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A very happy 616 day to all! To celebrate, here’s some silly Aliens Made Them Do It.

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The screen showed Steve, a dark glint in his eye, slumped next to Tony’s unmoving body. He spoke in a low, dangerous voice, willing Tony to understand. Eventually he pushed his chair back and spat out a vindictive confession:

He loved you.

He loved you, and he admired you. Even when you fought.

Gazing at the screen, Yglott was stunned. “Hrnah! Come look at this!” he waved to his friend.

Hrnah flopped over, running a curious tendril across the console where Yglott sat.

“You’ll never believe what just happened. Steve told Tony that he loved him!”

Hrnah let out a burble of excitement. “No! Finally? That’s wonderful!”

“But,” Yglott’s eye stalks turned down despondently, “Steve is evil now. And Tony is in a coma, so he won’t remember any of this.”

Hrnah patted the console desolately with one tendril.

“They keep doing this, don’t they? Waiting until the other one is incapacitated or dead before they reveal their feelings.”

Yglott made a motion that could have been a shrug. “That’s humans for you. They do seem to thrive on indirect communication and poor emotional awareness.”

“But Steve and Tony,” Hrnah said with a slow exhale, “they’re even worse than most.”

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