When Tony, already badly injured, faces off against the Mandarin, Steve comes to Tony's rescue. It's their first mission since the two of them have gotten together, and Steve discovers that there are some unexpected new feelings he has to deal with.
Примечания автора: For Cap-IM Bingo, the square "intimacy without sex."
This is set during/after Iron Man v3 #9 & #10 ("Revenge of the Mandarin"). For context, Tony fights Whiplash and is then set upon, out of the armor, by the Spymaster and his gang of thugs, the Espionage Elite. Natasha finds Tony lying in an alley with his heart stopped, so he's already a mess as he puts the armor on and insists on going off to fight the Mandarin. On the way there Tony nearly flies into a tower, realizes he's not in great shape, and then sets the autopilot and passes out so that he can have a nice relaxing period of unconsciousness while the armor flies him to the Mandarin. As you can tell, Tony is making some great life choices here. I love comics.
Anyway, Natasha calls the Avengers for backup and I thought there should be a story about the fact that Steve is right there when the team finds Tony in the wreckage of the Mandarin's ship.
Thanks to Enki and Hayluhalo for beta! Thanks to phoenixmetaphor for plotting help! Yay!