Is it the look in your eyes – nanasekei – Marvel Ultimates [Archive of Our Own]

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fandom: Marvel Ultimates
ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
tags: Established Relationship/Fluff/Marriage Proposals

There’s a dramatic, loud, romantic song in Tony’s ears when he wakes up. He blinks his eyes open, a little confused. His face is smushed against a firm, warm surface that he immediately identifies as Steve’s chest. He considers closing his eyes and going back to sleep, but Steve is reaching for the remote a little frantically, so he can’t really settle back on his embrace properly.

“Everything okay, darling?”

“Yeah.” Steve uses the remote to lower the volume, and that’s when Tony finally identifies the source of the sound, coming from the huge plasma TV in the middle of the living room. “Go back to sleep,” Steve grunts, blue eyes turning towards him. It’s no more affectionate than the orders he yells out in the field, but Tony can see the worry in his gaze, feels the way his hand roughly ruffles his hair. Steve’s touches are always a contradiction, a strange mix of firmness and hesitation. Tony never gets tired of them.

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Is it the look in your eyes – nanasekei – Marvel Ultimates [Archive of Our Own]