[ There's no way for Steve to know how things would have turned out otherwise, but there's a world out there in which while Steve had just lost members of his family, he wouldn't have just lost his son. Things in that world would probably be very different.
But right now, as much as Steve does want to stay and work himself to death, he knows he can't. With Peter gone and everything they've already tried to do, all Steve wants is to spend time with Tony, to grieve with him and make up what he can for the past two years. ]
I'll let Nat know how to contact me, if she needs to. [ Not us, me, so that way, no one will be able to send messages to Tony if he doesn't want them. And as Steve feels the way that Tony's body seems to really settle into his, he nestles his own face into Tony's hair. ]
Even when I am ready, though, Tony... [ His voice is gentle, quiet. ] I need you to know that I meant what I said before. Outside of any trips to space to avenge our son, I'm never leaving you again.
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[ There's no way for Steve to know how things would have turned out otherwise, but there's a world out there in which while Steve had just lost members of his family, he wouldn't have just lost his son. Things in that world would probably be very different.
But right now, as much as Steve does want to stay and work himself to death, he knows he can't. With Peter gone and everything they've already tried to do, all Steve wants is to spend time with Tony, to grieve with him and make up what he can for the past two years. ]
I'll let Nat know how to contact me, if she needs to. [ Not us, me, so that way, no one will be able to send messages to Tony if he doesn't want them. And as Steve feels the way that Tony's body seems to really settle into his, he nestles his own face into Tony's hair. ]
Even when I am ready, though, Tony... [ His voice is gentle, quiet. ] I need you to know that I meant what I said before. Outside of any trips to space to avenge our son, I'm never leaving you again.