"I had a right to tap out." If he wanted it. He'd given everything he was, everything he ha to keep the Avengers together, to make them something that'd outlast him. A legacy that would protect the world. And Rogers...didn't care. Didn't care so much he tore the team apart or let it get torn apart or-
It didn't matter. They broke. Tony picked up the pieces like he always did. Cleaned up their mess like he always did. Tried to double down and make having a smaller team work. And it did until...
Until.
Tony sagged against the bench, sagged against Bruce. It was over and done with, he got past it. He worked, he rebuilt his life, rebuilt himself again because that's what he did. What didn't kill him only gave him more to work with to build up his walls higher. He tried not to make the same mistake more than once. So. He wouldn't do it here. "Bruce-"
No one says shit like this to him- or if they did he couldn't really absorb it. Too many years of telling himself different but. He reached up, patted Bruce's hand. "...He saved me. Barnes. When I woke up I was in a bad way. Thanos impaled me, through and through. Nearly killed me. Then when I wake up here that wound reopens and Barnes? Patched me up, got me to a doctor. We've spoken. I've forgiven him. He's...actually not that bad."
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It didn't matter. They broke. Tony picked up the pieces like he always did. Cleaned up their mess like he always did. Tried to double down and make having a smaller team work. And it did until...
Until.
Tony sagged against the bench, sagged against Bruce. It was over and done with, he got past it. He worked, he rebuilt his life, rebuilt himself again because that's what he did. What didn't kill him only gave him more to work with to build up his walls higher. He tried not to make the same mistake more than once. So. He wouldn't do it here. "Bruce-"
No one says shit like this to him- or if they did he couldn't really absorb it. Too many years of telling himself different but. He reached up, patted Bruce's hand. "...He saved me. Barnes. When I woke up I was in a bad way. Thanos impaled me, through and through. Nearly killed me. Then when I wake up here that wound reopens and Barnes? Patched me up, got me to a doctor. We've spoken. I've forgiven him. He's...actually not that bad."