- Mod Erika

So this post was getting kinda long so I’ll reply to @hedgehog-goulash7 here.(you only have to read the first couple paragraphs for my response i kinda go off)

You won’t see me argue with a lot of what you said, but if you came out of the theater with that opinion I have only one thought. God, I wish that was me. 

I saw cap 3 when I was only a casual fan, almost a Cap stan, and I came out of that theater with my mom (shut up she’s my best friend) and we both got the  impression that “Tony fucked shit up. And in the end cap was the bigger man for apologizing.” 

Yup. That was really my impression.

It was a captain america movie and I knew that Cap was going to be the hero. The entire time I knew. And so I went and saw the movie and I heard the lines “plant yourself like a tree” “You move” “I could do this all day” and I completely bought in to Steve’s side. He was righteous. He was good. And if he didn’t support the accords they must be bad. Just like anyone on team cap, every time steve makes a decision i agree because “Captain’s orders.”

Rhodey’s line at the end where he “doesn’t regret supporting the accords because they were the right thing to do” for me, was a relief. It shows me that this character that was only trying to do the right thing, still has spirit. It shows me that even though he’s wrong, he still has conviction and he’ll make it through his injury. To me, at that time, it was a way to display that there wouldn’t be any serious consequences for Rhodey’s actions. That yes, he’s paralyzed but Tony can build him something to walk and more importantly his psyche is intact! Someone losing the ability to walk could severely impact their mental state but Rhodey’s okay! Plus he spoke in the past tense. “I supported the accords” meaning the accords don’t really matter anymore because they don’t exist! (I stand by this, I will eat my hat if the accords still exist/aren’t thrown out in the upcoming marvel movies)

Steve’s letter was much the same. Relief. Now I can’t listen to it without being enraged but when I first heard it all I heard was “No hard feelings. I’ll still come when the world needs saving.” and felt relief. Look at cap! Putting aside their differences over the accords to assure tony that he will be there in the future! What a mature adult! (literally kill me)

Rhodey speech didn’t leave an impression on me. Hell, more people can quote “Tony Stank” than they can a word of what Rhodey said. The last thing we see is steve looking fly as hell as he rescues the rest of the avengers. That is what I remember. Steve Rogers being a hero and rescuing his friends.

It took me thinking “hey, I really liked that movie. Lets see what other people think!” that introduced me to other opinions. And let me tell you, most of the mainstream opinions were all “Yes the accords were awful whatever thats just fact LOOK AT HOW SIMILAR IT IS TO BATMAN V SUPERMAN.” When I finally came across an opinion that was about the accords in universe that summarized was basically “Um, actually cap is a complete jackass” it gave me complete whiplash. It also kinda pissed me off because I was basically a casual cap stan. So I read what they had to say and it blew my mind. They obviously put a lot of thought into it but it didn’t really change what I thought. It was common sense to me that cap was right and tony was wrong, because that’s how it was presented to me in the movie. Steve finds bucky-tony locks up bucky. Tony creates the accords(yes i honestly thought that)-team cap becomes fugitives. Tony locks up the avengers-steve breaks them out. 

It was only because I was starting to really get into marvel that I was exposed to the idea that, um, maybe steve is just an irrational immature fella who didn’t care about the accords- and only wanted to save his friend. And then post after post of people defending tony. Like “No he didn’t make the accords” “yes he constantly admits his faults and takes responsibility” “Um, was he responsible for ultron?” and on and on and then oh my god. They had such good ideas it made me rewatch the entire MCU with a new perspective and for me to get INCREDIBLY frustrated. They just, they just shit on Tony so much. The more i watched the more i couldn’t ignore it. He fucking didn’t do half the shit they blame him for. They shit on him for having money. They shit on him for having been a weapons distributor, something that he OBVIOUSLY feels guilty about god. They shit on him for basically anything he does as an individual and the more I watched the more infuriating it became. He tries so goddamn hard and yet it always turns to shit and wow #relatable but also he needs rest.

So anyways, that is how I went from a cap fan to a tony fan and sorry for the rant but every casual fan I’ve met accepts that the accords are bad as fact, because that was how it was presented to them and forming a different opinion would require effort that the casual watcher will not do.

I Adore Tony Stark Because...

- He fucks up…a lot….Just as any normal human does, but when Tony fucks up, there’s no such thing as a small mistake.

-But you can bet your ass that Tony will be the first in line to clean it up once he’s realised the consequences of said mistake. Homecoming revealed that Tony was footing a large portion of the bills associated when cleaning up after Iron Man/Avenger related damages. I wouldn’t be surprised if he extended that courtesy to covering medical bills, temporary housing, groceries, etc…

- And on the subject of money, once he came back from Afghanistan, he started using his wealth for the right reasons. Aside from the armour, he was investing in medical research, green energy, technology that the everyday person could afford, providing scholarships and grants to people who needed a financial leg up. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the leg braces he made for Rhodey after the Movie That Shall Not Be Named was turned into an entire venture and released to the public.

- Tony’s had to learn not to forget about people, Killian being the prime example and Yinsen being the sad one. 

- Tony’s trust in Peter Parker is encouraged by Peters youth (I swear RDJ literally said this in an article once), which says a lot about Tony post-Civil Clusterfuck. It’s no wonder that the best relationships Tony’s established in the MCU was either when he was young (Rhodey/Pepper), or when he interacts with youth (Harley/Peter). Tony can trust that Peter’s being genuine cause despite losing his parents and Uncle Ben, Peter’s innocence remains intact and there’s a good chance Tony can help him preserve that. I don’t think Tony is in Peter’s life just as a mentor/benefactor, I think he’s there as a walking tale of caution of what not to do.

-Tony’s bullshit detector is finely honed, but not perfect. He never saw past Obadiah’s fake paternal influence, but completely dismissed what he had heard about Bruce Banner and greeted him as a fellow scientist instead of as an experiment gone wrong. His kind words and understanding landed him with a surprised, yet comforted new friend and the gratitude of a highly underestimated being. 

- When Tony feels something, he feels it with his entire being. Obadiah’s betrayal gives him the strength to drag his way through the Malibu mansion to the original Arc Reactor. His acceptance of death drives him to push away those he loves. Cap’s jeering claims of selfishness stirs Tony’s need to prove him wrong by playing the sacrifice card. Seeing Happy injured forces enough anger to rile in his body that Tony challenges an international terrorist on live TV. 

-And don’t even get me started on how much Tony loves life, even if he doesn’t include himself in the line-up. His worst fear is losing, not only his loved ones, but the world because he didn’t do enough. Tony’s got it stuck in his head that because he is the one with the resources and genius to do so, it’s up to him to come up with the solution for saving the world. Tony agrees with the Accords because for the first time,he sees the opportunity for world-wide solidarity. Let’s keep the Avengers in line and interconnect the world’s resources and people of use at the same time.

- I know what it’s like to try to interweave myself with a group of individuals by big gestures and being helpful as I possibly can, only to be reminded time and time again that I don’t actually belong. Not fully. Iron Man-Yes. Tony Stark- Not Recommended. Did the Avengers actually appreciate him beyond his resources? When Thor, a fucking Norse God, grabbed Tony by the throat and hoisted him in the air, not a single goddamn one of them reacted in anger which still pisses me off. Not even Rhodey. Thor could have snapped Tony’s neck in his anger. 

-If one more person calls post-Afghanistan Tony Stark “a villain”, I’m gonna scream. Don’t tell me Ivan was justified in bringing Tony to justice because he was butthurt that his father made the wrong decisions. Don’t tell me that Killian can justify blaming Tony for leaving him on that rooftop when Killian made the dipshit decision to believe somebody who was clearly drunk off his ass.Don’t tell me Ultron was entirely Tony’s fault when Wanda tapped into his mental illness and triggered that awful vision. And don’t you dare fucking tell me that Tony is responsible for tearing the Avengers apart when he was open to negotiation and making amendments from the word ‘go’. Steve was the one who shut down any hope of open communication.

THIS IS WHY I’M TERRIFIED OF TONY DYING IN INFINITY WAR.

I’ve heard so many people say that Tony sacrificing himself is the perfect way for his character arc to close. This way he finally make amends for his mistakes…UM WHAT??

With that logic, Steve, Natasha and just about every other Avenger could become a martyr for that exact same reason. But no, let’s kill Tony off because he’s always been one of Marvel’s punching bags. I respect that Robert Downey Jr wants to step back from the role sooner rather than later and when he does so, I’ll miss Tony with all my heart, so lets not end Tony’s journey in tears, shall we? 

Let’s see Tony leave for a reason that makes him smile that sweet grin of his. Maybe, he hands over the Iron Man mantle to Harley and mentor’s Peter until he has Parker Industries up and running. Maybe he finally gets that happy ending with Pepper and does nothing but share wonderful nights with her at home and gets lost in the brilliance of his mind until he comes back out of it with a new idea to benefit mankind. Maybe the Tony Stark stans can rest easy knowing that their Mechanic is off-camera, but finally happy as he could be after every thing he’s had to endure. 

Because if Tony Stark is going to find happiness, it should never be in death. He loves life too much for that.

This is completely true and sweet.

Please, stop hating on the one person who has constantly proved he has a heart of gold. I know you love Captain America and you have your own reasons for supporting Team Cap, but come on guys. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Don’t be bitter and hateful to those who support Tony, because he deserves that support.

Everyone else in MCU seems to get off free from their horrid actions (Civil War Anyone), but when it comes to Tony? Oh no he has to be the bad guy.

Just...please see that everyone has their faults, not just Tony. If anything, he’s probably the only one who has ever shown remorse for what he’s done - well, Bruce did to but that not the point right now.

i have never read something more true

Still salty as hell..

I really dislike the way Wanda Maximoff’s character has been written in the MCU. I also really dislike how this has affected the behaviour of other characters. It’s a domino effect.

Wanda is meant to be in her twenties, yes? Therefore an adult, someone who has been an adult for a while. Yet many of the other Avengers (I’m looking at you Steve) treat her and react to her actions as if she were a teenager. They treat her as if she is not an adult, but a child. They excuse her past and any misdeeds or mistakes simply because she is the youngest, and therefore “learning”. She is never made to answer for her action in Age of Ultron. Even though she mentally violated not just the Avengers, but countless other people. Even though she worked with actual Nazis. (Which is actually super shitty because Wanda is originally Jewish)

Because Wanda has never had to answer for her actions, because she has never been blamed for the choices she has made, she sees herself as untouchable. She sees herself as blameless. That isn’t to say that she doesn’t feel guilt. No way. She clearly feels guilty, we see this in Civil War when she is absolutely torn up about accidentally killing those people in Lagos.

And then Steve tells her it isn’t her fault. Which isn’t true. Something being an accident is still the fault of the person who caused it. It’s tragic and unfair, but that’s life. Steve absolves Wanda of any blame because she looks to him to guide her. Steve gives her the belief that as long as she is an Avenger, as long as any mistakes are accidents or “justified”, she cannot be blamed. Cannot be held accountable.

We see the negative effects of this later in Civil War, when Wanda is confined to the compound. She doesn’t stop to think that perhaps it would be best she didn’t go outside. She doesn’t stop to remember she isn’t a US Citizen and can therefore be arrested and deported.

She doesn’t care. Because Steve and the other Avengers have made her believe she is above the law. That the people upset at her actions are unjustified in doing so, because “it was an accident” and “it’s not your fault”. So she attacks Vision and leaves the compound.

The thing that bothered me the most about Team Cap I think, is how they all believed that because they were “heroes” they were above the law. That because they were the “good guys”, they shouldn’t be held accountable for their actions. Even when 117 countries wanted them to grow up and take responsibility for their actions. No one should be above the law. Heroes in this context are meant to be those that help enforce the law. Heroes who see themselves as above the law, above those they protect, are not heroes. Not really.

Wanda’s treatment had a snowball effect. It set the precedent that “as long as my intentions are good, any mistakes made along the way are excusable”. It’s as if no one at Marvel, no one in Team Cap, has ever heard the saying “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”.

A perfect summary of what I witnessed. 👍🏿 Bravo!

Okay. So I’ve been stiring on this for a while so I finally decided to take a really good look at what’s actually happening.

I’d like to start off by saying that Steve was pretty much a dick the entire film. I mean I get that he didn’t want to sign the accords but the way he went about it was just so completely wrong. Thing is I completely agree with Tony because he had it right because he knew what was going on. I mean, out of the two of them who actually knows the politics of the 21st century and has worked these sorts of things for decades? Tony.

Tony knew, as soon as the Sokovia Accords were made that he had to sign on. It wasn’t about guilt, although that was part of it. It was about the fact that if they didn’t do it now, it would be much worse later and or done to them and he knew that. (He actually says this in the film.) He also knew that the only way to have ammendments was to prove he was willing to cooperate. As with any new law and it’s affected parties.

Tony knew they needed oversight. Everything has some sort of chain of command. Military. Police. Business. Etc. And Tony knew the value of having that chain.

Steve Rogers on the other hand, doesn’t seem to understand the necessity. Need I remind you that he repeatedly went against that chain and was rewarded for it? Sure, he saved a bunch of people when he went to get Bucky, but that’s not the point. He ignored the chain and there could have been dire consequences (as we see in the future after S.H.I.E.L.D fell)

Another thing. He went after Bucky. Only Bucky. Noone else. It was pure chance that he let those guys out first, but they were used as a distraction so he could get to his main goal. Bucky. We see time and time again that Steve gets tunnel vision when it comes to Bucky.

And in Civil War it escalates to the point where he’s injuring and getting innocent people killed for Bucky. Only Bucky. When it comes to Bucky, everyone and everything else is inconsequential and unimportant as long as Bucky is fine.

Steve did not read the Accords. Fact. He left for Peggy’s funeral while he was skimming. Even if he did read it all, there is no possible way (and Tony Stark would bet his fortune on it) that he understood all of it enough to make an informed opinion. Laws use a lot of big words. Big words that would have been invented in the 70 years Cap was gone. So no, Steve didn’t actually know what the Accords were about.

He probably had no idea what the UN was either. Did you see his notebook in CAWS? Pop culture. 7 decades worth of world history? No, Moon landing, that’s it. Politics? Nope. New laws or government organizations (like the UN)? Nada. I think it’s safe to say that Steve wasn’t really caught up if pop culture is the sort of thing he’s catching up on.

Steve had made his mind up already. And he can’t use the Bucky excuse because by then Bucky wasn’t in the picture yet. Steve never gave a thought to the Accords and then Bucky fueled that fire and made him stubborn to a point beyond stupidity.

So, to sum up here. Tony knew that the Accords were going to happen no matter what and was willing to help make ammendments to suit everyone affected by the law. Steve went “Fuck you, I know better that 117 countries” and got a lot of people hurt and or killed.

Here’s another kicker. Tony convinced Steve to sign the Accords. He was literally about to and then Wanda was brought up, which is another thing.

Okay, a) why the fuck is she an Avenger? She was a HYDRA agent. A willing one, might I add. She and her brother volunteered to be experimented on and then work for them. She was the cause of Ultron.

She did mess with his head, and arguably, because it probably was, it was worse for him. He was alone. He didn’t know she was there, then suddenly he’s shown his worst fears mingled with a shit tonn of major PTSD triggers. He probably didn’t even know Wanda gave him the vision. He has PTSD, he’s probably used to attacks where he sees things.

I mean seriously, Tony has made AI’S before and none of them went bad. (DUM-E, U, JARVIS, then FRIDAY) They (Bruce & Tony) even say in AOU “We’re not even close to an interface yet” which means something jumped the mind stone to hijack the incomplete program.

Then you’ve got to think, an AI is made, with incomplete programming and whatever the mind stone did, and then was instantly thrust into the Internet. No wonder he wanted to kill everything. Information overload much, then attempting to make something of it all.

She had(/has) an illogical and unreasonable hatred for Tony Stark. Sure, the bomb thing was probably traumatizing, but she’s like ~23 now. That’s over a decade since it happened and you’ve got to think, why didn’t the bomb go off?

Stark weapons were brilliant. Top of the line never failing basically. So. Two bombs are dropped, and from the sounds of it, there was no explosion or if there was it was really small. Otherwise how could they be so close to her parents without dying too?

So, this leaves two possibilities. First, was the bomb actually Stark tech? Her home was war torn at the time. I’m sure some sides would like to intimidate their enemies with the idea they have Stark weapons. OR, the bomb was never armed. Again, war torn country. It’s entirely possible the plane carrying it was shot down.

So, unreasonable and illogical. If someone stabs you, who do you blame? The knife, the manufacturer/designer of the knife, or the person who stabbed you? The third one, obviously. So why was Tony Stark to blame? We’ve also got to remember Obadiah was dealing under the table.

b) She is NOT a kid, and I don’t understand why pretty much everyone thinks she is. She’s ~23. She can drink. She can vote. She can drive. She’s killed people. She became HYDRA. In what way is she a child? The way I see it she hadn’t been one in a very long time.

c) back to CW. Steve got all pissy because Tony kept Wanda in the compound (the lap of luxury need I remind you) for her own safety and the safety of those around her. It wasn’t a matter of her starting a fight. If she’d gone out and been attacked and defended herself, the situation would be made so much worse for her. Especially if someone got hurt or dead when she did so.

Now we get to the airport. Tony tries to talk. Steve is dismissive and unwilling to listen. Steve refuses to share vital information that would have helped the situation and the threat they had every reason to believe exists.

Steve starts the fight. His team doesn’t hold back like Tony’s does. They destroy a lot of property and nearly killed T'Challa and Spiderman several times. I mean, fuck you Steve, who just drops a huge heavy walkway create thing on someone who is obviously a teen? And then WALK AWAY while they struggle to hold it up. What if you had overestimated Spiderman’s strength? Congrats, you just killed a kid because once again you show no regard for anyone else besides Bucky.

He leaves his team. They probably knew even less about the situation than he did, because he knew fuck all about the Accords so I can’t imagine the bullshit Scott and Clint were told.

Then fucking Natasha. Ffs, she could have easily either disabled/sabotaged the quinjet or delayed them from leaving. But she didn’t. Then she has the nerve to tell Tony to watch his back after she betrayed him.

Also, Rhodey. Oh my god. Everyone gives Tony shit for point blank shooting Sam, but think about it. If Sam had taken the hit and turned into a glider, Rhodey would be fine. It doesn’t completely make sense, but there was a long moment where Tony was watching Rhodey fall to his death. Sam was a quick way to lash out. He also didn’t hit him that hard, just enough to knock him down.

Zoom ahead, Tony gets evidence that prove Bucky is innocent and admits he was wrong. (About what though I’m not sure, because all he wanted to do was give Bucky mental help and a fair trial but whatever. It’s not like Steve told him about the threat or anything. Because that would have been helpful.)

Clint makes a crack at Rhodey’s condition which is such a dick move. Sam then tells Tony the information he should have been given from the beginning by Mr ‘I-Dont-like-my-team-keeping-things-from-me’ Rogers. Tony heads to Siberia as a friend.

Steve gets a little arrogant cause he’s got this attitude of ‘I knew I was right the whole time and I’m glad you’ve finally seen sense’.

Then the video. This pissed me off the most I think.

You’ve just witnessed your parents brutally murdered by the person standing not 10 feet away from you. This reopens unprocessed greif and causes emotional backlash. Then you find out someone you thought of as a friend had known. Known for years. Since CAWS. And never said a thing in an environment where it would have been okay, instead of watching the murder and then being told someone close to you knew the whole time who had done it. (Again because it was Bucky. Bucky is more important than the world, remember?)

And his face. It’s so broken and betrayed. (I’d add a picture of Tumblr would let me) and he attacks, because who wouldn’t?

And then Steve does the worst possible thing he could in that situation. Fight back. When someone is having an emotional breakdown like that, you hold them until they calm down and Steve was well within his power to do so. If he’d tried he probably could have talked Tony down.

Fighting more fighting. Steve starts disabling the suit. To you can no longer fly properly. Then he proceeds to continue to be violent and make it worse and acts like it’s not a justifiable or reasonable reaction for a human to have (especially one with PTSD and a past of horrible things happening when he’s betrayed by someone close to him)

They gang up on him. Then Bucky had him pinned and is trying to rip out the Arc Reactor. Once again, PTSD. Also, need I remind you that he’s only recently had it removed from his chest. That was the only thing keeping him alive for a long time. In the state of mind he was in, he wouldn’t have remembered he no longer needed it to survive, hence blasting off his metal arm.

By this point he seems to have calmed down a bit and isn’t actively going for the kill, he’s just defending himself at this point.

He tells Cap to stay down, because he doesn’t want to fight him, and when he’s momentarily distracted Cap jumps on him and slams him to the ground. Tony barely does anything and then Steve is punching the faceplate. Then he’s smashing it with the sheild.

There’s this moment, you can kinda see it in the 3 secs of gif tumblr would let me use. There’s this moment where Steve is seriously considering decapitation. Tony sees this, is terrified and emotionally unbalanced and covers his face.

Steve slams the sheild into the reactor and leaves it there. Tony goes wide eyed with terror and let’s out a very not good sounding breath. He’s looking at Cap with such fear because he saw what Steve was about to do. Saw him stab him in the back and literally break his heart. (Kept him alive for years, remember?)

There is so much fear and Steve looks at him with no regret for what he just did and twists the sheild out of Tony’s chest and walks away.

When he drops it, his expression is like indulging a child in something stupid.

Then he leaves him there to die basically. Tony can’t fly, the suit is dead. Can’t contact anyone. The suit is dead. Noone knows where he is and T'Challa took Steve and Bucky with him when he left.

Steve Rogers beat Tony to a pulp after he witnessed something truly traumatizing and then left him to die in the middle of nowhere in an old HYDRA base.

They act like it was Tony’s fault for the Raft as well. I mean, they’re powered and dangerous and also criminals. The Raft was a bit much though, I’ll admit. But Tony didn’t put them there. He brought them in because he was following the law like everyone else on the planet should. Because he didn’t think himself above the law the Steve did. (Aka flipping the bird at 117 countries whose people say they’re scared and what someone to oversee the Avengers) and the jacket and collar on Wanda was unethical. I think the collar on its own would have been fine but wearing a straitjacket for too long is really bad for your health.

And then just to put the icing on the cake. The letter. The damn fucking letter. It’s mocking. It’s arrogant. Not once is there an apology or true regret. Other than regretting that they’re now criminals who hurt so many people that is. But mostly just the fact they have to hide when 'they did nothing wrong’. No remorse for anything. Not for Tony, defiantly not. That would be decent. Not for anyone else either.

“I know I hurt you”. That’s not an apology. There was no mention of the destruction he left behind in his quest for saving a single man, who has killed people. A lot of people. By choice or not, it was still his body. His life was not worth the loss of so many innocent lives. There was no acknowledgement of how deeply you hurt Tony. How much you damaged him.

Steve basically says. “I forgive you for being wrong and because I’m such a nice and just person when you see I’m right I’ll be here for you and all will be forgiven. Because we’re still friends/family. Even if you fucked up.”

Argh. Angry ranting at 2am. I’ve probably missed points I wanted to make but my wrists are cramping and I’m tired.

I just… I used to like Steve, but Tony a little more because he always seemed more relatable to me. (And had a more interesting backstory.) And then this movie just made me hate Cap so much. He was such a dick in it and it annoys me that the movie was obviously trying to get you to side with him. Feel free to add anything to this.

Good god! Finally someone who sees the same thing I do! Everyone is so quick to point out Tony’s “fault” but never Steve’s.

We all make mistakes, but in CW...that was all Steve.

Headcanon: Bruce likes to use slang words because he knows it makes Dick uncomfortable - he even does it when they team up after Dick becomes Nightwing

I Don't Like Being Handed Things

“I don’t like being handed things.”

“Alright.”

And that was that. Tony recalled this one exchange with the strange (pun intended) doctor before moving on to whatever itinerary they had planned.

That was over nearly a year ago.

Most of the Avengers had never actually took his aversion to being handed things as a serious thing or a big deal. Generally, he was fine with it. Hell even Pepper and Rhodey would forget and slip up from time to time. Of course Tony understood that, hearing it for the first time sounded like a joke especially coming from someone like him.

He never expected for Strange to remember or to even take him seriously.

As the days go by though, he was expected to work closely with their new magical allies. Strange–no, Stephen–was surprisingly pleasant to work with. He is charming, witty, and can actually keep up with him. Not to mention that gorgeous eye-candy face and stunning smile, Tony isn’t surprised to find out that a few months later, he was absolutely itching for a date with the charismatic sorcerer. However, all those attributes pale towards the one Tony appreciated the most:

Stephen never forgot.

It was a small thing that had originally slipped Tony’s attention but once he caught on, it was hard not to notice. When they had their first meet up (or date but he was still hesitant to call it that at that time), the bill was sent to Stephen rather than Tony (which is rude, considering he’s the billionaire of the two of them.) They already had an agreement that Tony would foot the bill so without making a scene, Stephen had simply placed the bill on top of Tony’s side of the table. He didn’t hand it over or made a fuss out of it, which confused the genius because normally, he had to suck it up and let others hand things to him directly.

Thinking back, Tony believes that’s where he first started paying more attention (and maybe kinda obsessing over) to the sorcerer. He’d test things out and make Stephen grab all the items he’d needed and see if it was just a fluke. To his absolute delight, it wasn’t a one time deal. It was never a big deal for the sorcerer. Even during the times he wasn’t able to physically help out (God, he was such an idiot! How could he forget about the man’s hands?!) he would still use his magic and let the item float to a table or area where Tony could pick it up himself.

Stephen never handed things to Tony directly.

That’s when Tony decided that he is absolutely smitten with the doctor.

When they moved up their relationship to something more intimate, Tony fell even harder after realizing that Stephen would intercept anyone handing the billionaire things directly. He’d then set it down to somewhere else where Tony can pick up the item himself.

A few years later, when Stephen got down on one knee and proposed to him, Tony decided that it was one of the few times he’ll allow someone to hand things to him as he nearly cries at the ring sliding onto his finger.

This was too adorable for me to NOT reblog!🥰🥰🥰