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Only For You
"Do you want to build a snowman?" Tony asked, nodding to the snow blanketing the compound grounds.
Loki arched his eyebrow. "A snowman? Is this another infernal Midgardian tradition?"
Tony snorted. "I guess so. It's literally three balls of snow, with a scarf and a carrot, but it's… fun, I guess?"
Softening slightly, Loki asked, "You've never built one, have you?"
Biting his lip, Tony shook his head and looked away. "Never had time, or cause."
"Well then. Let us build a snowman."
…
"I don't think this is how people normally build snow...people," Tony admitted, watching their snow army fight it out. There were carrots and coal pieces scattered everywhere, and many a destroyed scarf.
Loki grinned. "But more entertaining, no?"
"That's one word for it," Tony conceded, unable to stop a snort of amusement as a snow Iron Man decapitated a Snow Cap.
They were working on their relationship, as much as Tony could handle being around the Super-Soldier at least, but he couldn't deny the irony of such a thing.
Loki wrapped an arm around Tony's shoulders. "I am of the frost giants, Tony. Does this scene really surprise you that much?"
"No. No it does not."
…
"We saw you two having fun in the snow earlier," Rhodey said, handing over steaming mugs of hot chocolate to Tony and Loki. "Not quite the snowmen I remember, but it looked like a hell of a lot more fun."
Loki grinned smugly at Tony, who rolled his eyes.
"Don't encourage him," he said, shaking his head as he warmed his hands on the mug. "He's already entirely too pleased with himself."
Rhodey shrugged. "He makes you smile, Tones. I'm good with a little smugness for as long as he's producing the goods."
"Sap."
…
"If you wish to make traditional snowmen, I'm amenable," Loki offered, later that night when Tony was curled around him on the sofa. "The snow will surely be there tomorrow."
Tony snorted, but shook his head. "It's fine, I enjoyed myself. You always make things more entertaining than they have any right to be."
Chuckling, Loki tightened his arm around Tony's shoulders. "Only for you, my dear. Only for you."
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Shipmas, Day 12: Do you want to build a snowman?