It was still a lot, too much really, for all of that to come back to him at once. The heartbreak of the future, but just the sheer amount of time that had passed. Steve felt older, the weight on his shoulders a little heavier, like maybe there was an extra line or two on his face. There were people he remembered now, people who meant something to him and years and years of a life lived. Or not lived, depending on how you looked at it.
Tony pushed up on his toes and Steve felt that curl of heat in him, that only he could make him feel. There was a tiny hope now, that if they got back, things could be different, he could make it different.
"She's terrifying," Steve said and he meant it. There were some things you just didn't mess with and Pepper Potts was right at the top of that list. It was why it had seemed so unimaginable that he could touch what they had, the family they'd built. But here was Tony telling him that maybe, maybe he could.
"Let's go home," he said as he lifted Tony's hand, brushing a soft kiss over his knuckles.