Time passes. Everybody stays fully clothed. Obadiah never touches Tony.

Seriously, what the hell did you expect?

Your pacing on this is making my soul hurt, it's so good. And I'm pretty sure this is my favorite part:

T..and then she says that she has a present for him.

Because oh, what a fucking gift. Gah, and the last line, the LAST LINE:

Really, what did you expect? A sense of what had been lost? That isn't Tony Stark.

God. Tony Stark is everything he doesn't know he should want, isn't he?