"That it was really--dangerously--visible. I have to hide mine when I wear it to press conferences, and no one would be able to do anything to me if they saw. If they knew. You have more at stake."
He nips Peter's ear.
"But maybe I could cuff you, instead. With a watch or bracelets. Probably a watch--no one would know what it was but us."
"It would just need to be a cuff you wouldn't mind my taking off."
Would be all.
"When I'm a schoolteacher, or when I'm a diplomat, when I'm a ditch digger. Not that I do much of that these days, but I shouldn't like to make a promise I can't keep."
"I don't wear my collar all the time either. As much fun as it would be to have you cuffed all the time, wherever you were...it's not practical. I know."
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:09 am (UTC)"I didn't know you understood so well."
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:15 am (UTC)He teases, but there is some degree of honesty in it.
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:16 am (UTC)He says, leaning his forehead against Tony's arm.
"I've never thought that."
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:20 am (UTC)Still being honest.
He grabs his jacket off the back of the couch and drapes it over Peter.
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:22 am (UTC)Peter points out, softly.
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Date: 2012-11-30 06:24 am (UTC)"If I hadn't been just back from Afghanistan I would have taken you to the private room and ridden you until we landed."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:06 am (UTC)Reminding him.
"If I'd wanted to honeypot you I'd have done it differently."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:09 am (UTC)He smiles.
"So I was thinking about what Bruce was saying, about the collar..."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:10 am (UTC)Striving to remember the conversation.
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:13 am (UTC)He nips Peter's ear.
"But maybe I could cuff you, instead. With a watch or bracelets. Probably a watch--no one would know what it was but us."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:25 am (UTC)"Watches are complicated, Tony."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:28 am (UTC)Tony shows him his, a beautiful copper piece.
"Look how simple that is."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:30 am (UTC)Would be all.
"When I'm a schoolteacher, or when I'm a diplomat, when I'm a ditch digger. Not that I do much of that these days, but I shouldn't like to make a promise I can't keep."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:34 am (UTC)"I don't wear my collar all the time either. As much fun as it would be to have you cuffed all the time, wherever you were...it's not practical. I know."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:35 am (UTC)He gives, smiling at him.
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:37 am (UTC)Tony knows his price perspective is, well. Skewed. Bruce has pointed it out often enough.
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:38 am (UTC)He tells him, kissing him, softly.
"Have him make a game of it. He collard you, he's giving you me."
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:44 am (UTC)Which means he intends to devote all his attention to Peter tonight. He smiles, and goes back to kissing him for a while.
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Date: 2012-11-30 07:52 am (UTC)He murmurs finally, and for once feels like he's managed to help in a situation that needed an emotional response instead of brute force.
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Date: 2012-11-30 03:59 pm (UTC)Nosing at his cheek.
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Date: 2012-11-30 09:05 pm (UTC)He murmurs, and nips his lower lip.
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Date: 2012-11-30 09:08 pm (UTC)Smiling.
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Date: 2012-11-30 09:10 pm (UTC)He grins.
"And you could've picked a worse person to spill your guts to."
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Date: 2012-11-30 09:17 pm (UTC)Smiling, quietly.
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