fell asleep on

[chatona]

SWEET DREAMS.

Someone, whether it be a friend or a total stranger, has fallen asleep on you wherever you happen to be; you are a rather comfortable pillow to them. What do you do?

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[anormalironlife]

Gene's right. And, he didn't know that I put it out all over Twitter.

[ Well, not him but they know what he means.

Pepper punches him in the shoulder. ]

Ow! What was that for?

Because Gene should know before you do things like that! Now, c'mon, let's go fix my phone.

[ Tony can't even argue with her logic. ]

[wrathfulkhan]

Yeah, dummy, [Gene says with a grin, and punches Tony in the shoulder. Then he follows Pepper, laughing.]

[anormalironlife]

HEY!

[ That totally wasn't fair. Now they're ganging up on him! And Gene's his boyfriend. Or something. No, definitely boyfriend. Tony knows that. He jogs and catches up with them, threading his fingers through Gene's again. ]

- But now you have to come out to like, everyone. Think of all the good it will do kids to know about Iron Man and his boyfriend! And think of the laws you two could get pushed through! Are you going to get married?

[ MARRIED?! Gulp. ]

[wrathfulkhan]

[Gene smiles when Tony takes his hand. It's nice, to have this kind of affection. He'd rather thought he'd never get it.]

Um...that's a little too far into the future to think about, [Gene says, trying to laugh it off, but the idea makes him uneasy.] Let's just...deal with right now, okay?

[anormalironlife]

Can we finish high school first?

Well of course you can! I wasn't expecting you to get married next week, but it's something to think about, now you can.

[ Married to Gene? Could he do it? Probably not. They fight too much sometimes. Sure, right now, they aren't, but what happens the next time Tony disappears into working, and Gene gets locked out. It's happened. And while Tony doesn't like doing it, sometimes, he needs the space to do what he needs to do. ]

Let's just keep it calm for now, Pepper. Calm and easy, okay?

[wrathfulkhan]

[Calm and easy? Tony, have you met Pepper?]

I'm going to exercise my right not to think about that. [Beat.] No offense.

[Because that's scary - commitment is scary - and Tony is scary, too. What's scarier is that Tony might decide he's too much one day, and want him to leave.]