Atlas Shoulders

"You probably guessed it wasn't Avengers related, so I'll get right to it. There's an SI Gala going on this Wednesday, and for the last month and a half I've been dreading it. The usual boring business shenanigans. Then, a brilliant idea pops into my head, pretty usual occurrence for me I know-"

"Is there a point to this?"

"But," Tony continues as if he wasn't interrupted,"who am I to decline my own genius. So," he turns lazily on his heel to suddenly face the doctor with a confident smile, "be my date."

Or: Tony takes Stephen out on a surprisingly thoughtful date to convince him to come to a Stark Industries Gala. Stephen thinks it'll be easy to go through the motions, but when Tony turns out to be genuinely considerate, he's not so sure. However, like everything else in Stephen's unpredictable life, things go off the deep end when it turns out Tony hasn't been entirely truthful about his motives.