Steve checked his watch again. Tony was late. It was 8:45 at night. Steve sighed, and called for the check. He pulled out his phone and dialed Tony's number.

"You've reached Tony Stark, Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philantopist. Leave me a message. " His voice mail rang.
"Gee, Tony Thanks a lot for deserting me tonight. I waited for you, and you never showed. I'll understand if you had to go to that meeting, but you could have called. Thanks for nothing." Steve shut his phone. He went to put it in his pocket, as he left the restaurant, it rang. "Hello?"

"Steve, have you seen or heard from Tony? He hasn't answered any of my calls." Pepper said. She sounded slightly frantic.

"Um, No I actually just got stood up by that a- jerk. So I really don't care." Steve replied he tried to sound calm and cool, but his heart was quickly filling with fear.

"I-I think something's wrong." Pepper sounded even more worried. "Hold on… It's Tony! I'll call you back." Steve sighed, and headed for the tower. Upon arrival, Natasha, Clint, and Bruce all turned to him.

"Steve, have you talked to Tony?" Natasha demanded. A frantic Pepper came back into the room.

"He's in trouble!"

"How do you know?"

"We have codes, in case he got kidnapped again, and he just used the worst! JARVIS couldn't rack the call in time!" Pepper explained.

"That's why you were talking about pizza?" Clint asked.

"Yes."

Tony groaned. Finally, after three hours, they had stopped beating him. One man even had the audacity to play his voice mail. Steve had left an angry message. Tony felt horrible for standing him up, but it wasn't his fault.

"Ehy, homo!" One called. Tony looked up. "Eat this!" They threw something rotten at tony. He didn't know what it was, but he didn't want to. He gagged, but had quickly learned that if he said anything, he'd be beaten again. He missed Pepper, and Steve.

Steve and the other Avengers had spilt u to look for Tony. There wasn't any sign of him. Steve wandered on Main Street.

"Excuse me sir!' A jeweler called.

"Yes?" Steve replied.
"Are you looking for something?" He asked Steve. He nodded. "May I ask what?"

"Not a what, a who. Tony Stark, have you seen him?" Steve asked hopefully.

"Yes, I did. He was in here looking for an engagement ring. These huge thugs came in, and asked him to go with them. He seemed startled, but followed. That's all I know." He explained

"Thank you! That's a huge help." Steve patted the man on the back, and pcalled Natasha.

"What?" She barked.

"I've got some new information. Tony was at a jewelry store, and these thugs took him. "Steve explained. He felt awkward, trying not to reveal that he loved a man.

"Why was he…? Never mind. I'll see what I can do." She hung up. Steve sighed, and walked around the block again. His Tony could be lost, or hurt, or even… He didn't want to consider the last part. Steve walked by an alley, and noticed a strange sight. A small blue box lay on the street. Steve leaned down and picked it u.

"To Steve, My Solider." The band inside read. Steve held his breathe. Tony had bought this for him? Suddenly, the urge to find him became greater than the urgent to hide the truth. Steve grabbed his phone once again, which he wasn't use to doing so often, and dialed Pepper. Tony needed him, and fast.