#they rlly did just do shit before wallows huh

[getwallowed]

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[duocatt]

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things have not gone well. richard won't look at him. gertie tries to comfort him, marie is Shaken to her Core at someone being so pretty yet so hopeless. steve Despairs™️ and eats rocky road ice cream on the couch while watching the old Invasion of The Bodysnatchers bc love is a lie obviously. like he's not gonna give up or anything, not without tony at least knowing, but rn its Wallow Time bc romance is Hard. at least until tony shows up and flops on the couch next to him obliviously. he's got his own spoon to share the ice cream and everything, the gorgeous bastard.

steve's surprised he's rlly calm and relaxed and not Anxious and Fidgety around tony atm. well not rlly, tony always knows how to make him feel better. he makes him happy, that's sort of the point. theyre eating ice cream and talking about what to watch after this movie when tony's like "hey steve. where do you go every thursday?" and then it occurs to steve he never rlly talked about it w tony which is insane bc those ladies (and richard) are so important to him now (plus his knitting is fucking off the charts, he's very proud). "oh shit did i not tell you? ive got a Knitting Club."

"no way"

"yeah way, youre coming with next time. you gotta to meet my crew tony."

"you can knit? why did i not know this?"

"i literally knitted you a blanket last week. the one on your couch?"

"you made that?!"

and so, impossibly curious, tony shows up w steve at next thursdays club meeting which steve instaneously regrets bc the ladies (and richard) go absolutely banana sandwich crazy over it.

"tony, honey, sit next to me, i'll show you a good time! and then i'll show you how to knit"

"marie, darling, you flatter me"

"tony, have you seen steve's scarves? theyre wonderful arent they?"

"yeah, they're great!"

"he'd keep his lover nice and warm i bet, handknitting everything they'd need. among other ways" ruth fucking winks at tony and steve wants d e a t h.

the entire club meeting is spent equal parts interrogating tony (subtly, mostly richard and marjorie), flirting with him FOR steve (not so subtly), and cooing over how handsome tony is. every minute theyre not doing that, they're pulling steve aside to tell him how much they like him, how steve's gotta tap that before someone else comes along.

there's a point where steve's off talking to greta, a genuine conversation about colours for her newest scarf. tony's watching fondly, half paying attention to his convo w ruth, gertie, and richard. "we love him, you know" gertie says and tony looks at her.

"oh yeah, not surprising. steve's the best, honestly. nobody can resist him."

"oh yeah?"

"uh huh. he's like sunshine. lights everything up, makes you feel warm and happy. you know" and he shrugs when he says it like its no big deal, like he didnt just say smth super telling. the group 110% realizes it was not entirely on steve that Operation: Woo Tony didnt work.

"you love him too" gertie says and tony like nervously laughs and goes "um yeah i mean he's-we're friends. best friends. of course i do. haha" which makes richard roll his eyes bc he is Done w these dumbos and he says "son if you dont balls up and tell him youre in love with him too, i will die early. kid you not, see if i wont"

and while gertie's arguing w him like "you idiot!" ("gertrude, i am 81 years old and i am tired") tony's spluttering and then he says "wait. 'too'? do you think-does he uh" and ruth is like "well cat's outta the bag, beans are spilled. steve's been trying to get your attention for quite a bit, please do smth about that. god love him, the poor dumbass."

tony's been Enlightened but he's also not sure theyre not reading into things. bc he's an idiot, clearly. he starts watching steve a bit closer and w context, his antics do make a bit more sense but also what if its not that at all and tony ends up boo boo the fool w mountains of ice cream and heartbreak, u know?

theyre like a teeny bit awkward around each other now bc neither of them know anything for certain. tony's in the middle of convincing himself the ladies (and richard) have it wrong and he's making things weird for no reason when he sees smth that turns the tables on everything and fucking stacks them, poltergiest style.

steve's pacing in front of the hall mirror entirely sure he's alone (he's not) and talking. tony get's closer and hears: "tony. hello, hi. tony, hi. what's up, tony? no thats fucking dumb, nevermind. tony, hey, i was wondering if maybe. i was hoping. what if we. tony, this is gonna. maybe this is out if nowhere and maybe you dont feel the same but i sort of. i have this crush on you. ok not really, i actually-i have a lot of feelings in my heart. like at you, for you. i'm in love with you, i mean. would you maybe wanna go out sometime? no shit, that's-"

and tony's heart is beating fucking triple time but he blurts out "YEAH yes um. yes?" and steve absolutely whirls around, russian ballet who? and his eyes are wide as saucers. "did you hear all of that just now" comes out rlly fast and tony's nodding before he's even finished.

"um. i wasnt trying to creep around or eavesdrop, i just. i was coming by and. it, you uh. do you, did you mean all that"

"yes, yeah. of course i did. yeah"

tony blinks and then blinks some more. steve steps forward. "is that. are you alright?"

and tony's staring at him all wonderously and he goes "i'm, yeah i'm alright. well, i mean better. than alright, i mean, i'm perfect, i'm excellent. very unexpected, really, i'd been sort of been operating wholly on the belief that you'd never want me back, probability and statistics and all that, math's never wrong except it seems to be this time and i've, well, i'm really glad about it, cloud nine is awfully nice--"

and you know how that goes. tony rambles everything into clarity and then some so steve rushes (more like trips) over and kisses him a lot until theyre laughing happily bc goddamn are they stupid.

(when they get updated, marie's dancing on a table with gertie, cynthia's drunk on schnapps and rum, richard's howling with laughter, marjorie and greta are whooping, minnie's singing, and in the middle of it all is ruth knitting next to a laughing steve saying "honestly, i have never met two men dumber than you. you protect us from aliens? cant believe it. hand over your cowl, sweetheart, i'm captain america now.")

what if Steve is a Knitting Boy