STEVE'S POV

"This feels so old " - Tony said with his head resting on my chest while we moved to the slow music.

"Like what?"

"Like you" - of course Tony wouldn't miss a joke.

"I'm old, you'll have to be old with me till you are old too" - I said and saw him smiling.

"At least you can be old looking like this"

"I'm sorry" - I said and smiled.

"I'm not, honey" - he looked at me briefly smiling.

He put his face on my chest again while we kept moving slowly to the music.

I felt him take a deep loud breath.

"What's up?" - I asked

"Nothing" - he hid his face
"Seriously, what happened?" - I lifted his chin up for him to face me.

"I love you" - he said fast and looked away.

The smile on my face was immediate. I pressed his body against mine and kissed the top of his head, feeling the great smell of his hair.

After some more songs, I was feeling Tony tired, his body was tense. He had a hard day.

"Darling, you should get some sleep" - I looked down at him, he just nodded without leaving my chest.

"Tony, c'mon, if you don't rest we won't be able to enjoy our weekend together" - I said and he finally looked up at me. - "see? I can see in your face that you're tired"

"Not everyone has a perfect face like you all the time" - his voice was sleepy.

"You do, c'mon, I'll give you a massage"

"Hmm, now we're talking. Massage and kisses. Deal?" - he lifted his hand for a handshake.

"Deal" - I laughed and shook his hand.

...

We went to our room and I got everything I need for the massage.

Tony was lying in bed face down, I saw he woke up when I got into the bedroom.

"So, do you want me naked for this?" - he tried to tease me, but I wouldn't let him, he was really tired but didn't like to admit it.

"No way, Stark. I'm not stupid"

"Are you unprofessional?"

"I can't control myself when it's you, you know that"

"That's absurd, you're a military man,Rogers" - he nodded off pretending to be indignant.

"Tony, just let yourself relax for once"

"But I don't need to"

"Yeah , right, cause you are the invincible iron Man, that doesn't need to rest"

"Exactly"

He is so stubborn all the time, even with the little things. He's afraid to show his vulnerabilities, but I was putting his guard down little by little,like he was doing with me.

I started to rub his shoulders and after just like 5 minutes he was already asleep. I laughed cause I was right, I got off of him and covered him with a blanket.

I turned off the lights and lied by his side, his face was lightened by the reactor's blue light, so beautiful.

The arrogant Playboy, enigmatic, famous genius, now is sharing a bed with me, the old military man with old habits , that is now lying next to Tony Stark, the most unlikely person for me to fall in love with.

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STEVE'S POV

I woke up and Tony wasn't by my side anymore, I was surprised when I looked at the clock and saw 7 am.

I got up, had my morning routine and headed to the kitchen cause I heard noises there.

"Tony, is it ... Wow" - my chin dropped the second I saw that.

The table was filled with cakes, breads, croissants, everything you can imagine.

"Are we expecting company?"

"No, it's for you, I mean us. I wanted to do a simple gesture but that means something" - He stumbled on the words like I never saw him do before.

"And that's your idea of simple?" - I couldn't help but smile at that.

"Yeah" - he shrugged and looked confused.

"I love you so much" - I walked towards him and took him into my arms.

He made that effort for me and I could see why he would consider it simple, his parameters are really high, that shows so much, that he cares about what I care and is eager to be flexible on his habits and ways.

I am proud of him, but I'm proud of me as well for making it happen.

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TONY'S POV

After we ate we went for a walk on the woods around the cabin, Steve's idea of course.

"How much time do we have to connect to nature?" - I complained after like half an hour.

"Stop being so grumpy and just enjoy it" - he just kept walking ahead of me, that way he wouldn't see me rolling my eyes behind him.

We walked 10 more minutes and I was bored as hell already.

"I'm not enjoying" - I complained one more time.

"Of course not, you won't shut up for a minute" - he just replied again without looking at me.

"I just don't see why you think it's so interesting, this is old people's hab..." - I couldn't complete the phrase cause he took me by surprise.

He pushed me against a tree and pressed his lips against mine roughly holding my arms up.

"Now it's interesting" - I said smiling provocatively while he was still pressing me against the tree.

"Now are you going to shut up?"

"I may need a little more incentive" - I looked at him and bit my lips.

He picked me up with one quick move and took my lips on his, invading my mouth with his tongue.

When I pulled his hair with both hands he put me on the floor again.

"C'mon, now you're more convinced" - he said and kept walking

"I'm going to kill you , slowly and painfully" - I continued walking against my will.

...

"How was it at war to lead a team when there was someone like me?" - I asked cause if I'm here I might as well use the moment.

"It was difficult at first, but when you realize what is war you see it's a matter of surviving, it took a long time before they could trust me, they were used to seeing me as a show monkey, which I sort of was before, but once they trusted me, everything came into the right place" - He opened up to this simple question like I could never imagine.

"Is that why you trust so much in people? That they can be good and everything? Cause you felt how it is not to be trusted?" - I felt surprisingly comfortable asking him personal questions like that.

" Maybe, also their trust, the army, the United States were everything to me back then, it was the only thing that mattered and it was worth sacrificing myself for" - he was really emotional talking about it even though he didn't let it show on his face.

"What about Peggy?" - I felt curious.

"Yeah, I loved her as well, she mattered a lot to me"

"I know. I'm not asking because of us or jealousy or anything, just really want to know. What would you do if she came back?"

I wanted an honest answer, I didn't know I cared that much before my head started turning and I felt anxious.

"Nothing. I loved her, Tony and I remember how much and that's why I tell you that the love I feel for you is so much more, I know you're the opposite of me, you have trusting issues and I don't blame you, you have a lot of reasons for this cause people were not good to you over time. But I only ask you to trust when I say you make me love the most I ever loved in my entire life"

I felt the tears coming, so I took a deep breath, he noticed it, but he didn't push it.

"I'm starting to get hungry " - I changed the subject.

"Let's go back then" - he said and turned to the other direction before he passed me, he held my chin in his hand, looked into my eyes and slightly pressed his lips against mine.

That was enough to make my eyes drop the tears I was holding back, I immediately wiped them out and followed him.

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STEVE'S POV

It was an unbelievably emotional morning, we were connecting, bonding and building a real trust.

Tony Suggested we went to a restaurant in a small town near there, he put on sunglasses, simple clothes, but that could hide the reactor and a cap. I did the same but with a leather jacket in addition, cause Tony made me wear it.

"No no, if we don't want to call attention, we're definitely not going on your car" - I interrupted him when he was opening the garage.

"So what's your suggestion? Cause I'm not walking again today, Mr"

I went to the garage and grabbed my motorcycle.

"Come"

Tony sat behind me and we got there really fast, he guided the way.

It was a normal restaurant, not fancy like Tony was used to.

During lunch we talked about everything and didn't have to worry about anything or anyone, we drank together, laughed together.

After lunch we went straight to my motorcycle to leave.

"Hey, I wanna take you somewhere" - he said.

"Where?"

"It's hard to explain the way, I can explain while you drive, I think you'll really like" - he was being mysterious.

"I know, here" - I gave him the key and he was astonished for a moment.

"What?"

"C'mon, if you can fly and drive perfectly, a motorcycle it's easy" - I smiled to give him confidence.

"I'm more surprised about you letting someone else drive it"

"Ita not 'someone', it's you" - he escaped my eye contact embarrassed and climbed on it, I sat behind him and held his waist.

"Hold tight, cap"

He took a few moments to understand the motorcycle and its particularities, but it was really fast, in few minutes he was driving really well, the brains and skills of this man amaze me everyday.

We were now out of the road into the woods, a couple of trees hit us, but he was doing surprisingly well. After some time we got to a river with a waterfall in it, it was just us there and it was amazingly beautiful, so calm.

"Wow" - that's everything that came out of my mouth.

"Do you like it?"

"Of course, how did you find it?"

"When the cabin wasn't enough to make me better, I ended up here"

TONY'S POV

I was sharing everything with Steve, this was more a preparation for me than for him before I asked him to be my husband. I don't usually share, so asking someone to share my whole life it's a big step for me.

I shared the cabin, I shared my fears and doubts, I shared this place, I shared my past, so I think I'm ready to share my life.

"Thank you for sharing that place with me, you don't know how much it me..." - he started talking but I stopped him with a finger on his lips, he looked confused.

I got on tiptoe and kissed him slowly, moving my lips in a way I could feel every bit of his.

I stopped and looked at him in the eyes, we just stared at each other at that moment.

He put his arms around my waist holding me tight and firmly then took my lips again, but more intensely.

I stopped the kiss and took my shoes, pants , cap , glasses and shirt off, leaving just my underwear.

"What are you doing?" - Steve was terrified looking around

"Relax, prude"

I ran towards a high rock by the river.

"Tony, what are you doing?" - Steve shouted. - "You could get hurt"

The rock was really high and not exactly direct to the water, there were some rocks down there and that's why he was worried and why I love to do that, the rush, the danger.

"Tony, stop being careless" - he was angry - "you can hit your head, you know that"

"You better catch me, then" - I smiled and prepared to jump.

I saw him undressing as well and laughed. I closed my eyes and jumped , I wasn't seeing anything just feeling goosebumps all over my body and the wind.

When I landed, I was on Steve's arms.

"I knew you would catch me" - I winked at him.

"You didn't, you're just a crazy imprudent man"

"That too" - I shrugged.

He lifted me above water and then suddenly dropped me.

When I emerged he was holding a laughter.

"Not fair, not ok, I can't even get a payback"

"I'm not bothered" - he replied serious.

"I'll run away and leave you here half naked"

"Ok" - he shrugged

"Oh really?"

He lifted his eyebrow, challenging me.

I turned around and walked towards the border. I looked behind and Steve wasn't there. I continued walking, but felt something on my feet, I got scared, but it was Steve.

He emerged,picked me up over his shoulder and took me back to the water.

"This is abusive" - I complained with my arms crossed.

"No, this is"

He said and pulled me closer by the waist to kiss me. It was hot, our bodies were wet , I put my hands on his broad shoulders and pushed myself up to hold my legs around his waist, while we kept kissing.

*GUNSHOT*

We stopped immediately and looked around.

Steve immediately drowned us into the water and right after we heard another one, incredible how Steve predicted the timing of the bullet.

We came back up.

"Who can be?" - Steve asked.