What Tony Stark could do for me

I was reading an AU where it felt like only Tony was in character. Steve was just this pretty guy in a bar. Didn't even keep the art.

The hook for the relationship was that Steve didn't recognise him, started out communicating in a format where they didn't see each other, so initially he treated him like any other human. Which was the foundation even after they figured out who they were.

And then Tony asked what he wanted from him.

And you know, with that as a start, the answer has to be stuff he could get from anyone else on the planet, to treat him like an ordinary guy, and definitely not want to use his money.

Except... that's not the foundation of Steve and Tony.

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Also? I get frustrated at the idea that romance is entirely separate from the complex business of daily living together. A partnership works together, even if it's just to arrange food or furnish a flat. With much bigger resources around the idea it's actually superior to just stand back and let him deal with it all seems... unequitable. Impractical. Kind of exhausting. A good partner might not be good at your job, but they're good at some part of the life you're going to share, or what's the point?

Being an amusing conversationalist is not the half of it.

But what do I know, people stuff is ever baffling to me.