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Bruce automaticly reached over, pulling his boyfriends face to his and kissing him promptly. How, how how did he ever manage to get a boyfriend like this, he… he was perfect. And no not the annoying has no flaws at all kind of perfect, but the -oh god you were made in a lab somewhere just for me you Adonis you-. Bruce pulled away grinning and vocalized just those thoughts, “were you … like made in a lab somewhere just so i would have the best boyfriend in the entire world?”

Tony laughed as Bruce proclaimed him the best boyfriend in the world. "There it is again! You said it again!" He took a second kiss, savoring the way his and Bruce's lips fit together-- maybe they /were/ engineered like two atoms meant to be paired together. "So are pancakes and Shirley Temple as bad together as you thought?" he asked sneakily, proud he'd gotten a kiss despite Bruce's claims about needing a stick of gum.

“I knew there was a reason i turned around and told you to be quiet that day.” he said grinning and putting the mini cheeseburger in his mouth.

The comment made Tony's heart melt in a way. He waited for Bruce to chew and swallow, but as soon as he did, he slipped his fingers to the back of the other teen's neck and kissed him on the mouth again, a nice long heart-felt one. He drew back and resisted the urge to tell Bruce that he loved him, that he loved him more than anyone he'd ever gone out with in the history of ever, even though he'd never told someone that before. But instead he said, "I'm really glad you did."

“only if you lo- Like me half as much as I like you.” he said shoving the small grilled cheese in his mouth and trying to cover up his almost slip up. He purposefully looked anywhere but at his boyfriend.

Tony actually didn't even notice. "We're starting to do it, huh? Arguing about which of us likes the other more. Just like you said," he laughed-- though he distinctly recalled Bruce had said couples argued about who /loved/ the other more, not liked. He popped one of the whipped cream covered strawberries into his mouth.

“hey, dont choke yourself there, id rather have my boyfriend alive thank you very much.” he said laughing, and running his hand over tony’s back just below his shoulders. “we have time, you can slow down.”

"Buhh Ah wannph go saaar-gazinph...!" Tony tried to explain as he added another bite before completely swallowing the last.

“dont you dare.” he said waving tony’s fork at him. “sweetheart, you can not inhale your food, got it?” he asked leaning over and kissing tony’s cheek and setting the fork on the plate next to tony’s pancakes.

"I don't see what the big deal is. You eat pizza with your fingers, what's the difference? They're both disc-shaped, just one's more floppy," he rambled along as he picked up his fork and resumed at a 'proper' rate of consumption.

“freaking A tony i hate syrup! its so… sticky!” he fussed searching desperately for a napkin and dipping it in the cup of water that was just sitting on the table before he rubbed his nose off. He rubbed furiously, completely flustered, “you are freaking lucky i love you!” he lashed out before slapping his hand over his mouth, “like, i meant like.” he bumbled.

Another bite had been en-route to his mouth when Bruce made the exclamation, but he halted in shock. Tony put his fork down. "Did you just say you... love me?" he asked, wondering if his ears had just heard it wrong. It was possible, then again, Bruce had slapped a hand over his mouth, so he'd definitely said /something/ he hadn't meant to.

Bruce braced himself for the impending rejection, waiting for words like, “are you crazy,” or “what’s wrong with you.” but the ones he heard were a vast improvement on those. he raised his head from his hands, “really?” he asked concerned that tony might just be humoring him. “i mean you… you dont have to, just because i… i mean…” Bruce stumbled over his words, settling his head back into his hands, “dont feel obligated.” he muttered.

"Make that really, really, /really/ cute," Tony chuckled, resting an elbow on the table so he could prop his head up and get a better angle on Bruce. True, he probably wouldn't have admitted it anywhere near this soon if Bruce hadn't spilled the beans first, on the other hand, when /Pepper/ had done the same thing, he /hadn't/ reciprocated and man had that landed him in hot water. So this was obviously different. "Nope, pretty sure I love you. Wait, hold up, lemme think about that again... nope, still feel the same way. What do you know?" He grinned, diffusing the tension of the situation with his wit.

Bruce smiled, “I like that nickname.” he said leaning over to rest his head on his boyfriends shoulder, love…what a strange concept. Granted he knew his family loved him, and by family he meant his aunt, uncle, alexis and jenn. He didnt think david did… but cousins were odd, sometimes you act like you hate them to their face and stand up for them behind their backs. But actually choosing to love someone. Well, he hadnt really chose persay. It just kindof… happened. But, it wasnt someone he was obligated to love… at least not because of any other reason than he was, too amazing for words. Bruce rolled the words around in his head, “i love you….” he smiled, it was nice… it was kindof beyond nice actully it was, comforting and bubbles in his stomach, it was pure terror and bliss all rolled into one. “I love you.” he said outloud accidentally while thinking on the words too hard, but this time… he didnt flinch away.

Tony smiled too, taking Bruce's hand in his own to twine their fingers as he rested his head on the other boy's. He'd never had a relationship go so... smoothly and naturally before. There were always snags, disasters, things that tore his relationships asunder practically before they could even get off the ground. But Bruce... he only felt closer and closer to the more time they spent together. Like they /belonged/ together. It was almost unfathomable for his brain to process. "Love you too," he returned meaningfully, sitting back up. "Hey, wanna cut the sappy s**t and get outta here?" he asked, not that /he/ minded being all sappy, but yeah. "Pretty sure they'd like to clean up the table and sit some other people here."