[ She doesn't even see it coming. Tony's the one who does this, who reaches out first even if it's only to harm, to rankle, to get a rise out of someone. She'll sling an arm around anyone's shoulder, even hop a piggyback ride on Thor's back, but fuck if she takes hugs — Tony's the kind of person who finds it easier when someone pulls her hair and fucks her from behind because then she doesn't have to—
The point is, things are pretty fucked up, and the last time somebody hugged her it might have been around the time Rhodey saved her in Afghanistan, so.
So Tony hits him straight in the chest, pushing him back with something so angry in the set of her expression. ]
What the hell are you doing?
[ The silence stretches out for a long, long time. And then she has no idea what she's doing, because maybe now she's got her hands on the side of his face and is kissing him like there's she's drowning and she doesn't want to be saved, she just wants him to follow along. ]
you are such a shithead.
The point is, things are pretty fucked up, and the last time somebody hugged her it might have been around the time Rhodey saved her in Afghanistan, so.
So Tony hits him straight in the chest, pushing him back with something so angry in the set of her expression. ]
What the hell are you doing?
[ The silence stretches out for a long, long time. And then she has no idea what she's doing, because maybe now she's got her hands on the side of his face and is kissing him like there's she's drowning and she doesn't want to be saved, she just wants him to follow along. ]