𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 - STONY

5

"Tony? What are you two doing here. I didn't say you could leave your room" Steve crossed his arms.

Stephen began to internally panic a lot more. "Y-Your highness, we-" He tried to make up an alibi. But he cut himself off when Tony lifted his head.

Tony turned around. And Steve looked at him expectantly, waiting for an explanation. But without a word and without so much as a glance at Steve, Tony walked out of the room.

"Tony" Steve called out. Tony kept walking. Steve went after him.

Steve kept calling Tony's name, but Tony didn't hear. Tony's mind was blank, every sound was muffled, and all he knew was that he wanted to lay in bed. For once, he wanted to lay in bed and do nothing.

But he snapped out of his thoughts when Steve caught up to him and grabbed his arm. He made Tony look him in the eye. But Steve couldn't see the usual warmth that was always there in those hazel eyes. It caught him off guard.

"What is the matter with you. Why are you acting this way?" He asked.

"Let go" Tony said quietly, barely having the energy to fight at the moment.

But clearly Steve didn't get the message seeing as he grinned and replied with "Is this because you saw me with Buck?"

"I'm tired..." All life gone from Tony's voice.

Now it's Steve's turn to stand there frozen and speechless as Tony walked away and went back to his room.

§

Tony became the talk of the castle. After seeing Tony's behaviour throughout the day, everyone was shocked with the fact that he was still alive and going unpunished.

Meanwhile Tony has been in bed, awake and in the same position for the past 6 hours, nearing 7. Steve's been getting a report on him every hour. But now that he's finished the paperwork, he went to visit Tony.

"Tony?" He looked around the room first, hoping that Tony would've gotten out of bed and shown signs of feeling better. But just as the last report said, he was still lying in bed, back turned to Steve. "Hey...what's wrong? You can tell me, you know" Steve went and sat beside Tony on the bed.

After a moment, Tony flipped around. Steve immediately laid down with him, offering a kind smile as he looked into those doe eyes he fell in love with.

Steve pulled Tony into his embrace. Before Tony knew it, tears were welling up in his eyes again. He let them fall, silently. "You're not gonna tell me what happened?" Steve asked, carding his fingers through Tony's locks.

"I don't wanna talk about it" Tony shrugged.

Steve pulled back a little to look at Tony's face. "I really want to kiss that pout away" He admitted.

"I'll bite you" Tony sniffled. Steve chuckled.

"I understand that you don't want to talk about what has upset you. But when are you gonna tell me what I've done to earn your dislike?" Steve asked.

Tony paused for a moment, wondering if he should answer truthfully. Because if he were to answer truthfully, that would mean he'd have to physically talk about his pain and face his issues. Which makes Tony want to puke. But then again, it's not like his Steve will ever know it. And he's only gonna be in this era for a few more days at most, so what's the harm in getting it out in the open for once and for all?

"You left me for him" Tony stuffed his face in Steve's chest.

Steve was surprised. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that 'Him' is Bucky. But Steve didn't recall a moment where he chose Bucky over Tony. "What?" He looked down at Tony.

"I mean, it's not like I didn't know he was the one you loved. I knew that very well. But it still hurt when you chose him, I guess" Tony said.

"When did this happen? Or-Or how did it happen, because I don't remember any of it"

"Never mind, I don't want to talk about it"

Steve sighed. "Alright. Whatever you want" he pressed a soft kiss to Tony's locks. Listening to Steve's heartbeat, Tony was lulled to sleep.

§

Tony woke up to Steve's sleeping face an inch away from his. He would be lying if he said that didn't make a few dormant butterflies flutter. He hesitantly brushed his fingers over Steve's features in reminisce.

But at the same time he reminded himself of his promise to never let himself fall into the same situation with Steve again. He was even given proof to support that promise when he accidentally walked in on Steve and Bucky at the library earlier. He closed his eyes, took a breath, and let go of all hope.

Right now there was something he needed to do. So he quietly and quickly got out of the bed and went to the door. The guards opened it and stated that he wasn't allowed to leave his room. To which Tony replied with "The King said I can walk around. Do you really wanna go against his words and piss him off?"

The guards thought about it for a moment and then let Tony out. It didn't take Tony long to find where he needed to go. Back to the morgue. As he expected, no one was here.

He closed the door behind himself and then walked over to his corpse. He removed the cover from his face again and looked at the red marks on his neck. After a few silent moments of mourning for himself since he knew no one else would, he put the cover back over his face, and whispered a quiet "I'm sorry...I am so, so sorry"

He left the room and put his glasses on. "So, Fri. What shall we do now?" Tony began strolling down the hall and looking around. Up until now he hasn't been able to take in the views since he's either ran away or been locked in his room. "The most genius idea just popped into my mind. Fri can you make sheet music of Ms. Spears' Toxic? There is no way this place doesn't have an orchestra team. I'm gonna get them to play it" Tony stated.

"Tony," a voice said from his side. Tony looked over and found it was Bucky.

"Barnes," Tony greeted.

"We have yet to properly meet, so it's great that I caught you right now. I'm-" Bucky tried to introduce himself but Tony beat him to it.

"James Buchanan Barnes, Steve's best friend, I know" Tony nodded. "Oh, sorry, I meant boyfriend" Tony corrected himself.

"Right, pardon us about yesterday, we didn't think you'd be there" Bucky said.

"Nah it's fine. My bad for forgetting to knock. Anyways, he's upstairs in my bed if you wanna go at it with him. Just warning you though, there will be guards at the door so you two might wanna keep it quiet" Tony told him.

Bucky stood there speechless. Did he not care that Steve would be doing such things with him? Bucky knew Tony was Steve's paramour, so he assumed Tony would, just like any normal person, get jealous and protective. "You...you're not upset?" He raised a brow.

"Of course not, why would I be?" Tony frowned. "Anyways, would you point me to the direction of the orchestra room?"

"Uh...down the main hall and to the left. But I'm pretty sure they're at the tavern right now" Bucky answered.

"Which is...where?" Tony asked again.

"Beside the orchestra room"

"Great, thanks"

Bucky just watched as Tony walked off.