Hahaha. Oh, poor silly Steve and his lack of knowledge about sexual things and innuendo and flirting (it took him how long to figure out Peggy liked him, even before the serum?).
Steve battling the internet is love. I mean, I'm sure he can figure out how to use a computer, eventually; he's certainly quite intelligent, if occasionally dense about certain things and stubborn as all get-out. If not, JARVIS can help. The problem is whether or not Steve knows how to spell "fondue"; I just found an easy recipe on allrecipes.com in about ten seconds, but then again, I have experience using google, and knew how to spell what I was typing in. I can see Steve trying to find a "1001 Cheese Recipes" book because his google-fu fails, fresh out of the ice. And possibly getting distracted by one or more of the other tasty recipes? (Does Steve like cheese? Did he even ever eat cheese much? I mean, pre-serum, he was skinny as a rail and that ninety pound thing may not even be an exaggeration, Lord only knows what he ate or how much, and after he'd be eating whatever it was that was available in the mess hall or in rations that day, depending on where he was. Actually being able to have whatever he damn well pleases to eat and/or drink whenever he likes after getting thawed out might make for some interesting times around the Avengers Mansion... I'm picturing him being all gleeful over there being fresh, non-canned veggies from Lord-only-knows-where in the middle of winter. Steve with lima beans. Picture it. You know you want to. Plus with the speed he metabolizes alcohol at, his body probably goes through everything that fast, and post-serum was probably like "holy shit, I'm eating at least three times as much as before and am still hungry all the damn time, what the hell is up with this", leading to him crossing paths with Tony wandering around the Avengers Mansion at three in the bloody morning because Tony is a workaholic insomniac and probably drinks coffee in the middle of the night because he is nuts like that, and Steve is too hungry to be able to sleep without raiding the fridge. Again. And why do I keep coming up with these things? I'm not a good enough writer to fic my meta properly, and I don't even know if it's good meta or my brain going too fast. Dammit. I may or may not have ADHD... and I don't feel like going and trying to get diagnosed, because I've functioned well enough the last twenty three years. AKA ignore Liara when she stops making sense.)
I can see the last part of yours happening. I can also see Tony going "Well, actually, there's two different types of fondue, cheese and chocolate. My dad liked the cheese kind, but I like the chocolate version." And then having chocolate sauce handy with which to seduce Steve, instead of being talked into eating something he doesn't even like to have an excuse to flirt with Steve? Something like that. (And now I'm thinking of Girl Genius. "I wouldn't have your Master Gilgamesh if you stripped him naked and dipped him in cheese!" God, why does my mind wander so much? And in such odd directions; one would think my mind would migrate to Steve/Tony food porn at this point, but noooooo.)
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Steve battling the internet is love. I mean, I'm sure he can figure out how to use a computer, eventually; he's certainly quite intelligent, if occasionally dense about certain things and stubborn as all get-out. If not, JARVIS can help. The problem is whether or not Steve knows how to spell "fondue"; I just found an easy recipe on allrecipes.com in about ten seconds, but then again, I have experience using google, and knew how to spell what I was typing in. I can see Steve trying to find a "1001 Cheese Recipes" book because his google-fu fails, fresh out of the ice. And possibly getting distracted by one or more of the other tasty recipes? (Does Steve like cheese? Did he even ever eat cheese much? I mean, pre-serum, he was skinny as a rail and that ninety pound thing may not even be an exaggeration, Lord only knows what he ate or how much, and after he'd be eating whatever it was that was available in the mess hall or in rations that day, depending on where he was. Actually being able to have whatever he damn well pleases to eat and/or drink whenever he likes after getting thawed out might make for some interesting times around the Avengers Mansion... I'm picturing him being all gleeful over there being fresh, non-canned veggies from Lord-only-knows-where in the middle of winter. Steve with lima beans. Picture it. You know you want to. Plus with the speed he metabolizes alcohol at, his body probably goes through everything that fast, and post-serum was probably like "holy shit, I'm eating at least three times as much as before and am still hungry all the damn time, what the hell is up with this", leading to him crossing paths with Tony wandering around the Avengers Mansion at three in the bloody morning because Tony is a workaholic insomniac and probably drinks coffee in the middle of the night because he is nuts like that, and Steve is too hungry to be able to sleep without raiding the fridge. Again. And why do I keep coming up with these things? I'm not a good enough writer to fic my meta properly, and I don't even know if it's good meta or my brain going too fast. Dammit. I may or may not have ADHD... and I don't feel like going and trying to get diagnosed, because I've functioned well enough the last twenty three years. AKA ignore Liara when she stops making sense.)
I can see the last part of yours happening. I can also see Tony going "Well, actually, there's two different types of fondue, cheese and chocolate. My dad liked the cheese kind, but I like the chocolate version." And then having chocolate sauce handy with which to seduce Steve, instead of being talked into eating something he doesn't even like to have an excuse to flirt with Steve? Something like that. (And now I'm thinking of Girl Genius. "I wouldn't have your Master Gilgamesh if you stripped him naked and dipped him in cheese!" God, why does my mind wander so much? And in such odd directions; one would think my mind would migrate to Steve/Tony food porn at this point, but noooooo.)