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When Stephen wakes it's next to no one.
“Friday, where's Tony?” he slurs, rolling onto his back and blinking into the dark room.
“he's in the kitchen sir”
Groaning, Stephen rolls out of the bed and retrieves Tony's silk dressing gown to cover his bare body.
Stretching his sore limbs from a day of fighting evil and a night of loving Tony, he makes his way to the kitchen.
There he finds Tony, dressed in one of the sweaters he uses when he's building and iron man boxers, sitting at the bar.
Stephen approaches quietly, slowly wrapping his arms around Tony's waist and kissing behind his ear.
“what are you doing baby?” he murmurs behind his ear, moving over and kissing under his jaw.
“come back to bed” he pleads, going for the corner of Tony's smiling mouth.
He freezes at the monstrosity he sees before him.
Tony has a cookie in his hand and next to the bagel on the counter there's a kale shake.
The cookie drips green liquid.
“you did not dip your cookie in your kale shake”
“I know it's weird b-"
“I love you more than I've ever loved anything but this has me questioning”
“you haven't tasted it Steph”
“and I never will. Come back to bed and we'll pretend this didn't happen” Stephen moves his embrace to Tony's chest and slides him out of the stool.
Tony sighs, “alright” he sluggishly leads the way. Stephen smiles at his cuteness and kisses the back of his neck as they walk.
“oh wait!” Tony swerves away from Stephen and returns to the counter to quickly get half the bagel and dunk it in the shake.
Something inside Stephen dies.
“Please… not the bagel…”