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Tony opened his eyes to the orange and pink sky over the Pacific Ocean. He shouldn't be awake. It was definitely sleeping time. Yesterday had been another day filled with joyous science and the glorious heat as he and Bruce came together. He still wondered how he had managed for this to be his life. Bruce, always the more zen of the two, would tell him to stop questioning and just enjoy it.
He looked down at the top of Bruce's head, perfectly fitted into the space next to the arc reactor, his perpetually unruly and perfect curls tickling Tony's chin. The words spilled out of Tony's mouth, quietly singing as if he had no choice, because he didn't. Tony would say anything, give anything to this man who had broken down all of his carefully constructed walls. "If I lay here, if I just lay here will you lie with me and just forget the world." Bruce's arms tightened around Tony and his lips curled up in a smile against Tony's chest. No questioning today. Everything was good.