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Convinced
"Just do recon on the island, they said. It'll be fine, they said," Tony grumbled, shifting against the wall. "Now we're trapped, and they won't find us for at least ten hours, and that's with the honing device on the suit."
Steve scrunched up his nose. "We'll be okay, Tones. At least we're together, right?"
"But we're trapped in a cave and it's going to be cold and I really don't like caves, Steve, like a lot and—"
"Hey," Steve said, wrapping his arm around Tony, stemming his anxious rambling. "You're going to be okay. I promise, I won't let anything happen to you, I'm right here. You're not alone this time, okay?"
Tony took a deep breath and then tried to match his breathing to Steve's. "Okay."
…
"Is it just me or…"
"The temperature is dropping," Steve confirmed. "You're intelligent enough to know that the best thing to do would be sharing body heat."
"We have to sleep naked in a cave?" Tony asked, wrinkling his nose. "Ew."
Despite his words, Tony stripped off, handing his clothes to Steve, who added them to his own to form a makeshift blanket for them to lie on. Tony lay down first, and Steve spooned up against him, close as he could possibly get, and wrapped himself around Tony.
"Get some sleep if you can," Steve murmured. "Hopefully by the time morning comes, the team will be nearby."
…
Huddling together for warmth worked, and between them, they managed to keep—if not warm—unfrozen.
"Sleeping naked feels weird," Steve admitted, during the night, when they'd both woken up.
"You don't sleep naked at home?"
"No. You?"
Tony wrinkled his nose. "Most of my sleep comes in the workshop. Not the best place to shed all clothing, admittedly."
Chuckling, Steve shifted half an inch closer. "You should do something about that."
"Hmm?"
"Your sleep schedule."
"You've already made me start eating more," Tony grumbled. "You trying to turn me into a functional people, Steve?"
"Little bit, perhaps."
…
"They're here," Steve said, waking Tony gently. "I thought you might wanna get dressed before we have an audience."
Tony groaned but nodded, pushing himself away from Steve's warmth, grumbling under his breath.
They dressed in silence, the sounds of the team coming nearer. Tony chanced a glance at Steve.
"You know, if you wanted to try that naked sleeping thing again… I could be convinced to actually go to bed."
Steve grinned at him, reaching out a hand to tug him closer. "I'll keep that in mind."
Written for:
Empire: 3. Marvel
Angel's Archive: 14. An Island
Film Festival: 3. Locked In
Petting Zoo: Ingrid the Imp: 3. Having to sleep naked
Bingo: 19. "Is it just me, or…"
Apple: 6. 3. Huddling for warmth
Leaf: Brown: 3. Anxious
Pop Movies: 112. Frankenstein: Intelligent
