so GOOD agh. Why is it so much fun to read about Tony and friends being desperate and confused, I blame this on you! But seriously, all I knew about Extremis and Maya came either from wiki or from other fic, so this was A+ all the time good because I feel like not only could I get Maya, I could get movieverse!Maya's distinction from comicsverse!Maya, despite the fact that I had never read any of the latter. So. Like.

No matter what Tony pretends to be these days, no matter all these years apart, the two of you are still two of a kind.

You shift. You smile, and if you weren't tied to a chair, if this were your mother's kitchen, you'd see if he wanted an orange juice.

It's just so SATISFYING. ♥