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Sometimes Steve thought he and Tony were better at communicating through action than through words, more truthful. Whatever message that could get lost in transit, they could ensure its safe passage with one gesture, one touch, leaving no room for misinterpretation.

Slamming the arc reactor into Steve's hand in answer to his letter.

Holding Tony by the crook of his arm to ask him to stay, to listen.

Shaking each other's hands, knitting back together again.

This is a very belated @marveltrumpshate​ gift for @acachette​, who is one of the kindest people I've had the fortune of meeting in this fandom and who gave me a whole slew of fantastic prompts, all of which I wanted to write and some of which made their way into this story (pining Steve! Casual intimacy! Communication without a word!). Thank you for bidding on me and donating to a great cause, and thank you so much for your patience.

This took longer than expected because of everything that's been going on since 2020 and because I'm still sad enough about Endgame that it's hard for me to write Endgame fics even though I want to. I tried to work on this fic, then on another idea that was a lot of fun before I realized I had no idea how to write the whole thing, and then this one again for the past few years. Wash and repeat until yesterday when I was finally able to make a breakthrough! It took a long time to write it, but I think I’m happy with how it ended up.

24. favorite fic you read this year

25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read

Both of these are really hard, because I really didn’t read much fanfic at all this year, and when I do read fic in general I’m annoyingly picky, but Transient immediately comes to mind, as well as the first chapter of Not Knowing How Blind (which is a Stony fic that’s still ongoing, but begins with Steve/Rumlow and the first chapter pretty much focus on that). 

I don’t have a clear log of the fics I’ve read (I try to bookmark all my favorites but I’m veeeery bad at remembering to do so), so I’m probably (definitely) forgetting some names.

lmfao honestly at this rate it really does feel like i’ve basically answered every single one of them. anyway!

13. What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up?

they really enjoy doing the simple things, especially tony whose life was always just so ~extravagant~ growing up. they love long walks in central park, walking hand in hand and watching the leaves change colors when the seasons change. every winter they go ice skating. tony is excellent at it. steve had never gone before dating tony, but of course he picks it up really quickly and shows off for tony.

they just really love keeping things simple. because as long as they’re together, any activity can be fun.

(flying is their favorite though. steve holding onto tony as he flies them around the city is like nothing else he’s ever experienced)

24. Any doubts about the relationship?

oh yeah definitely, especially from tony. he’s just super insecure and he always doubts himself. he worries a lot that steve would one day wake up and realize he could do better. part of him is always just waiting for that day to happen.

they also can really suck at communicating with each other, so that feeds into their doubts. but the longer their relationship lasts, the more they learn to talk to each other and just be open about their feelings, and these feelings of doubt dissipate, and they grow stronger together.

39. Who initiated the relationship? Who kissed who first?  When did they realize they were in love?

Now now, perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything!