[Gene cringes away from his hand, and Tony hastily pulls back. "Please," Gene says in a pitiful voice. He doesn't elaborate, so Tony doesn't know what he wants, but he tries again, lightly and awkwardly patting Gene on the back.]

It'll be okay, [Tony says, though it may not be true. But he hopes it will be. Gene may be a pain in the ass understatement of the century but he's the only familiar thing in this universe. He's all Tony has left of home.] It looks like we're stuck with each other anyway, so we'd better make the best of it, right? We're all we've got. I mean, who knows how this war will play out, or when and how we'll get home. If we get home.

[He pauses, and a small smile appears on his face.] Us high-profile rich kids have to stick together.