you know who I am.

It’s not exactly like him, to just... daydream the way he is, to not think of a gazillion different things all at once, and instead - just focus all of his thoughts at the sight that - pardon his French - 'God’ has presented in front of him. But, ah, just like art, some things are too graceful to be ignored, too magnificent to not be given the amount of focus they deserve. 

And, like art, Steve’s ass as he bends down to pick up a notebook (that Tony may or may not have dropped earlier just for this happy occasion to occur) is something that he simply could not allow himself to not have imprinted in his memory.

it’s becoming increasingly hard to not smile, and so steve dips his head to give tony a dry look of amusement.  “ is that it? ”   he asks, with an all too casual tone.   “ you want me for my mind? ”  he crosses his arms, and raises a brow.   “ i can’t tell if i should be flattered or offended. ”  

He catches Steve’s gaze, holding it for a second or two before his eyes travel down, to his chest area -- his arms, hands, around his torso, then back up.

“Ahem.”

And he shrugs.

steve’s lips twitch as he nearly smiles, and lets out a chuckle instead. he lifts a hand, raising it to as if going to touch tony’s face — only to gently rap the side of his head with his knuckles.

 “ of course not. it isn’t as though you’re known for your genius. you should ask someone to help you with that. thor, maybe? reed? ”

He doesn’t mind the contact, as silly as it is, and his lips curve into a little smile that he restrains the smallest bit (but still let show, of course). 

“ i suppose it is. it sounds like a very difficult title to obtain. it would explain how you’re still working on two out of the three of those words, at least. but i hear the key to achieving it is not giving up, tony. ”

There’s a bit of a laugh in his voice when he speaks next, leaning forward juuuuust a tiny bit, “Well,” 

 “ yeah,  ’ oops ’ . ”

“ there’s a lot going on inside that big brain of yours, just … be a little more careful, tony.  ”

“ well that’s funny. the students and the videos say otherwise. ”

.... The videos he could have taken care of, and did, actually, but the students -- those little fuckers god’s gift to them just had to screw him over.

“.....

“ what, you can’t remember it happening? ”

“ what’s this I hear about you nearly poking a kid’s eye out, Tony? ”     // @shellshead​