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(originally written for fandom stocking; 7/33

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Steve hates long missions.

It hadn’t always used to be this way. When he first woke up from the ice, he welcomed them: something to keep his mind occupied, something familiar in a sea of the foreign. Now, though, Steve’s found his home. He’s got a family, a gorgeous omega and so many friends to come home to, and lengthier trips get harder and harder to justify.

This one, though, was important enough for Steve to make an exception. There were reports of an underground HYDRA base growing in Yemen, a base potentially wielding world-threatening bioweapons, so Steve had agreed without a second thought. It took three months of radio silence before they could finally shut every bit of the cell down, and every day, Steve ached for home a little more. He missed Tony like it was a physical loss; he lay awake every night, thinking of Tony’s hands, his smile, the warmth of his eyes.

Finally, though, he’s home. The preliminary debrief at SHIELD only takes an hour, but it’s an hour too long for Steve. By the time he gets back to the Tower, he’s so eager to see Tony he’s almost buzzing with it, so he bypasses their bedroom and heads straight to the lab. He punches in his passcode with shaking fingers, all but bounds into the workshop, and - freezes.

Because yes, that’s Tony, all right. That’s Tony, arguing with the ceiling with his hands on his hips, that’s Tony, with an undeniable swell to his belly.

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