No-One But You (The Mystic Consultant) - Part 2
Chapter 15:Wide-Eyed, Wrapped in Love (Part5)
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"So, whaddya think?"
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Tony's voice broke the silence. His head was covered up in a small grey towel, cuz Tony felt all gross. Steve was staring at him for a while, but he didn't realize it. Tony caught onto Steve's behavior straight away.
Some cool cat had Steve's tongue. The blonde shook out of his over-focused state, and he eventually said something. He said the show was, informative.
Ahh, informative. Tony enjoyed the word. He pondered what Steve said for a moment, but then a familiar buzz kicked in. The brunette wasn't putting anything out there in a way for Steve to get confused. He explained it all for him, without any riddles..
Steve understood the symbolism within the music, regarding Obadiah Stane, Tony's father and an obvious impact caused by S.H.I.E.L.D…
Tony had been a very messed up young man for a long time. Long before they ever met. Steve liked a lot of what he saw from Tony, but for the most part, the show almost brought him to tears. Steve felt like he witnessed something vulnerable, exposed and very misunderstood.
Steve assumed everyone else saw something powerful, eccentric and borderline exotic. Tony was…
Uhh, Steve was staring again. The blonde cleared his throat when Tony stepped in close. They were actually alone, for the moment. Those moments seemed seldom, sometimes.
Tony closed his eyes for a sec, because Steve pulled a fast one on him. His movement was slow, of course, but Tony felt a bit caught off guard.
The summer boy simply pulled Tony into a gentle hug. They stood there in an innocent embrace. The small room they were in started getting pretty quiet. The brunette could hear Steve say something else, but he didn't respond.
He couldn't really, it was.. sort of perfect.
Pepper Potts knocked on the door. She informed Tony that he needed to hurry up, because his parents were waiting to talk to him. Steve glanced down at Tony's hands, because they eventually started messing around with his shirt.
Tony often wrinkled up the front of Steve's shirt when he had something to say. Steve kept looking at all the tension that was migrating around in Tony's hands. His mind was obviously buzzing.
Tony closed his eyes again, because Steve did something else that seemed somewhat innocent. The two of them were far from innocent, but Steve simply kissed the left side of Tony's forehead, and that was that.
Pepper Potts was impatient. She killed the quiet moment between Tony and Steve, and she opened the door for Howard and Maria to enter the room..
"Isn't it past your bedtime, old man?"
Tony cracked a joke toward his father and he ran the risk of getting smacked. Howard told him that he had a knuckle sandwich heading in his direction, and Steve held a soft smile.
The smile softened a bit more when Bucky followed in after Howard and Maria. It was his job to protect them that evening, so naturally he kept his post.
Steve kept looking at his friend as Tony spoke with his parents. The blonde couldn't help it. When Tony was up there, in front of everyone, for all to see. Steve briefly wondered which version his best friend saw.
Did he see something vulnerable on the stage, or…
The thought crossed Steve's mind again. He even thought about asking Bucky about it, so he forced his focus more on Maria Stark..
Chapter: END
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