WIP meme: choicebullet, startle!
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This is from the unfinished unpublished sequel to Dumb Questions, actually. Which is in that continuity and I always forget about it. I’m giving you a long excerpt because I forgot I had so much of this one done. The premise was that in Dumb Questions, Bucky speculates to Steve that Tony watches them fuck on surveillance, and Tony, eavesdropping via surveillance, gets offended because he has boundaries, you know. Pepper is amused, then suggests they take Bucky up on what amounted to an offer. Tony refuses, but–
“Gosh, Tony,” Pepper said, and Tony startled, dropping the busted relay on the floor with a tink. “I didn’t think you’d go for it.”
“Hey, Ms. Potts,” Barnes said easily, though he looked perplexed. He and Tony exchanged glances and Tony watched him realize, just as he himself did, how very, very close they were standing together, how very close their faces were to one another, how it kind of looked like they were on the verge of making out. Barnes’s expression went comically dismayed. “Oh jeez. He’s just fixin’ my arm, Ms. Potts, I ain’t tryin’ to steal your, uh, your boyfriend.”
“Ah,” Pepper said.
Tony forced his brain back on track and made himself pick up the new relay. “I guess if I was tryin’ to steal him I’d probably be more creative about it,” Barnes mused, and Tony made himself not meet the man’s eyes because Christ, he was right there, and he smelled of the same deodorant Steve used, and a hint of cigarette smoke and sunshine and the distinctive scent laundry detergent got when it was heated up by a body.
“No,” Pepper said, “Tony likes to be the most creative one in a relationship, he’d probably pretty much just go for what you’re doing now.”
WIP Guessing Game meme! Ask me for a word!
This is from the unfinished unpublished sequel to Dumb Questions, actually. Which is in that continuity and I always forget about it. I’m giving you a long excerpt because I forgot I had so much of this one done. The premise was that in Dumb Questions, Bucky speculates to Steve that Tony watches them fuck on surveillance, and Tony, eavesdropping via surveillance, gets offended because he has boundaries, you know. Pepper is amused, then suggests they take Bucky up on what amounted to an offer. Tony refuses, but–
“Gosh, Tony,” Pepper said, and Tony startled, dropping the busted relay on the floor with a tink. “I didn’t think you’d go for it.”
“Hey, Ms. Potts,” Barnes said easily, though he looked perplexed. He and Tony exchanged glances and Tony watched him realize, just as he himself did, how very, very close they were standing together, how very close their faces were to one another, how it kind of looked like they were on the verge of making out. Barnes’s expression went comically dismayed. “Oh jeez. He’s just fixin’ my arm, Ms. Potts, I ain’t tryin’ to steal your, uh, your boyfriend.”
“Ah,” Pepper said.
Tony forced his brain back on track and made himself pick up the new relay. “I guess if I was tryin’ to steal him I’d probably be more creative about it,” Barnes mused, and Tony made himself not meet the man’s eyes because Christ, he was right there, and he smelled of the same deodorant Steve used, and a hint of cigarette smoke and sunshine and the distinctive scent laundry detergent got when it was heated up by a body.
“No,” Pepper said, “Tony likes to be the most creative one in a relationship, he’d probably pretty much just go for what you’re doing now.”
WIP Guessing Game meme! Ask me for a word!
