[ does he wince a little at the use of Stark there? yeah, maybe a little bit. enough. it is-- weird. because on the one hand, this isn't his Steve, isn't his universe, and from what he has managed to figure out through rifling through the internet, this Steve and whatever Tony he had here were not that close. hell, they were barely even the Avengers for more than half a decade before shit hit the fan. but on the other hand-- well, it's still Steve. he stills thinks that maybe there would be more there.

apparently, there isn't.

swallowing the bite of burger, Tony waves off the mentions of Germany, doesn't talk about how it could have been so much worse (tries not to think about Steve, his Steve, with blood splattered on his uniform, the wrong shade of red), how it seems that he tries and tries and tries in every universe and fails just spectacularly and wonderfully in each one. ]

Good, keep your expectations low there so I can reach them. Maybe even surpass them, but I'm not gonna hope. Hey, you want a new shield? Actually, fuck that, you are all getting new suits because this is just abysmal and I'm getting more and more annoyed with myself here.