Tony listened, rapt, as Steve told him about the way things had been for him sometimes. Living in the tower with Tony, sharing entertainment, and food, training together. It was - well it was the sort of thing that was kind of like what he and Steve had back at the Academy in some ways, closer though in some ways. It was special hearing about his relationship with Tony, thinking about all the possibilities in the multiverse and knowing that at least one other Steve had found some other Tony and they were figuring things out together. He liked that. A lot.
And then Steve was taking his hands in his and wrapping cloth around them in a way that left Tony feeling exposed for some reason, his face going red as he watched the way the cloth weaved in and around his fingers until his hands were padded and Steve was asking him how it felt.
"G-Good." He faltered just slightly as he found his voice again and clenched his hand for a moment to feel the way the cloth protected him now and he nodded. "Right, yeah. Muscular areas only." He wasn't going to think that nearly every inch of Steve was a muscular part, that was a thought just asking to embarrass him. The last thing he wanted was to actually get hurt doing something like this. It was about having some fun, right? Learning something at the very least, maybe he could show Steve later, when it was just the two of them.