him. "I want to hug you. You are the most adorable human being in the entire world," he said, at last. "The terrifying thing is that he's completely sincere," Tony said, making everyone jump, because he had appeared out of the gathering crowd without his usual chaos. Probably because everyone was busy watching Steve make an idiot out of himself. He had a hot dog in one hand and large flat case slung over his shoulder. He tipped his head forward, eyes dancing behind the lenses of his glasses. "C'mon, Cap, you have to tell the rest of us when you're going to go out to fight for social justice, it's only fair. We're bored, too." "It was a spur of the moment thing," Steve explained. "Sometimes social injustice just HAPPENS." "Well, fuck that noise," Tony agreed. He swung the bag off of his shoulder. "Trade you." Steve took the bag with his free hand, knowing it was his shield, knowing he didn't need it and desperately grateful to Tony for having brought it, anyways. "The police-" "Are right behind me," Tony said, "but I like field testing things." He finished up his hot dog and crumbled up the wrapper, tossing it towards the nearby trash can with a flick of his arm. Tony crouched down, reaching into his suit coat pocket with his free hand and pulling out something that looked like a length of thick coiled wire. As Steve held the man steady, Tony wove the ends around