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“Hey Pete, you mind if I come over on the weekend so we can start working on this project?” You asked your best friend, bumping shoulders with him as you walked out of the school doors.
“Yeah, no problem! I’ll probably be home all weekend, so just stop by.” He replied. You and Peter had hit it off ever since you first met in freshman year Advanced Algebra II class in high school. You two were inseparable, he was the geeky aspiring chemist kid ready to enjoy high school, and you were the pensive writer, always dreaming of something more. Now, you two were in college, living the dream. The stressful, microwaveable-food-filled dream, but the dream nonetheless.
You and Peter had just been assigned a project for your astronomy class, and you were super excited. Recently, you’d been super interested in astronomy and convinced Peter to sign up for the class just for fun for the new semester, and you couldn’t be happier. Nothing sounded better than studying constellations with your best friend.
“I’m so excited!” You said, unable to contain your emotion, “I wish we could start today, but I know, you have your Stark internship and blah blah blah.” Peter opened his mouth to say something, “Nope! Don’t apologize!” You cut him off before he could begin speaking, “I’m happy for you, just make sure you’re ready to fucking rage this weekend on this project.”
“You know, when normal students ask someone if they’re ready to fucking rage, they’re talking about a party. When you say it, you’re talking about school of all things.” He commented, exasperated.
“Good thing I’m not normal, then!”
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It was Saturday night, and you’d just finished hanging out at the beach before you realized you had to work on the astronomy project, so, naturally, you rushed to get to Peter, not bothering to change clothes.He wouldn’t mind, you thought, making your way up to the door and unlocking it.
“Honey, I’m home!” You called out as you stepped inside, dropping your bags rather loudly on the clean hardwood floors. No response.
That’s weird. A little more cautiously, you called, “Peter?” slowly walking into the massive living room. Peter was staying at Stark’s house for a while, and being in such a huge space while it was quiet and dark was a little unsettling. “Peter!” you whisper-shouted, peering around the room. This better not be some joke, you thought, beginning to become irritated. Hell! I rush all the way over here, didn’t even get to change, and he has the audacity to not be here. You knew you were being irrational, but still, you were allowed to be annoyed. This bathing suit is comfy, but rough denim shorts and an old zip up hoodie do not feel that good against- “Ahh!” You shouted as you felt a rough hand on your hip and a strong arm wrap around your neck from behind you. Quickly, you put your hands up.
“Stay still.” A rough and deep voice that you recognized as Tony Stark’s commanded. You felt hot breath on your neck as he kept a tight grip on your body. “Stay still, and you won’t get hurt. So many people have been after Peter recently, and I swear to God, if you were planning on being one of them, you chose the wrong place to do that,” He murmured into your ear. You didn’t know what to say. “So, if you don’t mind, please explain what you’re doing sneaking into my house.”
“Um, Peter, he gave me the key to your house. I’m so sorry if-“ You began.
“Oh my God, Y/N? Is that you?” immediately, you felt his grip and posture relax. “JARVIS, turn on the lights.” He turned you around. “Oh my God, I’m so sorry, I didn’t recognize you in the dark, I’ve been in my lab all day without contact from the outside world and-“ He started rambling.
“Mr. Stark! It’s fine! I don’t blame you, being Iron Man is no casual business,” You cut him off, “no hard feelings.” You assured him. It’s a bit weird he would be that worried about Peter, an intern’s, safety,You thought to yourself.
“I just- I’ve been stressed lately and I swear I didn’t recognize you,” He took a moment to look at you, and suddenly, you became conscious of the fact that he still had a hand on your shoulder. “You look good!”
“Oh, uh, thanks?”
A look of realization came upon his face, “Oh- not that you don’t always look good! Okay, that sounded kind of creepy. That got weird. I’m not weird. I just, I mean, you’re not ugly.” He said, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Thanks, I guess.” You laughed. “Sorry that I scared you, Mr. Stark. Peter said he would be here during the weekend so we could work on this astronomy project for school, and I’m used to just showing up unannounced at May’s place, so... Yeah.”
“Please, call me Tony. And yeah, no problem. I’m sure Peter’s just out, he’ll be here in no time. Feel free to make yourself at home, you know, mi casa es su casa.” He said in a horrible accent, awkwardly motioning with his hands.
“Okay, Tony.” You laughed.
“Well, I’ll be downstairs. Come down if you need me.” He said.
“Sure thing.”
Well, here goes nothing, You thought to yourself, fully knowing it would be hours until Peter came home.
~~~
Hours had past, and you’d made a pretty significant dent in the work. Still, it was already 12:30 in the morning and you hadn’t heard from Peter. Hesitantly, you began to tiptoe down the stairs to the lab. Why tiptoe? You don’t know. Realizing how weird you were being, you straightened yourself out before gently knocking on the glass, “Come in!” You heard a voice call out from seemingly nowhere. A head you recognized as Tony’s popped up from behind some sort of robot. “What can I help you with?” He asked.
“I just was wondering if you’ve heard from Peter, it’s kind of late and there’s no sign of him. So….” You trailed off, suddenly finding yourself bashful in front of this man you usually were able to joke around with.
“Oh! I haven’t heard from him, but I wouldn’t worry. You’re free to stick around to wait if you’d like?” He offered.
“Sure, um, thanks. It’s tiring, but it’ll be nice to have a head start on this project once he comes home.” You said.
“Yeah, school can be stressful... So…. Whatcha working on?” He asked.
You let out a slight laugh, “Oh my god, finally somebody’s interested in what I’m learning! Peter and I are working on a project for our astronomy elective. We get to map the night sky on certain nights and then identify the constellations. It’s pretty easy objectively but there’s just a lot of analysis behind the project and we have to do it for a lot of nights… I’ve been interested in astronomy lately and I somehow managed to convince Peter to sign up for the elective with me. It’s just like, the sky’s so cool, ya know? There’s so much we still have to learn about the universe as it’s expanding. Also, everything’s just very pretty, if I’m honest...” You went on, rambling about the beauties of the unknown and about life on other planets. Tony was looking at you with an expression you’d never seen before, but you liked it. It made you feel like someone actually cared about what you thought.
“You know… if you want, I could show you some pretty cool close ups of some stars and planets, a while ago I worked on some just-for-fun tech that’s able to do that. You’ll be able to get a clearer image of the sky, one without all the air and light pollution. That sound cool?” He asked.
“Oh my god, really? That’d be so cool! Thank you so much!” You could’ve squealed, had you not been in front of genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, Tony Stark.
“Of course, here, let me show you,” He said, taking your hand. “JARVIS, clear the floor, would ya? We want the clearest view possible for the little lady.” He said, giving you a little wink. As JARVIS moved everything, he lead you to this box-looking machine. Using his hands to guide yours, he stood behind you, getting ready to explain the tech. To be frank, you did not mind the position at all. His arms wrapped around yours as his front almost touched your back, allowing you to once again feel his hot breath fan your neck. “It’s pretty simple, really,” He spoke into your ear, “This is the on button, this is where you enter your coordinates, and then this arrow pad and joystick control your image.” He explained as he toyed with each control. You almost whined when he took a slight step back, reaching for an object that looked like the same controls just on a smaller scale. “But, it’s better if you just use this, more leverage,” He explained, handing you the device, “Same concept, smaller scale.” He gave you a lopsided smile.
“Thanks,” You breathed out. Honestly, you didn’t know what to expect as you flipped the on switch. Maybe a projection of the night sky on the wall?
“Hold on a second,” Tony said, “JARVIS, turn off the lights.” And with that, you were engulfed into a blanket of darkness. “You may proceed,” You took a breath in as you typed your coordinates, and, with a click of a button, you were suddenly enveloped between what looked like millions stars. The once pitch black room was filled with floating orbs of white and reddish light. You thought you could even see some planets, seemingly off in the distance. It was as if you could reach out in front of you and touch the night sky.
“I didn’t know what I was gonna see, but this blew me away,” You laughed, slowly spinning to get a good view of what surrounded you, “This is awesome! How’d you figure this out? Wait- on second thought, don’t explain that to me, my brain might combust. This is- this is magical.” You said, taking a look around. He laughed.
“It’s actually pretty simple,” You heard a voice come up from behind you, “But, as you wish. Can you recognize any constellations?”
“To be honest, it’s hard to see any since I’m not used to seeing this many stars so close together,” You admitted, still staring at the spectacle in front of you, “it sounds like fun to figure it out.”
“Oh, trust me, it is,” He said, grinning, “you mind if I show you some right now?”
“Be my guest.”
“Gladly. Right there you can see Jupiter,” He said as he stood directly behind you, pointing toward a bright and shining sphere, “And, right there,” He guided your hands on the joystick, “is Antares. If you zoom out you can see the full Scorpius constellation.”
“I’ve never seen anything like this. Thank you so much,” You breathed out, afraid to make any motion with Tony in such close proximity.
“Oh, it’s nothing,” He said, dismissively, “Glad to do anything I can to help.”
“No, really, I mean it,” you turned around to face him,“Thank you, for everything,” You said. “I hope I’m not being a problem,” You laughed a little, looking up at Tony with a slight hint of worry.
“It’s my pleasure,” He replied as he stared into your eyes for a moment too long. You took a moment to really look at Tony, with his milk chocolate eyes, surprisingly good looking facial hair, the laugh lines, the worry lines; it was easy to see how he had women falling at his feet. He had clearly lead a rich and eventful life. “Now, let’s get back to the stars.” He said, distracting you from your spiral of thought. Turning you back around, he reached from behind your body and covered your hands with his, guiding you through what seemed like hundreds and thousands of stars. It was so easy to get lost in them. To see them with such detail was amazing, but it was also hard to not get distracted by Tony being so close to you.
After a while, you got used to the feeling of his presence behind you; he was so close you could feel the heat radiating off of him while you breathed in his cologne. Slowly, you pressed into the front of his body, feeling him still for a split second before resuming explaining everything to you.
That could’ve been an accident, he tried to rationalize. Slightly disappointed from the lack of response, you pushed on, Tony’s breath faltered as you removed your hand from one of the controls, placing it on top of his to trace patterns along his skin. Oh. Okay. That wasn’t an accident. Still not satisfied, you decided to take it a step further. Slowly, subtly, you made rhythmic movements, rubbing against Tony. If you were being honest, you had no idea where your newfound confidence was coming from.
“Y/n- what are you doing?” He questioned, letting out a rough breath.
“Hm?” You questioned innocently. You continued to look around at the stars, although Tony had stopped moving the image. Finally, You thought, maybe I’m getting somewhere.
Tony was starting to become more and more noticeably affected by what you were doing; his breathing seemed more concentrated while he tried his best to focus on the stars surrounding him. He looked up, wondering how it came to this: him hung up on one of Peter’s friends. If it were anybody else, he would happily reciprocate their advances, but it was almost as if he were scared to with you. Scared he would mess things up with Peter, scared he would somehow break you. Ever so gently, he got closer to you, causing him to be pressed up against you completely. Taking this as a sign to keep going, you moved your arms so that his were slightly hovering around your waist while he held the control, not quite touching you. Realizing his hands were occupied, you took the control and placed it on a table beside you. You felt Tony let his hands fall around your hips. There was no space left in between you as you began to move with one another, causing heat and friction to build up.
“Fuck, Y/N, I can’t take this anymore,” Tony breathed, turning you around to face him. He buried his face into the crook of your neck, walking until he had you against a wall. “Can I?” He asked, looking into your eyes. You nodded vigorously before being cut off by a pair of lips attaching to your exposed neck. A shaky sigh escaped from your lips as you ran your hands through his thick head of hair. Tony snaked his hands into your unzipped hoodie before sliding it off of your arms and dropping it onto the ground, not willing to stop kissing you. “You’re so beautiful,” He mumbled into your lips. Eagerly you kissed him back, enjoying the feeling of Tony’s rough hands against your back. Goosebumps rose along your arms as Tony paused for a second to push your hair back and murmur, “You have no idea how long I’ve wanted this, princess.” He began to nibble on your ear, causing you to become weak in the knees.
“Fuck, Tony,” You breathed, arching your back and resting against the wall. He made his way down your neck to your collarbone, leaving a trail of love bites behind. You threw your head back, giving him more room to work with as he found your sweet spot. You let out a slight moan, causing him to suck harder on your neck before rubbing his throbbing erection onto your heat. Your hands flew to his back and felt his muscles tense as he lifted you up onto a table. You could feel his erection harden as he stepped in between your legs. Heat ran all throughout your midsection as you grinded against his rough jeans, desperate to get any contact you could. Tony mirrored your actions, pressing close against you, but he was frustrated by the lack of freedom the table gave you two.
“Okay, you know what, this isn’t working,” He said before picking you up and heading to the lab door. You didn’t let the fact that he was walking up stairs stop you, you kissed Tony’s jawline and began to leave a hickey before he stumbled against the wall. “Listen princess, not that I don’t love where this is going, but you’re going to have to stop a bit for me.” He purred, resting his forehead against yours.
“Okay.” You sighed as you buried your head into his neck, breathing in his cologne. Too impatient to do absolutely nothing, you drew patterns on his back until he set you down on the couch. You attempted to resume kissing before he stopped you for a moment, causing you to whine from the lack of contact. Quickly, he took off his shirt and hovered over you. You stared up into his big brown eyes, letting your arms loosely wrap around his neck. In this moment, you felt quite vulnerable, in your bathing suit and jean shorts, underneath a billionaire who seemingly had it all, but you also felt safe, cared for, wanted.
“Keep going,” You meant to sound commanding, but you’d sounded more weak than you wanted to. You were about to speak again but Tony’s lips prevented you from saying anything else, and you noticed that this kiss was softer. It felt more tender and held a different kind of passion. Slowly, you slid a hand down his back, bringing him closer to you. You found yourself in a much more delicate environment, and were afraid to break it. You relished in his warm touch, not wanting the kiss to end, but slowly he opened eyes and pulled away. He looked at you with a slightly worried expression on his face, as if he was searching for any signs of regret. You brought him back down for another kiss, bringing a hand to play with his soft hair. Suddenly, you heard a click at the door.
“Peter!” you both exclaimed in unison.
“Hurry! Put your shirt back on!” you told Tony, reaching for his shirt before tossing it at him as he ran for the other side of the room. As fast as you could, you tried to fix your hair and make it look like you’d been working on the project the entire time.
“Peter! How are you?” You slightly shouted as he walked through the front door.
“Oh, hey Y/N! What’re you doing here?” he let out a nervous laugh.
"You said you’d be here so we could work on the project, but I couldn’t find you. Tony was home and said I could wait for you so I decided to stay a bit and work on the project.” You motioned to your project, and Tony, who was awkwardly standing on the other side of the room.
“It’s one in the morning,” He said, giving you a slightly confused look. “Oh, hi, Mr. Stark.” Tony gave a slight wave.
“Must’ve lost track of time, then. Silly me, oops.” You let out an awkward laugh and grabbed your backpack, “Well, I better get going.”
“You sure? You-”
“Really, Peter, it’s fine. I took my car here anyways, I can drive back home. Thanks for letting me stay, Tony. See you on Monday, Peter. Bye!”
An awkward silence fell over the room as the door shut. “Something seem off to you?” Peter turned to Tony.
“Nope. Never noticed anything. I’ll uh, I’ll be in the lab if you need anything.” Tony responded as he turned on his heel, making his way down the stairs.
“Huh.”