Love will find you when you least expect it to and when you need it the most - something his dear ma told him often growing up, especially on a particularly bad day but weren't they nearly always bad days in a way? Actually, they tended to vary in most cases but he always thought of his ma more than usual when his birthday approached. Mind sliding through memories of his life before but for the first birthday ever he did not wish to go back to the past. For once, his present had become far greater than he ever anticipated achieving. He had not one love but two and somehow it made up for all the time he went without.

Tucked against them both, he watched the fireworks and kept sneaking glances to both of them too. Yes. He couldn't imagine anything better but when Sam began to move and Tony began to talk, he couldn't help sighing. What were they up to? Something of a spectacle if Tony had a hand in it but he caused a twitch of a smile rather than annoyance.

"I never expected either of you to keep to that," Steve responded, sitting up more to look between them. "Please, tell me it's nothing I'll see on the 5 o'clock news tomorrow." Tony had a way of making things overly grand, after all.