One Step Closer || lostshieldandhammer

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Steve followed after him and nodded. “Of course I’m okay to spend the night. Bruce…” He trailed off and, once inside the other’s bedroom, he turned and framed the other’s face with his hands. “I love you,” he said softly. “I love you because of your amazing mind and your wit and your candor and your heart and strength. None of that is contingent on us having sex. I told you when we started dating, I would be as patient as you needed me to be for as long as you needed. That’s not changing.”

Moments like this made Bruce’s heart melt. He leaned in to kiss Steve, arms encirclong his waist and pulling him close. “You’re perfect, Steve.” He murmured against his boyfriend’s lips, smiling at him. “Never let anyone make you think otherwise.”

One Step Closer || lostshieldandhammer

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Steve squeezed Bruce’s fingers gently and then stepped further into the room once again, drawing Bruce with him back to the couch so they could sit down and either talk some more or figure out what they wanted to try for tonight. He knew Bruce was worried about more intimate times between them so Steve wanted to do everything he could to put the other at ease.

Bruce smiled into the kiss as Steve squeezed his fingers. They’d been going slow with this, mainly because Bruce wasn’t all that sure he could handle anything fast. But he wanted more than just a goodnight kiss. He moved to lead Steve to the bedroom. “Even if it’s just to hold each other…would you still be okay to spend the night?” he asked, eyes looking at his boyfriend. Honestly, he adored Steve even more for always being so understanding about their situation.

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“Mmm, but when are you ever, big guy?” Clint mused, lifting his feet up onto the desk and crossing them over one another, “Either way, I think someone needs to figure out the whole “half the population turned to ash” thing, and Steve and Tony are kind of catatonic.”

While he had adjusted to life in the tower before Ultron…coming back had had its ups and downs. He watched Clint for a moment, sighing. “I’m not doing too well right now myself.” Mainly he’d been avoiding Natasha and focusing on trying to understand what it was that had happened, how one snap could devastate the world. And then Hulk was just…refusing to help. “I don’t doubt that. They lost a lot more than I did.” Bruce had been on his own long enough that really, he hadn’t had a lot of time to bond with everyone.

One Step Closer || lostshieldandhammer

@lostshieldandhammer continued from here

“Oh… no, I absolutely want to stay with you,” he promised softly, leaning into that touch against his cheek. “I just.. wasn’t expecting you to ask me is all. You caught me by surprise and trust me, that is not a bad thing, honey.” He leaned in to kiss him softly.

Bruce gave a relieved smile that he wasn’t being rejected. “I think I’m ready for the next step.” he replied. He hadn’t been with anyone in a long time before Steve; not since the incident and the first time Hulk surfaced. He kissed back, one hand moving to lace their fingers.

“stay with me tonight” [from whoever]

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Steve looked up at Bruce in surprise. Things always went the same way: dinner, a walk through a museum or a park, and then back to the Tower where Bruce would stay on his floor and Steve would, reluctantly, return to his own. Bruce seemed to want to change that tonight. Steve stepped closer, meeting the older man’s gaze with his own.

“Are you sure?” he asked softly, resting one hand on Bruce’s chest as he spoke.

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Bruce licked his lips and nodded a little. “I’m sure.” he replied, reaching up to lay his hand on Steve’s cheek. “If you want to?” he amended. “If you don’t want to, I totally understand.”