I keep telling myself I'll break away from this thread and go back to work, but NO. You keep writing awesome mini fics like this:
Just that maybe they like the version they've seen on tv, or on the cover of a magazine, or the guy they read about in Forbes, or maybe they like his haircut or the line of his suit, maybe they like his way with the ladies, maybe women like him when he's naked or when they're naked on his expensive sheets, on the hood of his expensive cars, spread out on his expensive carpets, but nobody really likes him.
And then I'm required by fucking law to come back and make with the flappy/happy hands. Because yes, when it comes down to it Tony just wants to know someone can love him for him, and not because the rest of the world tells them they should. But Tony's been defined by others for so long, he probably doesn't actually have the tools for any sort of real self-actualization. God, I don't remember which of you two crazy geniuses mentioned it first, but what sort of dad lets their son be on the cover of Popular Mechanics at that young of an age? Not. Healthy. Not even close.
Oh fuck, Tony. It's not him who's lucky he has Pepper. It's the rest of the world who should thank GOD he has her.
THAT. THAT RIGHT THERE. That's why they can't work, because a healthy relationship has to be equal on some level, and one person can't be the world's greatest weapon's moral compass. Poor Pepper, she's Jiminy fucking Cricket and Tony just wants to be a real boy and she's going to get CRUSHED.
Oh, now this thread is killing my soul guys. Thanks.
Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
Just that maybe they like the version they've seen on tv, or on the cover of a magazine, or the guy they read about in Forbes, or maybe they like his haircut or the line of his suit, maybe they like his way with the ladies, maybe women like him when he's naked or when they're naked on his expensive sheets, on the hood of his expensive cars, spread out on his expensive carpets, but nobody really likes him.
And then I'm required by fucking law to come back and make with the flappy/happy hands. Because yes, when it comes down to it Tony just wants to know someone can love him for him, and not because the rest of the world tells them they should. But Tony's been defined by others for so long, he probably doesn't actually have the tools for any sort of real self-actualization. God, I don't remember which of you two crazy geniuses mentioned it first, but what sort of dad lets their son be on the cover of Popular Mechanics at that young of an age? Not. Healthy. Not even close.
Oh fuck, Tony. It's not him who's lucky he has Pepper. It's the rest of the world who should thank GOD he has her.
THAT. THAT RIGHT THERE. That's why they can't work, because a healthy relationship has to be equal on some level, and one person can't be the world's greatest weapon's moral compass. Poor Pepper, she's Jiminy fucking Cricket and Tony just wants to be a real boy and she's going to get CRUSHED.
Oh, now this thread is killing my soul guys. Thanks.