Tony knows he's been hit. He knows Steve just saw the laser hit him dead center on his chest plate. He knows this is why Steve is screaming, and running over to him, dodging the lasers now aimed at him.

Tony also knows that this had to be the funniest thing he has ever witnessed. After spending the first part of their morning racing go-carts on the race track, and smashing into each other, and others, on the bumper cars, the two decided they should get out of the sun for a while, and had headed inside.

Inside the brightly colored building were an arcade, and a huge area where you played games with tokens, which you could win tickets from. The tickets were used at the end of your day, in the adjacent prize room. Finally, on the back wall there was a single, black door. Above it was a large neon sign, reading "LASER TAG." And so, Steve's curiosity had led them to this moment. They were outnumbers four to one by a group of thirteen year old boys, and they were losing.

Steve had been shot twice already, before realizing there was no shield on his arm to block the laser beams. Tony, however, has now received his third hit, and is out, leaving Steve on his own. As Steve rushes to Tony's side, the downed man can't help but laugh at how serious the super soldier is taking the game. In his rush, Steve receives his third hit. For this reason, Steve collapses on his teammate, in a fit of laughter, as the group of boys emerges from their hiding positions to leave with their victory.

"I guess I'm really not much without my suit of armor then, am I?" Tony laughs.

"Not much less than I am without my shield," Steve admits, teasingly. "But it's not our fault! We were outnumbered! And I've never done this!" He defends, feeling mildly embarrassed.

They're busted up laughing when Tony hears it.

"Fags," spits one of the boys, as he comes back for the goggles he'd dropped. "Didn't even try to make it hard for us."

Tony knows Steve hears it, too, as the billionaire feels the old-fashioned man tense before standing up. Tony watches as Steve's expression goes from embarrassed to pissed in no time at all, and stands up next to his boyfriend.

At well over six feet tall, the super soldier now towers over the pre-pubescent skater boy, who, once he sees the two men in front of him, realizes who he's just insulted. Tony watches as his face goes from haughty to down-right scared in the same amount of time.

"Now," Steve sternly says, adopting what Tony recognizes as the 'Captain America Is In Command' voice, "is there anything you intended to add to that?"

"I-I uh, no," the boy stammers. "No, sir, I mean. I uh didn't mean anything by it, I just um meant that um-"

"Kid," Tony interjects, "I'd just stop now if I were you."

Tony watches as Steve still stares sternly down at the kid, who hesitates momentarily before turning on his heel and hurrying away. Tony thinks he hears a sheepish "sorry."

"That's all?" Tony questions, knowing the kid deserves some kind of punishment. "We should call his parents. Or at least try to explain to him what it is that was so wrong. We can't just-"

Steve silences him with a quick kiss, saying "if we do anything more, he'll just be defensive, and won't learn anything anyway," as he leads Tony out to the gaming room.

They spend the rest of their time playing games, trying to get as many tickets as possible. Tony knows he shouldn't, but whenever he thinks Steve isn't looking, or is absorbed in a game, the tech genius uses his phone (and J.A.R.V.I.S.) to make sure that whichever games skater kid and his friends are playing are just a little harder to win tickets from.

By the end of the day, Steve and Tony are able to get quite a few of the prizes, which Steve is very proud of himself for, cashing in their tickets for a stuff monkey Tony mentally names Stevie, a magic eight ball, two silly t-shirts with references to a reality program about Jersey that Steve doesn't understand, and two silly looking hats. Steve also insists on one last prize, which he says is for Tony. It's a giant stuffed black bear, with a red t-shirt reading "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" in large, yellow letters.

"It's perfect for you!" Steve gushes, as he hands it to his birthday boy, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Tony also hears the clicks of a few camera phones, but is too happy to point it out to the adorable man beside him.

The drive home is pretty quiet, both men lost in thought, with music playing in the background. After about twenty minutes, Tony watches as Steve pulls out the magic eight ball, asking what it's for.

Tony laughs, teasing "Why don't you ask it?" To which he receives a confused stare. "You ask it a question," he explains, "and then you shake it. The little window with show you the answer."

"Oh," Steve says, adding "Well then. Do I have the best boyfriend in the world?" He then shakes the plastic novelty vigorously.

"What's it say?"

"It says 'outlook good,'" Steve answers. "So I guess that's a yes?"

"Of course it is, I'm awesome."

"Haha," Steve mocks dryly. "Well in that case, magic eight ball, is my best ever boyfriend also a sneaky brat who made those kids lose their tokens?"

"Hey! I didn't think you saw that…" Tony objects while Steve shakes again.

"'Without a doubt,'" Steve says, grinning. "Of course I saw you. You're not nearly as sneaky as you think you are."

Tony sticks his tongue out at Steve, adding "It's not like they didn't deserve it."

Steve just laughs and gives Tony a wink, and Tony knows he's just giving him a hard time.

They sit in comfortable silence, and Tony switches the Ozzy Osbourne CD in the player for one he'd bought by The Andrews Sisters. When Steve heard it, he leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes, and hummed softly along. The CD plays for a while, and they're almost home.

"You're perfect," Tony whispers softly, thinking the younger man has fallen asleep.

Steve, facing the window, smiles to himself, glad that Tony had had a good birthday.

Once they get home, they say "hello" to the others, who surprise Tony with his favorite Thai food, and a cake from the local bakery.

Thor justifies by saying "Though you said you desired no kind of a fuss, we could not help ourselves," to which Tony laughs and thanks them.

The rest of the night is spent watching a movie with popcorn, before Tony and Steve go up to bed. After they've showered and settled down into bed, Steve with a sketchbook and Tony with a tablet, Tony starts to feel sleepy. Steve notices him slowly nodding off, and as Tony slowly drifts to sleep, Steve takes his tablet and pulls his covers up. He sets his sketchbook aside, and turns off the lights, before wrapping his arms around Tony.

"You're pretty perfect yourself," he whispers, and Tony can't help but feel like this is the greatest birthday he's ever had.