Fire And Ice (Steve And Tony)

The Plan

"Mom, look, I promise. I will have someone with me the next time I come home," Steve said into his cell phone, trying not to let the annoyance in his voice be known. She was his mother, after all. He was tired of the same pointless bickering between himself and his parents. Both of them wanted him to bring home a significant other, it mattered not what gender. Steve wouldn't mind taking home a guy or a girl, but his mother would kill him if it was a guy. Steve's father couldn't care less what gender the person was.

"Are you coming to see us this weekend?" his mother asked.

"Yes, Mom, I already told you I would." Mentally, Steve winced. That gave him a week to find someone to go home with him.

After he hung up with his mom, Steve began thinking. Who would go home with him and pretend to be his boyfriend/girlfriend for a weekend? There was Natasha, unless she and Bucky were still leaving for the cruise come Friday. Steve began to pace (he did that a lot when he was nervous). Bruce was not a guy to take home, being the Hulk and all. So who on Earth was Steve going to bring to impress his parents?

Well, there was Tony, Steve's best friend. Bucky and Steve had been best friends, had been close, but after Bucky and Natasha started going strong, the relationship wasn't as strong as it had been before. Steve had sought friendship and found it in Tony. But Steve didn't want to have to put Tony through that, pretending to be his boyfriend, especially when Tony was adamant that he was straight and got upset when others teased him.

But Steve didn't have any other options. With a sigh, he headed to the lab, where Tony was with Bruce. He opened the lab door and walked in, making his presence known with a loud sigh.

Tony turned around. "Rogers. You look a little bent out of shape. You all right?"

"Tony, I have a really huge favor to ask of you." Steve gently grabbed his arm and pulled him aside. "So I'm having some problems with my parents..."

Putting his hands up, Tony took a step back. "I'm the last person to come to with family problems, Rogers," he said.

"No, it's not exactly a family problem," Steve said hesitantly. "You see, my parents want me to bring home a significant other."

"So?" Tony shrugged and looked confused. "Then go and get laid, Rogers."

"It's not that simple," Steve sighed. "I have to go fly down and see them this weekend. I can't really get laid in a week."

Tony laughed. "Maybe you can't, Stevie, but I can get laid any day of the week. It isn't exactly hard. You just have to have a bit of charm and some money."

"Which I have neither of," Steve chuckled.

"So where do I fit in?" Tony asked, leaning against the wall.

"I was just going to ask you if you would fly down with me and..." he hesitated, "bemypretendboyfriendfortheweekend."

Tony raised an eyebrow. "Say that again?"

"Be my pretend boyfriend for the weekend," Steve said, more slowly. "I know that you hate that idea, but I need you. I don't have any other options."

For a while, there was silence. Then Tony answered, "Okay, Rogers. One weekend, I'll do this for you. But you owe me one."

In one swoop, Steve felt a huge weight off of his shoulders. He breathed a deep sigh of relief. "Thanks, Stark. You're literally a life saver."

"That's what they all say," Tony said, rolling his eyes and walking back into the lab.

So there was a plan in place, and Steve couldn't be happier. Now, he just hoped that he and Tony could pull this off.