"No." Steve had never taken the easy way out in his life. He was too stubborn. Too idealistic. Too stupid maybe to take it. "I fight for what I believe in and I believe in us. We don't know if it's too much. It's not easy but it never has been for us."
Their work. Their lives. It was never easy. There are times it feels easy. Laying in bed with Tony in his arms or sketching Tony while he works in the lab, those things are easy. There are moments where being with Tony is the easiest thing in the world for Steve. That's not how it always is. They still clash. This is just the biggest problem they've faced since getting together.
"Because sometimes it does. Tony, we survived Ultron when you were convinced we were gonna lose." Steve hates to bring it up but it's true. They managed to get through that and win. Looking for the people that ordered Tony's parents killed can't be harder than that even with Bucky involved. "You don't give up, right? Then don't give up on us just because one outcome is going to be brutal for both of us."
Did Tony think it would be easy for Steve? If it came down to a choice it would rip Steve apart to make it. He isn't even sure what he'd do when faced with it. Bucky? Tony? He doesn't know and damn it, he doesn't want to make it. He doesn't want to choose between the man he loved and his best friend. It is painful to even think about.
"There are other options. There are other ways this could play out." Steve kept searching Tony's expression, looking for some way to convince him, some way to get through his stubborn fucking head that things could be different if he'd give it a chance.
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Their work. Their lives. It was never easy. There are times it feels easy. Laying in bed with Tony in his arms or sketching Tony while he works in the lab, those things are easy. There are moments where being with Tony is the easiest thing in the world for Steve. That's not how it always is. They still clash. This is just the biggest problem they've faced since getting together.
"Because sometimes it does. Tony, we survived Ultron when you were convinced we were gonna lose." Steve hates to bring it up but it's true. They managed to get through that and win. Looking for the people that ordered Tony's parents killed can't be harder than that even with Bucky involved. "You don't give up, right? Then don't give up on us just because one outcome is going to be brutal for both of us."
Did Tony think it would be easy for Steve? If it came down to a choice it would rip Steve apart to make it. He isn't even sure what he'd do when faced with it. Bucky? Tony? He doesn't know and damn it, he doesn't want to make it. He doesn't want to choose between the man he loved and his best friend. It is painful to even think about.
"There are other options. There are other ways this could play out." Steve kept searching Tony's expression, looking for some way to convince him, some way to get through his stubborn fucking head that things could be different if he'd give it a chance.