#you’re so afraid of that question tony #you’re all flash and glamor and that too is armor #the tony stark on page six that’s just armor too #and he knows that #all those things genius playboy billionaire philanthropist you’re hyper aware of the fact that those too are suits you step in to #shields for you #and cap knows you in the blink of an eye he understands you #how terrified you are #how defensive you are #after he asks #the word hero sets you off because that’s what you’re afraid that you aren’t #your dad looked up to and was friends with the ultimate american hero and you came to resent your dad so much that you wanted to be the a… #antithesis of everything he looked up to and held valuable #tony you were so sure you failed your dad so you took that and ran #you thought well these things are already assumed of me why should I try and change anyone’s mind #and you never did #you never #ever #wanted to change anyone’s mind #until cap challenged you #until cap saw everything you hated about yourself and told you not to pretend you were a hero #and what did you do #you fucking proved that you were a hero #take the suit away tony stark #and you are a hero
