Friendsgiving - Apartment Above Stark Industries, Saturday Evening

[imafuturist]

Well, it looked like this dinner party was going to either be dead or the strangest one that Tony had thrown in a long time, just based on how he woke up this morning.

But the invites had been sent and there was a catered turkey all ready to be eaten. And mama didn't raise no quitter, so here Tony was. Soldiering on through One Of Those Weekends.

"...oh god, should I have childproofed the cabinets?" he asked himself, staring at his completely not kid-friendly apartment.

Yeah, this would be a great party.

[[Paaaaarty! Come on by!]]

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Re: Arrive/Mingle

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Well, we're...y'know, friends," Alec said, a little tentative. "Ain't we?"

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[heroic_jawline]

"Of course we are!" Steve said enthusiastically, leaning in to give Alec a slightly sticky hug.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Boys this age were always a little sticky. So that was a hug returned without hesitation. "Cool," he said, because you know, feelings were uncool. "Real cool."

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[heroic_jawline]

"Are you cool?" Steve asked, looking worried. "I bet Tony has another sweater."

You could swim in three too, Alec!

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"What?" Alec asked. "No, you know, cool. Like awesome!"

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[heroic_jawline]

"Ohhh. I knew that."

He hadn't. At all.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hey they were friends, which meant Alec wasn't even gonna call him out on it!

Even though it was painfully obvious that Steve'd had no idea.

"Course you did," Alec said, sincerely. "You use cool to mean 'terrific' all the time, I bet."

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[heroic_jawline]

"I will now," Steve said, then blushed.

He was so bad at not telling the truth.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Alec laughed. "S'all that matters then, a'ight?" And held his hand out for a fistbump.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve stared at the hand for a half-beat too long, then held out his own fist with a "here goes nothin'" sort of look on his face.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

Alec giggled and tapped his knuckles against Steve's. "You ain't never did a fistbump before?"

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[heroic_jawline]

"No," Steve admitted with a laugh. "We don't do that in Brooklyn."

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"You still high-fivin' in Brooklyn?" Alec asked.

Because what else was there?

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[heroic_jawline]

"And shaking hands."

Like tiny old people.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Are y'all, like, eighty or somethin'?" Alec asked.

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[heroic_jawline]

"Just polite," Steve said.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"An' nerds," Alec said with a grin.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve made a face. "I'm not a nerd! Probably!"

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"...You don't know what a nerd is, do ya?" Alec asked.

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[heroic_jawline]

"No," Steve admitted.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Someone smarter'n than everybody else," Alec said proudly. "Like a geek!"

...That meant something else in the thirties, sweetheart.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[heroic_jawline]

"Um," said Steve, eyes going wide.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"What?" Alec asked, confused.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[heroic_jawline]

"Think it means somethin' different now," he said.

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[geniuswithasmartphone]

"What does it mean to you?" Alec asked, suspicious.