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    "I want you to take him out." It wasn't phrased like a question.

     

    "I'm sorry, what? Take him out?"

     

    "Spend time with him," Howard elaborated with a nonchalant hand wave. "Teach him what it means to be a good man."

     

    Howard spoke as if Steve had already agreed to his request. He'd want Steve to be what, a glorified babysitter to a spoiled rich boy with more money than sense?

     

    "I'm flattered that you think so highly of me," Steve began, treading lightly. "But I don't think that's a good idea."

     

    Howard frowned and leaned forward in his big leather office chair, his arms resting on the desk. "Why the hell not?

     

    In 1991, Howard Stark finds Steve Rogers embedded in ice. Shut out from SHIELD and still reeling from the loss of almost everyone he ever loved, Steve accepts Howard's invitation to move into his mansion. Enter Howard's son, Tony who's sarcastic, rude, and treats Steve like an outsider. Steve resolves to stay away from him until Howard forces them together, setting off a spark that threatens to consume them both.

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