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Tony has worked with alphas before, of course. Alphas may only be 5% of the population, but 5% is still a lot of people. Of course some of them are interested in things other than military service and breeding.
Stephen still manages to surprise him. He is simultaneously the most unapologetic and most controlled alpha Tony has ever met. To be fair, most of the alphas Tony has met work in Research and Development and rarely have to deal with meeting new people. Stephen meets new people every day, usually in extremely stressful circumstances, the kind that flood the air with more pheromones than any filter can handle. That experience is probably why he can argue with Tony’s most stubborn people without ever losing his cool.
It’s a little embarrassing how hot Tony finds it.
After all, control is not exactly Tony’s first priority when it comes to partners. But fuck, watching Stephen shut people down with dry sarcasm and ruthless logic is spectacular, and the fact that he does it while riding what Tony’s nose tells him is a storm of hormones only makes it better.
Do he have an outlet for all that pent up instinct? He must, surely no one could bottle it up forever.
What must it be like when Stephen lets go?