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Why were a pair of glasses so freaking attractive?

Steve watched, as Tony bit on the end of his pen, a snarl of frustration escaping him. He inhaled sharply, surprised at how attractive that frustration was. Damn Tony. Damn every bit of the man.  

Tony looked up at the sound.

“Who’s there?” he asked.

Not wanting Tony to mistake him for an intruder, Steve stepped into the room. “Uh, hey,” he said awkwardly. “Didn’t mean to bother you.”

“Oh, um, not bothering me at all,” Tony said. “I was just confused about this prototype, so I was trying to sketch something out so that I could…you know, figure it out.”

“That’s good,” Steve said, rubbing at his head. “I didn’t know you wore glasses, Tony.”

The other man blushed at that, a redness that flooded his face.

“I guess it’s one of those things that just happens when you get older,” he teased warmly. “You can save the world, but you can’t save your eyes from going to shit.”

Steve stammered on his next words, unsure of what he was to say to Tony then. “I…I see,” he said with a swallow. “I really like them.”

“Do you now?” Tony asked, tilting his glasses forward. “That’s a strange thing to say, Cap.”

“No, it’s not,” Steve said defensively, in spite of the fact that he had no reason at all to be defensive. “I’m merely saying that the look is a good one.”

Tony raised an eyebrow. “Sounds like someone’s got the hots for me,” he said with a low, suggestive hum. “Is that true, good Captain?”

“Tony, don’t…”

Tony’s eyes lit up. “Oh Captain Rogers, do we have a kink here?” Tony asked, sliding his pad aside and looking at Steve with sudden realization. “Or do you just like me? Oh my god, Captain America likes me…”

“It’s not like that…” Steve managed and then turned bright red. He had a very difficult time lying and Tony knew it. Here the bastard was, exploiting his weakness. “Tony…”

A smile crossed Tony’s face and he laughed, warmly. “I like you too, Cap,” he said. “I have for a really long time.”

“Really?”

“Nah, I’m clearly lying,” Tony joked. “Actually, it was Parker who suggested the idea to me that you might feel the same.”

“Feel the same?” Steve managed. “What does that mean?”

“I like you too, Steve.” Tony’s face broke into one of the cutest smiles that Steve had ever seen in his life. “I always thought that was kind of obvious.”

“No, not obvious…” Steve said. “Unless I’m the most oblivious person ever…”