nostalgicatsea:

The wonderful @spaceliondad drew this for me a while back. I requested Steve and Tony at a baseball game, and she took that and like the psychic she is, put some of my favorite things in her art! I was going to hold back on posting this because I wanted to write something for it, but since real life is killing me right now and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to write, have my squeeing and my headcanons instead:

• They’re 100% at a Mets game at Citi Field. Steve adamantly refuses to support the Yankees because his Dodgers heart can’t take it, and he roots for the Mets now that he’s in the 21st century and the Dodgers are out in LA. (He doesn’t like thinking about how they’re in LA.)
• Tony has no goddamn clue how baseball works or if he does, he. does. not. care. But he’s there because either Steve took him there or he bought tickets because he doesn’t care about or understand baseball, but Steve does and whatever makes Steve happy makes him happy. 
• Tony finds it amusing to watch Steve yell, gesticulate wildly, and shoot up from his seat from time to time whenever a particularly good (or bad) play’s made.
• He also finds it amusing that David Wright’s nickname is Captain America and teases Steve about it. He brings it up just to see both of them get embarrassed when he takes Steve to meet the team. (Trivia facts: captains are rare in baseball and Wright’s the only captain in the entire MLB now, and some of the other Mets players have superhero nicknames, most notably The Dark Knight and Thor. (Syndergaard asks Steve and Tony if they can bring Thor along next time because he’s a huge fanboy.))
• TONY’S IN A CAP HOODIE. Either that’s his or it was a gag gift someone bought for Steve that Tony wears all the time because he always steals Steve’s clothes.
• Considering the way that they’re dressed, they’re sitting out in the stands, not in a private box. Tony prefers luxury suites because of the privacy and amenities, but Steve wants to sit in the regular seating area so Tony compromises and gets them club seats for this particular game, hence why the kiss cam finds them. They alternate on seating arrangements for other games depending on their mood, though.
• Tony was snarking about the Mets (”They’re the METS, Steve!”) right before the kiss cam landed on them and then noticed it and pointed it out to Steve who decides to take off his cap and kiss Tony behind it either because he doesn’t want people to recognize them in their standard incognito celebrity outfits or because it’s a private moment that he wants just between the two of them. 
• He puts his sunglasses on top of his head because he want to see Tony before he kisses him.
• Tony’s surprised because he didn’t expect Steve to kiss him on the kiss cam and because Steve’s kiss is so sweet and pure. He’s so surprised and happy that he’s rendered speechless. 

Anyway, there aren’t enough baseball game fanart and fics where Steve and Tony go to a game or play it so every time I see fanart/fic including baseball, I’m happy. Boys relaxing! Sports! A cute, casual date! Not exactly romantic, but still great because it’s like they’re just hanging out as friends, and that’s awesome because it’s not only about being in love with each other; they genuinely enjoy each other’s company and spending time together. And it’s so normal, which is nice because neither of them get to have much of a normal life.

P.S., if you haven’t seen spaceliondad’s other incognito-at-a-baseball-game art, go look at it here!