Once In a Lifetime
Steve looked at the slightly flustered Tony, who was holding onto a red and gold rose with some electric blue highlights that reminded Steve of the Iron Man suit, while his own rose was red, white, and blue. The other man walked up to him with a faint blush on his cheeks and offered Steve the rose.
Steve gladly took it with a smile and put his own flower in the chest pocket of Tony’s suit jacket. Tony smiled at the super soldier. They walked over to the table that had their dinner already set down, a spell by the Hecate children to keep the food warm. As they were about to take a bite of their food, Steve noticed two figures on the table. Upon inspection, he realized it was little models of him and Tony, in their suits but unmasked and holding hands. He pointed it out to Tony, who picked up the figures.
“Well kids got talent. He’s got your smile right.”
Steve blushed as Tony smiled at him. They made small talk while eating, talking about the decorations, complimenting each other, the relief of not having any full Avengers team missions, and how Percy and Leo changed their lives. Soon, they finished their dinner and a little dragon flew onto the table and clicked as if talking to them. Tony knew that it was morse code so he was able to translate to Steve that dessert was ready for them. Next thing they knew, Percy and Leo came in dressed in a white dress shirt and black dress pants. As Percy gave Steve his chocolate cake, he gave a wink in a knowing way. Of course, Percy could sense something happening between the two. Leo did the same with Tony, dropping off an ice cream sundae. The two of them left with the dirty dishes.
“And you made fun of me for being Capsicle, Tony.”
Tony sputtered at the sudden joke from Steve who was chuckling at himself and Tony’s reaction. A few bites in, Tony decided to sneak a bite of the chocolate cake and succeeded. Steve also stole some of Tony’s ice cream. This resulted in who could steal the most of each other’s desserts. Tony ended up winning.
“It’s because I had to steal ice cream with a fork.”
“Aw, is Stevie being a sore loser?”
Steve paused in thought. The room next to the balcony had a nice open area. At that thought, he knew exactly what to do.
“Tony, would you like to dance?”
Tony blushed and accepted. They walked into the room and got into position. Tony had JARVIS turn on a slow dance. As they were about to start dancing, Tony noticed that Steve was slightly worried about something.
“Steve? What’s wrong?”
“I… realized that this was a bad idea.” At Tony’s crestfallen face, Steve hastily added, “I never learned how to dance. I was either not healthy enough, or not enough time, with the war and all.”
“Well, I’ll lead. You can learn.”
Sure enough, Steve managed to not step on Tony’s feet after a few minutes. The music still played clearly through the room and the two of them got absorbed in their own world. At that time, Tony got the craziest idea he ever had (which is something since he always had crazy ideas) as he stared into Steve’s eyes. His beautiful blue eyes. Tony went in for a kiss.
It was a short one, yes, but it got both men flustered, Tony more than Steve. They made eye contact again. Tony had an apology on the tip of his tongue but was stopped when Steve pressed his lips to his. It was a longer kiss and it was gladly returned. They parted, still longing for more.
“Tony, I want to stay in this moment forever with you.”
“Well maybe we won’t have this moment again but… do you want to be my boyfriend so that we can have more?”
“Of course, Tony.”
As they danced some more, two boys were high fiving each other behind the door.
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The next morning, Leo was looking through some of the pictures that the small Festus took. Some were very beautiful while some others were very confusing. Some were facing the ground or at a wall. Obviously there were some bugs that needed to be worked out. He found the perfect picture to print and gift to them in a handmade picture frame.
In the gold, jewel encrusted frame, there was the two men smiling as they danced with the dark sky and the New York skyscrapers behind them.