[So here's the thing: Steve Rogers, Captain America, actual Nazi-punching hero who has saved the world (and the universe) more than once, is terrified of dates. More specifically, asking people out on them, but also probably the action of dating itself if he got that far. (He's been on double dates before, but those don't count; Bucky had coaxed girls into bringing along a friend for him, but they nearly always ended up more interested in Bucky than Steve.)
He knows that after admitting his feelings to Tony, the logical next step is a date, but, at the same time, that feels too weird to him. Dates are for getting to know someone, and there's no one he knows better than Tony Stark. (Because he's kind of an idiot sometimes, it doesn't occur to him that there are other reasons for dates, that maybe the woman he's trying to romance would, in fact, like to be romanced.)
Maybe he lets the topic fall by the wayside for a week or so because he doesn't actually know what to do and he's overcome by sheer awkwardness, and maybe that means he ends up not talking to Tony again till they're suited up and fighting some AIM goons who think that souping up zoo animals is somehow a good idea.
It's not, and although they get most of the menagerie wrangled pretty quickly, Steve ends up disarmed and cornered by a bear that is way bigger than it should be. He catches a flash of scarlet out of the corner of his eye and prays that it's Tony; though he might not admit it, there are times that technology comes in handy.]
Mind lending a hand here, Stark?
[The bear swipes at him, and Steve dodges the paw, tackling it in the stomach. It feels like tackling a furry brick wall.]
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He knows that after admitting his feelings to Tony, the logical next step is a date, but, at the same time, that feels too weird to him. Dates are for getting to know someone, and there's no one he knows better than Tony Stark. (Because he's kind of an idiot sometimes, it doesn't occur to him that there are other reasons for dates, that maybe the woman he's trying to romance would, in fact, like to be romanced.)
Maybe he lets the topic fall by the wayside for a week or so because he doesn't actually know what to do and he's overcome by sheer awkwardness, and maybe that means he ends up not talking to Tony again till they're suited up and fighting some AIM goons who think that souping up zoo animals is somehow a good idea.
It's not, and although they get most of the menagerie wrangled pretty quickly, Steve ends up disarmed and cornered by a bear that is way bigger than it should be. He catches a flash of scarlet out of the corner of his eye and prays that it's Tony; though he might not admit it, there are times that technology comes in handy.]
Mind lending a hand here, Stark?
[The bear swipes at him, and Steve dodges the paw, tackling it in the stomach. It feels like tackling a furry brick wall.]