Steve, his hand curling around the other's neck.

It was everything he'd ever wanted, and it was all he would ever need.