Cottage Cheese

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

As lively as he felt these days, it felt right to give his beloved a lively greeting. A little light show from above to get his attention and a rapid descent to join his side. He wasn’t one to be completely outdone when it sounded as if Thor had something special in mind.

“Don’t keep me in suspense.” Before he could descend completely, he positioned himself to sit on the massive man’s shoulder.

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[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“The man it’s attached to isn’t bad either.”

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor just beams up at Tony. "So I shouldn't shave it into a goatee?"

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tony pinched both of Thor's cheeks and tugged them into a gawkish smile. "No. Keep your own style."

[st_ormbreaker]

Tony doesn't need to tug very long; his face naturally shifts into that expression.

"When we go back," he says, "I want there to be a place for you on New Asgard. Maybe not a cabin like this, but a place of your own."

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

A pang hit him at the mention of the future. Tony swallowed it.

"I'll miss being roomies." Tony chuckled half-heartedly, using his leverage on the man to turn him in whichever direction he felt like looking. "Aside from the sun-aged flank steaks, you're a nice roomie."

[st_ormbreaker]

"You'll miss the steaks," he tells him. "Whenever you're in town, I'll have you over for dinner."

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

"I won't miss the steaks." Their words collided as Tony spoke right over him, hooking his fingers into the inner corners of his Thor's lips. "Assuming you don't settle on Earth and I don't invent FTL travel, I'll need that fancy-schmancy communicator you promised me."

[st_ormbreaker]

"An asyumin Aye say ehn Erf?" Thor manages with Tony's fingers still in his mouth.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

There was only one response to that. Tony promptly tugged Thor’s head back to meet his gaze head-on with a warm little smile of his own.

[st_ormbreaker]

The ends of Thor's lips quirk up in a goofy grin at Tony's smile.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“We’ll figure it out.” Bumping foreheads, Tony released his grip on the man’s mouth.

[st_ormbreaker]

"We will," Thor says, though he can hardly figure out anything these days; every time he thinks he's settled on something, indecision seizes him. He always wanted to be a good man instead of a great king, but now he has to figure out how to be both when he often feels like neither.

"How do you feel about bear?" he asks suddenly.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“The animal?” Tony interlocked his fingers beneath Thor’s chin, lazily sinking forward as he remained on his Asgardian perch.

[st_ormbreaker]

"Yes," he says. "I was thinking bear skin rug." And bear meat itself, but that went without saying.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“Not the resident, right? The one that gives massages.” He mumbles into the crown of Thor’s head, crossing his ankles.

[st_ormbreaker]

"Some other bear," he says, running his hands up and down Tony's calves. "I've taken down my fair share of Bilgesnipes; a bear should be nothing."

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“You’re kind of a bear yourself.” Whether Thor would catch the innuendo or not, his tone at least suggested it was a compliment. “I’ll accept it.”

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor accepts the compliment.

"There will be plenty of bear steak to go around," he says. "I won't force it on you if you don't want to try it." He's sure he can cajole Valkyrie into helping him finish it off.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

Tony gave Thor’s shoulder a pat to signal a sudden desire to be carried around to the front. “Fire up the barbecue. Not the window.”

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor gets the signal and sure enough, begins carrying Tony off on his shoulders. "The pool should be open up," he says. "There's a BBQ there. It won't be as good as it would if it were sun-roasted, but I'm sure I can make it taste half-decent."

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“I guarantee it will taste just as good.” Tony’s hands crept up Thor’s neck to situate himself in the hammock of the large man’s arms.

[st_ormbreaker]

"Can't get comfortable?" Thor asks.

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“That’s what you’re here for.” Expectantly circling his head to survey the room one last time, Tony grinned widely as ideas buzzed in his head. “I was struck with inspiration. Just now.”

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor's gaze attempts to follow Tony's.

"What kind of inspiration?"

[st_arkravinghazelnut]

“For as much as we fly, how about a few more love nests dotting the way?” Carving out a home in the mountains, by the beach, or somewhere well hidden away in the desert...beyond the intimacy, there were so many possibilities.