Title: Discretionary Incentives
Series: Iron Man
Character/Pairing: Tony Stark/James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Genre: Fluff
Rating: PG
Theme/Prompt: No no, we aren't breaking up! You didn't let me finish. I'm gay for YOU. (And I'm queer for math!)
Wordcount: 195
Dedication: for mimins
He takes a moment too long to realise what his answer sounded like and James can see the hopeful light in Tony's eyes start to fade, the line of his shoulders tensing as his lips start to purse to respond.
Panicking, he reaches out. It ends up being more a punch than a grab, but it does the job of removing the hurt look on Tony's face to replace it with something, anything, else.
"Ihaveamathsfinaltomorrow," comes out all in a rush before he slows down, Tony's attention caught, "I can't go out with you 'cause I need to study. Not," his hand flattens out to properly grasp Tony's shoulder, "I don't want to go out with you."
Brown eyes consider him for a moment before they light up, a grin creeping across Tony's face.
"How do you do with incentives?" he asks before leaning up to give him a peck on the lips before pushing past James into the dorm, snatching the textbook up before laying back on the bed.
(He doesn't get much studying done, but the parts of the textbook Tony reads aloud between filthy, breath-taking, kisses are indelibly etched into his memory.)