Return to Malibu - PSL for Arthur

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After certain delightful interludes in the office, as well as teasing the pointman rather mercilessly on the plane ride back to Malibu through teasing looks and comments that wouldn't mean much to anyone but him and Arthur, Tony found himself ready to do nothing but avoid work.

Which left him in a precarious position because he wasn't entirely trying to avoid Arthur.

Sleeping in, he had taken calls he couldn't avoid, made one to Mal that revealed nothing but was designed to ensure she wanted to know more. Having planted that idea in her head, he considered his options. In the end, he went down to the lab.

Surrounded by work, by Dummy and parts and things that could well explode, the chances were good that even if Arthur did seek him out, this would not be a place for the sort of work they were meant to do. It wasn't that he didn't want his mind militarized and protected to keep the suit safe. It was that he was certain that Arthur would do his job, do it quickly and efficiently, and he wasn't quite sure he was ready to let him leave his life. Not yet.

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"Wait, what part?"

He smiled at that, pulling back slightly as if considering what it was that Arthur was talking about. He frowned, head canting to one side as if trying to think of what he was asking.

"Are you so certain we're moving on to that part? I thought we were waiting and seeing what happened?" Yet he knew he wouldn't, didn't want to. If he only had a week or so, he didn't want to wait. He wanted to have time with him, to have him and do whatever they could. Otherwise he risked just accepting that, in the end, he'd tease Arthur and then one day he'd be up and gone.

His fingers tucked at the hem of Arthur's shirt. "Take it off."

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Arthur tilted his head to look at the older man and bit on his bottom lip. They had talked about seeing how wound up Tony could get him today but he couldn't stop thinking about Friday night and the teasing and the looks. "Well, unless of course, you do want to see how tightly wound I can get by tonight." Or tomorrow. There was a certain level of delight in waiting.

He hummed when Tony started to tug on the hem of his shirt. It took nearly no time at all to step out of Tony's arms and remove his shirt. He did turn to face him then, to look at him with darkening eyes. "Do you want to wait?"

Regardless if he would admit it or not, Arthur was thinking along the same lines as Tony was. They had a short amount of time together and he wanted to take advantage of that time before he woke up one morning and either Tony was bored and found someone else or he had to leave and go on a job. Either were fairly likely to be honest.

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"Well, I'm thinking? You should go with me to dinner tonight. Public place but not a dinner party with the kind of insanity there was before. Just you and I, and screw the tabloids thinking it is anything but business. Of course, I say that but I plan to rent the place out for you and I. For your protection," he offered with a smile. "So I want you wound up for that," he admitted, showing his hand for just what it was he wanted.

But then he was naked and he sighed. "I want that. I want to play. I want my time with you. I never take time with anyone but I want it with you," he admitted, feeling like he was admitting too much.

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Oh.

Oh.

Arthur couldn't help but smile. "Yeah? I'd like that." He couldn't remember the last time he had been out to dinner with someone like that and there had never been a time when someone rented out an entire restaurant for such event.

Tony was starting to make Arthur want all the things that he had never truly allowed himself to want or have. Least not while he did what he did in his career. Arthur felt a little naked, standing there shirtless in front of Tony and just wanting everything that he talked about. He leaned in and press a kiss to his jaw. "Then -- let's take our time," he whispered. "Play, learn, explore." Whatever that entailed.

Waiting...he could wait.

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It was the same for Tony. This was a moment of allowing himself so much he had never had before. Of just spending time with someone that wasn't Pepper or Rhodey, that maybe he would one day reveal to the world.

That the very thought came to him stunned Tony. He wanted more time with Arthur. A lot more time with him.

"So tonight we'll have dinner and wine and then I'll probably take you in public. Or in the car. All because I can," he murmured. "If you let me," he added though, with a grin.

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Arthur couldn't help himself, he chuckled at the last part and leaned forward to rest his forehead against the older man's. "If I let you," he agreed with a grin. In all honesty, he probably would so long as he knew they wouldn't be caught doing it. When Tony took him on the desk just feet away from the party on Friday evening -- well, perhaps he had a little bit of a kink with semi/near public sex. "Considering how Friday went..." he trailed off. It wouldn't be hard to connect the dots though. He had fully allowed Tony to undress him and take him then.

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Tony was definitely counting on that kink paying off. A kink he hadn't asked about but he assumed. What else was he to think about their first time and how it had gone down. "You like it. Public. Us. Playing. Same as I do. I'm betting you and I aren't that different. So we can indulge in that, right? Never do this together, with others like this, so we have a life we can share for what time we can. About it," he asked, curious.

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His lips quirked up. "No, you're right about that," he admitted. He did like it. He liked playing with Tony in public and hearing him whisper things to him and indulging himself in what they obviously shared together. Arthur nodded and licked at his lips. "Let's indulge," he smirked. "Just better take me to a good restaurant." Though, honestly, he wasn't too particular about where they ate. He had the odd suspicion that food would be the last thing on his mind tonight.

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His fingers brushed slightly lower and then withdrew to slow stroking up the length of Arthur’s chest. “Oh you’re indulging me. You know there are those that wouldn’t recommend that as a course of action. Something about believing I shouldn’t be encouraged and I’ll take advantage of it,” he teased, turning Arthur to face him. “I’ll take you to the best,” he promised. ”Since you’ll already be with the best,” he added, unable to help himself.


“Course, that does leave us with the question of what to do with the rest of our day.”

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Arthur took a shuddering breath and licked his lips. "I'm certain that most people would recommend me not indulging you," Arthur smirked, looking at him after Tony turned him around. "If you didn't take advantage, I'd be even more surprised." He smirked and shook his head with a chuckle. "Is that right?"

"First, I'm going to put on a shirt," he mused then thought about it. "Well, there is the beach, you could show me around Malibu, you can return to the lab and I'll look around Malibu a bit..." Those were some of the ideas he had before he found Tony in the lab -- he didn't have very many options thought of.

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"Never ask Pepper. She will first and foremost tell you not to indulge me. Ever. Her entire goal in my life, other than taking care of me, is to try and keep me from having fun," he said, smiling. "And you can't deny I'm the best. If you aren't sure of it yet, you will be." Of that Tony had no doubts. He wanted to show him so much. Including...

"Do you want to see Malibu alone? It's different than seeing it with me."

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Arthur chuckled and sent him an amused smirk. "Perhaps, or she's trying to make sure you don't hurt yourself." From what he had experienced, Tony was already right up near the top of his list of best lovers that he's had. But he wasn't going to tell him that just yet. Let him wait.

He shook his head. "No, I want to see it with you. Assuming, of course, you want to show me Malibu," his lips quirked up.

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“As if that’s going to happen,” he said with a snort. “Please. If I’m not being blown up or shot at, we all should just assume I’m doing well,” he said, finger tapping the arc reactor for emphasis. “Nor should anyone worry or assume that you, of all people, is out to hurt me. One, Mallorie recommended you. Two, you’re not the type.” He held up a hand. “And before you argue that, I will win this argument. You’re just not.” Of that he was willing to stake his life, and he was. Or at the very least, his sanity.


“Course I do. If only to ensure you come back here tonight and not head out with a couple of blond hard bodies,” he teased. “The babes here in Malibu are without compare in the world.” He looked Arthur over slowly. “At least for their women.”

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Arthur chuckled and looked at the arc reactor, his fingers lifting up and tracing over it before he realized it. He glanced up at Tony once he realized what he was doing and raised his eyebrows. He was just about to open his mouth and argue that before Tony continued on. He smiled. "You think you know me so well," he said, his voice taking on a teasing tone.

"Why go out with a couple of 'blond hard bodies' when I have the best," he asked, smirking. He watched as Tony looked him over slowly and allowed his tongue to slip out and lick at his lips. "And the men?" His eyes were twinkling as he looked at him.

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He went still, watching Arthur as he touched it. So very few had done that, only one that hadn’t been intent on taking the device in one way or another. He didn’t move away though, letting Arthur’s hand stay there. The light glowed a bit brighter, reflecting the sudden speeding of his heart. “I think I’ve become a lot better judge of people than I’ve been in the past so, yes.”

Tony chuckled at that. “”Well well, speaking of those that think they know someone else so well,” he said with a smirk. “As for the men, I think you’re damned biased, which I like. I’m all for being the center of attention,” he said with a nod, grin widening.

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When the light became a little brighter, his hand stopped and went to move away, not sure if he had been supposed to do that or not. Truthfully, Tony was a lot more tuned into him than he had perhaps even realized. If anything, Arthur only resorted to violence in dreams and as a last resort. Normally, it wasn't his style or something that he enjoyed doing in the least. Who did? His lips quirked up. "Well, you're a good judge of me," he admitted. Least as far as that was concerned and perhaps his sexual preferences and likes.

Arthur laughed and took a little step back so he could throw his shirt back on for the second time that day and adjusted it before he looked at him. "I was merely using your words," he said with an amused smirk. He chuckled and shook his head. "Well, now you must take me on a tour of Malibu."

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Tony covered Arthur's hand with his, keeping it there against his chest and the arc reactor. Leaning in, he kissed him soft and deep, groaning softly though he didn't take too much time to indulge in the kiss because he knew he wouldn't stop. "I'm trying to be," he admitted. "Taking a chance, but I'm trying." And one day he'd leave and Tony would deal with that when the time came.

He tsked. "You could just work without that," he pointed out. "The shirt, that is." He nodded. "Okay then. I'll even drive," he said, smirking. "Pepper will love that."

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Arthur moaned softly into his mouth, returning the kiss. When he pulled back, Arthur licked at his lips and nodded silently. He understood that feeling. "I am too," he admitted. Soon, he'd have to leave to go on a job and whether or not they continued this when that happened remained to be seen.

He chuckled and shook his head. "Not going to work without a shirt," he smirked. "It'd just distract you further." Arthur grinned. "I should hope that you would drive, you do know the area better than I do." Of course, Arthur was also aware that people who had the amount of wealth that Tony had didn't exactly need to drive anywhere if they didn't want to.

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Those little sounds Arthur made were going to make Tony come undone. They were sexy and delicious and he was curious what other sounds he could get from him. “You know we’re crazy,’ he said, making it a statement of fact. Nor did knowing it stop him from wanting more. “I’m going to be distract with or without it, but least the view will be nice,” he teased, smirking with a slanted curve of his lips.

“As for driving, I tend to use Happy as my driver but I’m thinking today should just be us,” he said, grabbing the front of Arthur’s shirt and pulling him close. “And I’ll try and not even ask you to blow me on the drive,” he said, not even able to hide his smile on that one.

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"Probably," Arthur agreed, musingly. Still, he found that he didn't care nearly as much as he probably would have in any other situation. "Given how we first met? I'd say crazy is the perfect definition of what we are," he said but not caring in the least, surprisingly. He chuckled softly and shook his head.

Arthur moved in closer and rest both of his hands on Tony's chest. "I think so too," he agreed and licked his lips. "You can always ask," he grinned. "Can't promise I will deliver. If I have to wait, I think you should as well."

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"We met because a good friend to us both recommended the other. We fucked because we like men when they're the right ones," he said, grinning, loving the being right as well as the teasing Arthur. Teasing Arthur was the most fun, he was finding.

"I can drive us to a secluded place if that's what it takes," he teased with a grin.

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Arthur chuckled and just sent him an amused smirk. "Because someone couldn't keep his hands to himself and wait," he teased. Though they both knew it wasn't just someone but more like both of them.

He hummed and tilted his head. "Mm, if I have to wait until tonight, I think you do too," he teased. "Unless of course, you don't want to wait until the restaurant." It was fun, this teasing between them.

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"I'm a selfish bastard. Haven't we already covered that. Besides, been blown up. I know what it means to not try and go for what you want because you don't know how soon it will end." He'd had several times he thought it was over, and he wasn't going to die with regrets.

"Wound up has a lot of ideas we can use," he noted, smirking. "But if you don't want to, not as if I would make you," he said, sounding coy and not as if he was warning him.

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Throughout their entire conversation, Arthur's hands hadn't left Tony's chest and he hadn't taken a step away, just stayed close to the older man. His lips curled up and he nodded. "That makes a lot of sense," he admitted.

He chuckled and sent him a smirk. "Now, I didn't say I didn't want to."

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"Wait, you're saying I'm right? Didn't they tell you to never do that," he asked, grinning. "Definitely keeping you around," he said, winking at Arthur.

"Oh? Do you now? Maybe I should have you tell me about it."