there will be time to murder and create; closed

[wrathfulkhan]

Characters: Gene Khan, Tony Stark; Milyn, possibly, later.
Date: February 4th
Location: Midnight Hotel; later, Milyn's clinic
Situation: Time to return home and face FULL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES. But first...
Warnings/Rating: Talk of long-since-committed murder. Definite sappy gay bullshit. Probably boys yelling. I don't know?

And time for all the works and days of hands
That lift and drop a question on your plate;
Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.

When Tony returns to their shared room, he will find all of Gene's meager belongings carefully packed into a bag - as though he's preparing to leave, or is ready for being told to leave - and Gene himself sitting at the table, the rings on their string sitting before him, his head bowed in an attitude of contemplation.

"I need to talk to you," he says, looking up when Tony enters, his voice slightly hoarse, his face carefully blank.

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[highprofilerichkid]

Tony smiles and nods, and squeezes Gene's hand. "I'm wiped out, and you don't look much better. We should get some sleep." Maybe they'll both feel better about all this after they've slept on it.

"I should shower again, too..." He pauses, looking uncertain again. "You wanna come with me...?"

[wrathfulkhan]

Gene nods, finally allowing himself to feel the exhaustion of relief. Things weren't totally horrible. They hadn't broken up, Tony hadn't left. Things would be okay.

Then the question hits and his ears go a little red. He looks at Tony, just as uncertain, not sure if this is a test. "Um...yeah, okay. If you want me to."

[highprofilerichkid]

"Only if you want to," Tony says, blushing a little bit himself. He doesn't want to push things; not while their relationship is still in such a precarious state. But he wants to do something nice for Gene. He wants to show him that he cares, and he's not going to leave him.

"I'm going to shower. And... You can come join me. If you want. Okay?" He smiles again. Then he stands and walks to the bathroom. If Gene wants to follow, he's welcome. If not, Tony won't hold it against him. They have plenty of time to work things out at their own pace.

[wrathfulkhan]

It's probably not a wise choice, but Gene thinks that he does want to join Tony. At least for the closeness it would provide, the physical comfort aside from anything else implied by a joint shower.

He waits for a moment before getting to his feet and following. Too often he's tried to consider every angle when dealing with Tony; rarely does he let himself just be. He's trying that out now, and time will tell how well it works.

[highprofilerichkid]

Tony smiles when Gene slips into the shower with him. He wraps his arms around Gene's waist and kisses him gently, carefully, still a little afraid that Gene will pull away.

It's the first time they've kissed since everything went to hell, so he's nervous, but this seems like as good a time as any for it. The enclosed space of the shower, with the dim light and and warm steam and the white noise of water rushing around them, feels like a safe little cocoon. A little bit of isolation from the outside world and all the drama and heartache it contains. It's not bad place to start putting the pieces back together, Tony thinks.

[wrathfulkhan]

Gene's hesitant at first, but he kisses Tony back after a moment, just as gently. He doesn't want to move too fast or presume too much about what Tony wants from him. He'll take things nice and slow if Tony does, here in the shower, hiding away from the world. It feels safe here, and safety isn't something Gene has felt in a long while.