"Tony...." Bruce called from downstairs, as he wandered around looking for everyone.
"Damn it, Bruce..." Tony fussed, as relief came over him suddenly. He watched the handsome man he had not seen in a couple years, come bounding up the stairs with purpose.
"Where's Jonathan and Greg?" the man demanded, his eyes were filled with obvious concern.
"What? No good mornin' kiss, or thanks for savin' Jonathan's life? Just, where's Jonathan and Greg?" he mocked him at the last.
"You can get smart with Greg all you like..." Bruce barked, as he suddenly grasped the man's lower jaw in his steely hand, forcing him abruptly back against the wall. "...It won't work with me, Tony. Now where are they?" he growled in his face.
"In the closet, hiding..." the man answered right away motioning toward the bedroom with the hand that clenched his weapon. His resignation to this man might raise so many questions in the minds of his fellow 'guardians', but they were not here at the moment, now were they?
A smile played slowly across Bruce's lips. "That's more like it..." he lightly patted his cheek. "Good boy..." he then leaned into Tony ravishing the man's mouth forcefully. The hand moved down, gripping his throat tight, artfully bringing the man to a quick and sudden arousal. As abruptly as he began, he pulled away.
"You're not fair, Bruce...." Tony followed him into the bedroom.
"Nope, I'm not... especially knowing you like it that way." He moved to the closet opening the door. "Greg..." he called.
Standing there, he watched the doctor move from the far corner carrying Jonathan in his arms.
"Jonathan..." he took the burden from the doctor's arms. "How are you, baby..." the man carried him to the bed placing him there gently.
"Bruce..." the youth squealed, threw his arms around the man, hugging him long as soon as he was in the safety of his strong arms.
"I'm here, baby..." Bruce held onto him stroking the kid's hair lightly, as he sat on the edge of the bed cuddling him for the moment. "I heard one of 'em came after you. I was worried sick all the way back." His words were muffled in Jonathan's hair.
"I was so scare..." Jonathan pulled back admitting.
"I know... but I also hear that Tony really handled it very well." Bruce looked over at the man he spoke of. "Thank you, Tony..." he nodded at him singularly.
"You're welcome...." The man stuffed his hands in his pockets grinning broadly.
Bruce then noticed the cut on Greg's lip. "What happened to you?"
Instantly the two men began to shift and fidget.
"Tony also handled the doctor very well last night." Jonathan quipped with a lurid grin.
"Tony?" Bruce's eyes cut to him though his head did not move.
"Well...." He turned sideways acting a little boyish now. "I didn't mean to cut his lip. It was an accident."
"I've told you two that I don't like that. You can beat each other up all you like, but with no injuries. You're a very strong man, Tony. You have to be more careful." He admonished.
"I know... I just forget my strength sometimes... you know." He ventured to actually look up at the man then.
"Yes, which means you have to take more care, and make a conscious effort to not injure your partner. I'm really scared to death to even turn you loose on Jonathan alone. What if you hurt 'im?" he reasoned.
Tony nodded. "I understand..."
"And Greg... you have to be more vocal. You never tell anyone what you truly feel. I detest that..."
"So, do I..." Tony now turned facing the doctor.
"Alright, then... fine... I don't like it when you tease me before I go to work Tony. I mean... it's a sweet gesture, and I know you mean well... but I'm worthless the rest of the day. I can't focus... I make mistakes... and I have lives I'm responsible for.
"Like today... you prance downstairs naked, which I loved, by the way... then you take me in your arms like you did and kiss me so good... I get to work, and I have forms to fill out... I forgot my pen in my office... I go to a patient consultation and forget my notepad... and while I'm filling out her forms, I look up thinking, and you pop into my head. Then I go off into some fantasy about you and drop my pen on the floor. I can't work like that, Tony. I'd rather you just didn't... not before I go to work. Now... while I'm home, after work is great. But not before, please."
"Okay... sorry..." he grinned looking down again. "Did you really mean what you said? Do you really want to hate me?"
"No, Tony... don't be obtuse... I just didn't want to go to work. You did that shit expecting me to go about my merry way and be happy about it. Well, I'm not. I wanted to stay and get some more." He confessed.
Tony laughed then.
"It sounds to me like you two need to go for it this mornin'. Jonathan and I will watch." Bruce looked over at Jonathan who had perked at the idea.
Greg was tempted to protest about Jonathan watching anything sexual, then closed his mouth right away seeing the hot look on Tony's face.
"Do we have any coffee made?" Bruce asked.
"Yeah..." Tony became animate suddenly. "I'll go get it..." he started for the door.
"Tony, I'm hungry." Jonathan fussed softly then.
"Good, boy..." the man pointed at him with a broad grin. "That's what I like to hear. Be right back with your breakfast." He then disappeared into the hallway.
"How'd you get here?" Greg asked moving toward him slowly.
"I took a cab. The truck's at the yard." He stood closing the gap between them quickly, after setting Jonathan aside on the edge of the bed. Taking him into his arms he hugged him long then gave him a lengthy gentle kiss.
"You'll join us, won't you?" Greg asked almost completely aroused now.
"Sure, but I'd just like to watch you two make out, first. Been a while." He grinned at him.
Tony returned with another tray. On it he had a warmer with a pot of coffee on it, cups, sugar and half-n-half, and a fresh cup of the supplement drink for Jonathan. He went to the small round table setting everything on it. Plugging in the warmer, he then picked up the small cup bringing it to Jonathan.
"There ya go..." he placed it in the youth's hands.
"You know, I'd really like to see you two do some touchy feely stuff." Bruce commented then.
"Ooh, I'd love that from you, Tony." Greg perked. "We never do that, you know?"
"Sure, Greg... I can manage that... be right back. You strip and get comfy. I won't be long." Tony's expression suggested something very different was about to take place. It made Greg wonder just what he had in mind.