stargraven | Ficlet: SteveTony Games Angst Fill -- Doesn't It Ever Get Old (Reply)

A kind of trash fill for the "Growing Old Together" square. Canon compliant-ish vs canon-divergent takes on Steve and Tony Talking It Out on the subject.

MCU, Take One:
"Tony, no, please... We were supposed to grow old together..."
"We were supposed to do a lot of things together, Steve. It was always you saying it, and always you dropping the ball."

MCU, Take Two:
"What the fuck, Steve? We were supposed to grow old together..."
"What was I supposed to do, Tony? When you skipped straight over "get old," went directly to "die," and never bothered to let anyone know you had "come back from the dead" already lined up?"

616, Take One:
"I always thought we'd grow old together, Tony, and just look at me now..."
"No, Steve, that's not it either. You were never supposed to get old at all."

616, Take Two:
"Do you know what I would have done differently now, Steve? NOTHING!"
"Once I had the dream that we'd grow old together, Tony, but you smashed that, you and your secrets and lies. So now? We can die together, instead."

Ults:
"It's not like we were ever going to grow old together, Steve, I knew that... But it was supposed to be me, going first... It was supposed to be me..."

There was no answer. Steve had sold his time to buy Tony's.

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Username: wynnesome, steward of subversion
Work Type: Fic
Bingo Prompt: Growing Old Together (opposite day)
Content Warning: MCD
Extra Prompts: None
Main Universe: Ults