It's not a simple answer. Tony knows it's not, but nothing worth having has ever been simple. Maybe it's ironic that a guy in his position would think like that, or maybe it's just carryover from Howard's upbringing, but Tony lives by the idea that everything takes work.
So he presses. Literally. He leans over Bruce, resting his hand on the flat of his stomach.
"It doesn't always have to end up that way. You can handle this."
It's cheating, he knows, because Bruce can't really run away from him when he's practically in his lap, but he's not going to get through otherwise. Tony closes the distance between them, capturing Bruce's lips with his in a full kiss, and if Bruce tries to get away, Tony will block him with his own weight. He can turn him down when he's not doing that out of an assumption everything will always go wrong. Right now, Tony is pretty sure this is exactly what he needs.
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It's not a simple answer. Tony knows it's not, but nothing worth having has ever been simple. Maybe it's ironic that a guy in his position would think like that, or maybe it's just carryover from Howard's upbringing, but Tony lives by the idea that everything takes work.
So he presses. Literally. He leans over Bruce, resting his hand on the flat of his stomach.
"It doesn't always have to end up that way. You can handle this."
It's cheating, he knows, because Bruce can't really run away from him when he's practically in his lap, but he's not going to get through otherwise. Tony closes the distance between them, capturing Bruce's lips with his in a full kiss, and if Bruce tries to get away, Tony will block him with his own weight. He can turn him down when he's not doing that out of an assumption everything will always go wrong. Right now, Tony is pretty sure this is exactly what he needs.