Fire And Ice (Steve And Tony)

Struggling.

Steve was unsure of what to do next. Now that he and Tony were actually together, he wasn't sure how they were going to break the news to the rest of the team. It bothered him, but in an okay sort of way.

Tony was sleeping next to him, all sprawled out and basically taking up the entire bed. Steve wasn't sure how to tell his parents that their only son was interested in men and would never actually have his own children. Also, if Tony was ice cold, Steve was a burning fire, and water always quenched fire.

"Good morning," Tony's husky voice suddenly broke the silence, muffled by the pillow that his face was buried in.

"Morning," Steve replied, a little awkwardly. "How did you sleep?"

"Like a baby," Tony replied with a little smile.

"So you woke up and cried every few hours?"

Tony nudged him. "Cut the bullshit, Rogers."

Steve laughed. "Well, I never understood that saying anyways. Babies can be a real pain. But they are cute."

"You don't want kids?" Tony sat up on his elbow and stared at Steve intensely.

"I did at one point. But to me, it seems cruel to bring a child into the world, especially right now. I don't feel like I would be a good father. Sometimes my patience wears very thin."

"I want a child at some point," Tony said with a strange look on his face. "Pepper and I had tried for a while, but the doctors told her that she can't get pregnant. I'm beginning to lose hope."

"There are ways," Steve told him. "You and Pepper could use a surrogate, or there are always adoption agencies--" he broke off when he saw the look on Tony's face. "What?"

"Steve, Pepper and I aren't together anymore. I'm with you."

The realization hit Steve like a mack truck, and he wanted to just fall back and enter eternal sleep. He had forgotten the whole situation was actually real. Tony was his.

"Oh, of course. I knew that..."

"Have you not come to terms with that yet?" Tony asked him.

"No, I have, and I want to be with you. But what will the rest of the team think?"

"Does it matter? As long as we're happy, they should be too. Our life and who we choose to love is none of their business."

Steve tried to hide the fact that his heart was pounding. Tony really wanted to be with him this much? Steve had never had anyone care that much about him before, at least not in a romantic way.

And he was also a little scared. If water could quench fire, did that mean that the flame that was burning between them would burn out very soon?

As much as he didn't want to admit it, Steve hoped that it would burn his whole world down.