Tony Stark wasn't scared. He was fucking Iron Man, for god's sake. He had a machine in his chest that powered a suit that made him practically invincible. He fought aliens, demi-gods, and crazy scientists on a daily basis. If anything, he should be immune to that trembling that paralyzed him. But he wasn't.

Because Tony Stark, was absolutely terrified.

Their mission today didn't go as planned. One minute he's blasting mutants to kingdom come, the next, his armor has quite literally been ripped off of him, the human magnet of a mutant tossing his invaluable armor like it was trash.

They had no idea Magneto was going to be there or else Fury would have most definitely left him at home. But that didn't change the fact that he was there, and Tony had been left completely exposed, a metal dagger hovering straight in front of his face. If Thor hadn't distracted Magneto when he did…

Tony didn't want to think about it.

After the battle, he'd immediately rushed down to his lab and locked the door. No one followed him. He sat there for a few minutes, silently staring at the wall. He had tried to pull together one of his robots, rewire it and fixing that stupid overheating problem, but his hands shook too much to make any sort of progress. Now he was just moving the wires around. Frustrated, he threw the robot against the wall with all of his force—which today realized without his suit was nothing—nearly hitting Steve in the face.

"Tony, you okay?" he asked, calmly. When the hell did Steve come down? He was about to ask Jarvis how the hell he made into the lock lab—oh wait, override codes. He'd given Steve one. Dammit.—but instead just hid his face between his hands.

"Go away, Steve."

"Tony, I'm not stupid. That battle got to you a little. It would get to anyone," Steve said gently, placing a hand on his—When did Steve get so close to him?—and squeezing.

Tony looked up at him. "I'm fine, really," he said stiffly, trying to push himself away, but Steve pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Then why are you shaking?"

Song(s): Planetarium by Otsuka Ai

A/N: I absolutely love this song. It was one of my favorite memories when I was in Japan and my club was learning this song, so I got to sing it. And then it happens to be the insert song in one of my favorite J-dramas!

As for the writing, I was going somewhere. At least I thought I was. But oh well… This is just a daily practice thing.