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    “You always do this,” Tony said, voice too sharp to pass for casual.

    Steve blinked, slow. “Do what?”

    “This... whole saint of quiet suffering thing. Being soft with me. Like I’m gonna crumble if you raise your voice.” Tony stared back down into the tea like it might answer for him. “I’m not glass, Rogers.”

    “No,” Steve said, and this time his voice had weight. “You’re not. You’re iron.”

    Tony looked up. Pulse skipped. Not from fear. From recognition.

    Steve held his gaze—steady, grounded, real.

    “And iron cracks too,” he finished, “if no one cools it down.”

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