[ He leans back against the couch, exhausted, brings an arm up to tug Tony along with him without thinking. For the first time in days, Steve actually feels like maybe he could fall asleep and not have his slumber interrupted by nightmares. Wouldn't that be a novelty? God knows it hasn't happened much since he was defrosted. ]
I'm not sure that's something to be proud of.
[ But he's right. Steve's done a little research on the side, looked up all of Tony's public, messy crashes. Every one of them has made his heart hurt, because he can see how much it kills Tony a little more every time, how he's been driven to where he is now. It's dumb, but he wants to just- gather him up and keep him safe from the world.
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I'm not sure that's something to be proud of.
[ But he's right. Steve's done a little research on the side, looked up all of Tony's public, messy crashes. Every one of them has made his heart hurt, because he can see how much it kills Tony a little more every time, how he's been driven to where he is now. It's dumb, but he wants to just- gather him up and keep him safe from the world.
(Tony would hate that so much.) ]