It's been less than twenty-four hours since Steve had his conversation with Sharon, and he's even more emotionally drained than he was before. So when Tony himself comes to his cell a little after eight o'clock in the evening, he's braced for the worst, for the blow that will finally break him completely
( ... )
He shrugs, puts his hands in his pockets, and leans back -- very casual, in a light sports coat and slacks. Not Iron Man, not director of SHIELD. Just Tony. He might have thought about this a bit, before coming down here.
"I just thought," he says, "with everything going on, it would be easy enough for you to lose focus. I just thought a little reminder about what we're doing here -- why we're doing it -- that we aren't the bad guys. But then you know that --" He gives the faintest smile. "Or you wouldn't be here."
Pretending to take a closer look at the other man (as though he needs one, as though there aren't cameras in the cell), he continues. "But maybe another time. You look tired. I'll try to see about some more books. There weren't actually many copies of Persuasion laying around the SHIELD helicarrier, surprisingly enough
( ... )
"I think you're confused, Tony. I'm not here because I think you're the good guys. I'm just here because I'm not sure I am, either." It's the best encapsulation of his reasoning that Steve is willing to give the other man
( ... )
He almost allows himself to betray a smile at Cap's response. Tony had made a cheap shot, and the other man wasn't going to fall for it. And he shouldn't. It hadn't been worthy of either of them.
"Fair enough," he says. "I'll try to find something else."
Tony has already ordered more books to be brought up to the helicarrier: Persuasion, which he knew was one of Tony's favorite British novels (he came from a generation where men still read Jane Austen, and Tony remembered his appalled response that the public perception of the novels had been transformed into costume-drama chicklit); the complete works of Mark Twain, which Steve had once mentioned as the book he would want on a desert island, and a book about the Mayflower that had been a bestseller last year -- chances were pretty good that Rogers hadn't gotten around to it
( ... )
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"I just thought," he says, "with everything going on, it would be easy enough for you to lose focus. I just thought a little reminder about what we're doing here -- why we're doing it -- that we aren't the bad guys. But then you know that --" He gives the faintest smile. "Or you wouldn't be here."
Pretending to take a closer look at the other man (as though he needs one, as though there aren't cameras in the cell), he continues. "But maybe another time. You look tired. I'll try to see about some more books. There weren't actually many copies of Persuasion laying around the SHIELD helicarrier, surprisingly enough ( ... )
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"Fair enough," he says. "I'll try to find something else."
Tony has already ordered more books to be brought up to the helicarrier: Persuasion, which he knew was one of Tony's favorite British novels (he came from a generation where men still read Jane Austen, and Tony remembered his appalled response that the public perception of the novels had been transformed into costume-drama chicklit); the complete works of Mark Twain, which Steve had once mentioned as the book he would want on a desert island, and a book about the Mayflower that had been a bestseller last year -- chances were pretty good that Rogers hadn't gotten around to it ( ... )
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