“That— God, that mental image is going to haunt me until I die, I swear. Me and Ross in bed? Thanks, Bruce.”
He pinches the bridge of his nose for a second before sighing heavily under his breath and turning to him. He should be defensive, angry, indignant that he’s here just for this, but he isn’t. Tony’s tired. He’s so damn exhausted, and part of him already knows that Bruce wouldn’t stop, anyway, if this got out of hand.
Not only that, but Tony is well aware that he deserves it. The fallout wasn’t entirely his doing, he still firmly believes that Steve was responsible for shouldering part of the blame why the team is in such shitty situation, but he knows he deserves the venom in Bruce’s words.
“I didn’t choose for him to be Secretary of State, you know. Ross was a mouthpiece for something that was coming. Not from our government, but from the United fucking Nations themselves. What did you want me to do, tell them to shove it and figure out what to do with the fact that they don’t want unchecked superheroes running around in their countries?”
Okay, so maybe there’s still some fire in him. He’s not as argumentative as he had been in the beginning of this ordeal but, like Rhodey, he may regret a lot of things that happened ever since the Accords came up, but he still doesn’t quite disagree with what the Accords stood for. They really did need to be held accountable. Was it his guilt speaking? Maybe. But Tony hated the idea of being just like the bad guys he was trying to stop.
“I tried to be the buffer between him and the team, and it all went to shit. You want to hear what happened? That’s what happened.”
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He pinches the bridge of his nose for a second before sighing heavily under his breath and turning to him. He should be defensive, angry, indignant that he’s here just for this, but he isn’t. Tony’s tired. He’s so damn exhausted, and part of him already knows that Bruce wouldn’t stop, anyway, if this got out of hand.
Not only that, but Tony is well aware that he deserves it. The fallout wasn’t entirely his doing, he still firmly believes that Steve was responsible for shouldering part of the blame why the team is in such shitty situation, but he knows he deserves the venom in Bruce’s words.
“I didn’t choose for him to be Secretary of State, you know. Ross was a mouthpiece for something that was coming. Not from our government, but from the United fucking Nations themselves. What did you want me to do, tell them to shove it and figure out what to do with the fact that they don’t want unchecked superheroes running around in their countries?”
Okay, so maybe there’s still some fire in him. He’s not as argumentative as he had been in the beginning of this ordeal but, like Rhodey, he may regret a lot of things that happened ever since the Accords came up, but he still doesn’t quite disagree with what the Accords stood for. They really did need to be held accountable. Was it his guilt speaking? Maybe. But Tony hated the idea of being just like the bad guys he was trying to stop.
“I tried to be the buffer between him and the team, and it all went to shit. You want to hear what happened? That’s what happened.”