"And while I respect your fortitude and everyone's Keep Calm and Carry On mindset that's been doing fantastic for keeping- well. Everyone carrying on? I need a long term project or I will lose my mind." To suddenly not have the weight of the planet on his shoulders, to not have the Avengers as broken as they were, SI, Pepper, Peter, Happy, Global Superheroing Politics and-
His lips press thin as he tries to take a few slow breaths through his nose. He's been doing better for awhile now, he is not going to have an attack in front of Margret Motherfucking Carter. No. He refuses. Tony's shoulders roll in as his left arm starts to tremble- he shifts his grip on the line to massage his wrist, like that'll still it. "I need to keep occupied. An idle Stark is just a recipe for disaster."
A beat.
"...Huh. Really? Did I leave any notes behind?" Multiple timelines, universes- maybe the other him- yeah that's. Going to take a bottle or two of scotch or something scotch adjacent to handle in depth at a later date- maybe the him before the him that's now helped or. Whatever.
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His lips press thin as he tries to take a few slow breaths through his nose. He's been doing better for awhile now, he is not going to have an attack in front of Margret Motherfucking Carter. No. He refuses. Tony's shoulders roll in as his left arm starts to tremble- he shifts his grip on the line to massage his wrist, like that'll still it. "I need to keep occupied. An idle Stark is just a recipe for disaster."
A beat.
"...Huh. Really? Did I leave any notes behind?" Multiple timelines, universes- maybe the other him- yeah that's. Going to take a bottle or two of scotch or something scotch adjacent to handle in depth at a later date- maybe the him before the him that's now helped or. Whatever.