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Tony had planned to run for a very, very long time. After his parents had died and he was no longer under their protection to skip annual screenings, he had started to make plans to leave. The trouble was, having a silver spoon in your mouth at all times made the thought of leave the known world pretty awful and Tony, a creature of comfort by then, did not want to leave his home and his riches and his toys.

Uncle Obi shared his secret and together they kept the Stark Empire afloat. Tony was rich enough to pay off the yearly census. For awhile at least.

But that was before the Chitauri came and did what no one in the world thought was even possible in the days before they attempted to take over. They released bombs to kill Guides, specifically. Just like that, millions of Guides around the world perished.

If it hadn't been for the Iron Man armor, he would have died as well.

He'd only just met Steve Rogers, one of his father's friends during World War II, for mere moments before the hellicarier went to hell. He'd seen the way the Captain had looked at him, had smelled the air... It would have been impossible for a Sentinel to have known what he was outside of heat, but Steve was not just a Sentinel. And Tony knew he was in trouble even while he fought alongside the Captain.

Was it any wonder that Tony Stark was mysteriously gone before Loki was even captured or taken back to Asgard?

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starkingenuity

"Like I will." It was going to get him hurt but good. Let the Captain feel first hand what it was like to hurt a Guide bonded to him. From what tony knew, Sentinels had trouble hurting Guides anyway (and Steve hadn't really hurt him, he had been in bonding frenzy).

A normal Sentinel might backlash or slip into a fugue. But Steve was not a normal Sentinel.

Guides were meant to be immediately subservient to their Sentinels too. But Tony wasn't a normal Guide either.

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starspangledspandex

Most Sentinels did, but Steve wasn't most. Their serum was meant to keep him from needing a Guide. It failed spectacularly but he didn't have any problems harming Guides or forcing himself on them. He went through a rigorous round of testing. They couldn't put him in the field without knowing.

Besides, he wanted to feel it. It meant he was doing things right.

Steve advanced on Tony, stalking toward him dangerously, "Fine, we'll do this the hard way."

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starkingenuity

Of all the things, Tony could say, "Bring it Ice Cube," was not the best. In fact, it was probably the worst, especially because he decided to hold his ground, eyes hard and hands on his hips.

He was in no condition to be fighting. Or arguing. Or ordering anyone around. Tony just wasn't going to allow himself to be a victim here.

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starspangledspandex

No, that was definitely pretty high up on the list of things he shouldn't say to Steve. The bathroom was good sized but it was only really a couple quick steps for him to close the distance and shove Tony up against the wall. It didn't give. Clearly it was reinforced to put up with the Sentinel's strength. His hand curled in the man's hair painfully and he all but dragged him toward the shower.

He could feel the pain of it through the bond. Good. It was supposed to hurt.

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starkingenuity

No. No actually it wasn't suppose to hurt. Steve wasn't suppose to be able to hurt him and yet he was doing that almost too easily. Pain zapping down his back and then his neck, Tony found himself thrust into the shower, a strange look of desperate fear in his eyes.

He was fucked. Fucked in every way possible. His whole mind seemed to shut down as he stood there because this was a situation he did not understand and could not at all prepare for.

"You're not right."

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starspangledspandex

He followed the man after he shoved him into the room and shut the door behind him. There was no way Tony was getting out of here without incapacitating the Sentinel in some fashion. It probably wasn't going to happen. The Guide would just have to enjoy the rather large shower. There was even a strategically placed bench and some restraints in here.

No kidding, Tony? It took you that long to realize?

"See, the thing is, they wanted a powerful Sentinel that didn't need a Guide," he made a juggling motion with his hands. "But it didn't work, not the way they wanted. They almost got it right. The only problem is I need to cause pain and my Sentinel instincts still demand a Guide, so here we are."

It might just have been training, once upon a time, but he was too far gone now. It was an itch that needed scratched. This was the Sentinel Tony was bonded to. For better or worse.

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starkingenuity

Steve's explanation did not leave a "for better" option here. Tony had been hunted. Caught. Forcefully bonded. And now there was absolutely no hope to be had for anything here.

He was bonded to a sadist. One who could and would and wanted to hurt him.

Tony decided to use his negotiating skills.

"Listen. I get it. You need a Guide. Given what happened, I guess I need a Sentinel. You like to hurt people but you don't have to hurt me. It can be anyone, right? If I stop fighting you, and if I promise to reforge our bond whenever you feel it slipping... Will you keep me out of the BDSM stuff?"

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starspangledspandex

"No, you don't understand," Steve snapped, letting go of Tony to pace, naked, in the shower. He was agitated. Why didn't Tony understand what he was saying? Did he have to spell it out for him? There was a reason he needed to be bonded. Yes, he risked going crazy but it was also because of his tendencies.

Of course, he might have already fallen off the crazy wagon a little. It just depended which side you were standing on.

"It's not the same. I can't feel it when it's someone else."

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starkingenuity

Tony wasn't even sure what to say to that. He was scared, he couldn't hide his fear. "So you're telling me that my entire life from here on out is going to consist of you forcing yourself on me so that you can get off on the pain you cause and you feel from the bond?"

Tony's eyes darted around the shower stall. He was going to have to kill the Captain now. It might kill him, but he could not do this for his entire life. He couldn't submit and be hurt and beaten because one man who should have stayed frozen decided that was the only way to get his rocks off!

Dark eyes darkened further.

"If I don't kill you, I'll find a way to kill myself," he said with a rumble in his throat. "You can't always watch me."

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starspangledspandex

"You're the one unwilling to compromise," he scowled. He could smell the fear on his Guide and he appreciated it, but he was just annoyed right now. They could talk about this. No one ever gave him a name for his urges. Clearly Tony knew something about what he wanted. He had given it a name. He didn't understand why he was so against everything.

"No, I can't, but that's why I have restraints," Steve frowned. He didn't want it to come to that. That was the exact opposite of what he wanted. Why couldn't his Guide just cooperate? "I still think you'll come around."

He cranked the water on and stepped forward to grab Tony.

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starkingenuity

Dodging out of the way wasn't much of a possibility, but Tony did still move back until his skin was against the shockingly cold tile.

"You'll have to keep me in restraints then," Tony growled, which was not something usual for a Guide. "That will just end up killing me too. Maybe not as quick as a glass shard to my throat will, but it'll still do the trick."

He'd be dead inside.

"You've done this before. Other Guides. Other people. And they consented? Try fucking asking me, Rogers! I'm not going to say yes. Not right now. Maybe not ever. But you'd do a better job of convincing me with words instead of actions. I sweat to god if you touch me again I will tear the reactor from my chest and you can watch me die like a gold fish flopping around on the floor."

Not idea. Tony wasn't ready to give up but if this was meant to be a partnership, they were going to have to make this dynamic more equal.

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starspangledspandex

He advanced until once more, he had Tony trapped up against the wall. His hands were placed on either side of his head. Steve could be terrifying if he wanted to be.

"What's the point in asking if I know the answer?" he demanded. He was angry. He never expected Tony Stark to threaten to kill himself so quickly. It effectively removed his ability to do any of the things he wanted.

His teeth ground together and he added, "Suppose I do put up with this nonsense. am I supposed to do in the meantime? There are no Guides for me to play with. I don't think you understand that I need this."

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starkingenuity

"Need? Cap, you don't need this. You want this and you're too lazy to change that." Tony didn't back down, not that he could, but he didn't shrink away against the tile. He wouldn't let himself be terrified of his...

Of his Sentinel.

It sucked that the term meant something.

Tony put his hand to the perfect chest of the man he was stuck with for the rest of his life. Steve did this to him without permission but there was no reason to harp on that now.

He took a very long, very deep breath.

"Are you willing to compromise?"

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starspangledspandex

"You don't understand," he said again, because Tony wasn't getting the picture. It was like an addiction. It clawed at him. Ate him him. Demanded he satisfy it. This wasn't the sort of addiction that was possible to break. Thanks to the serum, it was engrained in his bones. "You'll feel it when it really starts. Maybe then, you'll see my side."

He looked skeptical now. This wasn't how this was supposed to go. His Guide was supposed to be his pet. His plaything. Locked up safe from everyone but the Sentinel.

However, he didn't want it over before it started. There weren't enough Guides left he could sacrifice any to his pain lust.

"Depends on the compromise."

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starkingenuity

Tony shook his head. He'll feel it? Maybe. If Steve had some sick and twisted desires, it was obvious that they would bleed through the bond eventually. But that wasn't how Tony was going to live his life. He was not going to be some pet. He was not going to be locked away.

"You're going to treat me like a human being. You will stop when I tell you to stop and you're not going to stop me from being able to tell you."

He knew Steve would protest so he got on with it.

"And I'll...submit. When you have an urge. I'll let you do what you need to and I will let it go on as long as I can stand it. I'll go with you on missions. I won't try to hurt myself. And you will trust me not to keep me tied up for days on end. If I want to leave, you'll let me leave. On the condition that I will always come back when I say I will."

Tony sort of hated himself for all this.

"Now...you're going to kiss me. And you're going to help me shower and make sure I'm not too hurt...and then we're going to try a few things you want to do."

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starspangledspandex

In all fairness to Steve, he had planned to let Tony have his freedoms once the man had started cooperating with him a little more. This is not at all how he had intended this to go.

He does open his mouth to protest but says nothing when Tony continues. He quietly weighs everything in his head. Pros. Cons. Whether this will work longterm and he's not sure, but it might work for now.

"And if I have plans your beautiful mouth?" he asks, because how does that work then? The last thing he wants is teeth sunk into him. He had written it off entirely without a gag of some kind but if Tony cooperates? Hm.

Steve still isn't sure. He doesn't trust the world to leave his Guide alone. It is a compromise for a reason. "Once things calm down, I will let you leave. The world isn't safe for Guides right now, particularly on the East Coast."

How had this gone from him in charge? To Tony? However, if the man will willingly give him what he needs? Steve is willing to try. There's more fun to be had that way.

"Otherwise, I agree."

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starkingenuity

"You know I literally came packaged in a suit of armor right?" Tony kept his eyes on Steve's. He didn't shy away because...it was nice. He looked up at Steve, Steve looked back at him and there was that feeling of connection again.

It helped that he ignored the plans for your beautiful mouth idiocy. He wasn't looking forward to that, and he was not going to pretend that he was.

But...he did want to be kissed. Steve had let that part of the whole bonding thing go. They had yet to do that and Tony needed the small affections. Steve seemed to forget that too.

He obviously didn't know anything about being bonded.

"You can't treat me like you own me. If you want to pretend and play at it? Okay fine. In here, you can pretend. But anywhere else, I'm my own person. I'm not going to be part of a BDSM round the clock lifestyle. Got it?"

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starspangledspandex

"The one I dismantled and incapacitated?" Steve asked, wondering how that was supposed to reassure him. Also, it was kind of a mess right now in case Tony forgot. Sure had SHIELD tools but that didn't mean other Sentinels couldn't do it.

He didn't know a single thing about being bonded. These weren't the things the military taught their super soldier. They showed him how to be violent, they fed his dark urges and that was it. He really didn't know how to be anything but a soldier.

"I do own you," he grumbled, because he was serious about the paper. Tony must have missed that part of the news or maybe didn't he realize just what Guide registration meant. Either way.

As often as Tony referenced it, Steve's first goal was going to be to research BDSM when they were finished today. His jaw worked silently for a moment. He wasn't completely thrilled with this.

"I want to be able to touch you whenever I want," Steve liked to fondle Tony. It was fun. It would more fun if he interrupted the man for it. A little groping here and there couldn't possibly kill him. It was an easy way for Steve to feel like he was in charge.

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starkingenuity

"You've met me. You know my dad. You know I can fix that armor and you know that when I do, no one will be able to take it down the way you did again." Go on. Challenge him.

Tony was back in his element. He wasn't sure if he had control, but he felt like he was back in the boardroom. He liked sparring verbally. He was good at it.

"You have paper on it but you don't own me. I own myself. If you believe otherwise, you're going to come upon me laying in my own blood one day." Yes, he would always use that...always. Steve was not getting off. Sorry Steve. But...to make it softer... "You can touch me whenever you want. You're my Sentinel now. You need to be able to rely on me just like I have to be able to rely on you. And if you really want me to be your Guide...you're going to have to do it softly before we figure out what, exactly, you can warm me up to with all of those hooks and straps hanging around that bedroom."

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starspangledspandex

Both of those things were true. He did know Tony and Howard. He knew exactly how intelligent the man he was pinning to his shower was and it was working more in his Guide's favor than his.

Steve didn't like Tony threats. It was the one thing he really feared, especially now there was a shortage. They said he would survive it but they never said what kind of life that might be.

He scowled and then said, "In public, you will follow whatever laws they put in place. I won't have you arrested or taken from me because you think you're above them."

Steve wasn't sure Tony quite understood the touching that he meant but well, he wasn't going to argue with free reign. The one thing Tony didn't need to worry about was whether he could count on Steve. He would fight to the death to protect his Guide.

"I have a temper," he said, like Tony didn't already know that. "I will hurt you, sometimes on accident, but definitely on purpose. I can't change that."

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starkingenuity

It was good that they were talking about this. "You're going to have to let me see the new bylaws," Tony muttered. "I don't want to be arrested either." But he didn't like this new system. And he was going to fight it. A bunch of lawless Sentinels shouldn't get to take America back to the way it was two hundred years ago when Guides had no rights at all.

Tony exhaled through his nose thoughtfully.

"Listen to me carefully, Captain. I can not live with your temper. If you hurt me to the point where you need to call in a doctor--" Something beyond what went into play here, that was, "our agreement will be over. You obviously aren't feeling the effects of what it's like to be bonded but I am. I... All I want right now is to be kissed and held and touched gently. By you. And I hate you all the more for this because you can't give me the one thing I need."

He snorted and held his hand up between them.

"Do we agree to all the terms now?"

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starspangledspandex

"I will request a full copy of the laws," he agreed and he still didn't like that he didn't feel like he was in charge here. Tony was holding all the cards and it made him angry.

He growled, unhappy with the ultimatum. This was not going how he intended. It wasn't like he could just will it away. They did try fixing it first and when it was clear they couldn't, they fed it instead.

Steve raised his hand and took Tony's, shaking on it. Whether he could keep his word was another thing entirely. He didn't care that Tony hated him. He expected it after forcibly bonding him.

"Maybe you should create a list of things you are willing to try," Steve added, because he couldn't work with nothing. "Positions I can be rough with you in. Toys you will play with, that kind of thing. Then I will have some idea what you will tolerate."

In the meantime, however, "I intended to wash you."

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starkingenuity

A list? That was actually a good idea. He was going to make a comment about Steve not being so bad after all when he went right into...

"I really don't believe that you're this cold," Tony said, ducking under Steve's arm (who would have thought that possible!?) and stepping out of the shower.

He was still bruised and grimy and his hair was sticking up in all sorts of weird ways.

"I've asked you twice to kiss me. Do you know how to do that? Or so I have to put that on the list?"

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starspangledspandex

Hold your horses, Tony. Just have a little bit of patience, Steve was just trying to get everything in line here. Yes, he heard the requests for a kiss but he wasn't ready to give them yet.

He sighed heavily, letting the man escape out of the shower and he turns to look at him.

"I know how to kiss," he scowled. "I just wanted to finish our conversation so there weren't anymore interruptions."