He still wasn't touching the man without permission so Tony didn't have anything to worry about. They could share a bed and not fool around. It was a thing that could happen.

Steve was quiet because it wasn't a story he liked to tell. "No, I wasn't born like this." Honestly, he didn't know if that was even possible. He really didn't want to find out either. He was perfectly okay with not knowing.

"I was walking home from the theater," he looks away. "A guy grabbed me, dragged me into an alley and that... was about it. I was only 90 lbs at the time and sick enough that I didn't have a chance against him. He left me there, probably to die, someone else showed up and finished it. They said 'sorry' and turned me into this."