"I've been here for more than a year and a half," Tony says, laughing through definitely not tears, he's not crying, you're crying, shut up.
"This place— it's a different universe. We - the foreigners - we're from all over. Sometimes people get pulled from the same universe, but I never thought I'd find you here. It's just been me and—" ...Shit.
Shit.
Oh wow, this is so not good. It's great, because Howard's here and that's amazing, but it's also so, so, so not good, because Howard is here, and Gene is here, and Tony is... dating Gene. And pretty much everyone in the city knows it.
Oh no. This is not going to go well.
Tony recovers quickly from the slip; maybe if he's lucky, Howard won't notice it. Maybe they can avoid that issue for as long as possible. Anyway, Howard just got here, and they have a lot of catching up to do. He doesn't want to worry about the situation with Gene just yet.
"I really missed you," he says, and that's not just a cover-up for his almost-mention of Gene. He has missed his dad, so much. He hadn't really realized how much until seeing him now, and he's both overjoyed and overwhelmed by homesickness. He misses Rhodey and Pepper and Roberta, too, and even Whitney and Happy, and he misses his lab and his room and real New York pizza... But his dad is here, and even if that's not quite the same as being home, it's a damn good consolation prize.
When finally pulls back (since Howard might need to, you know, breathe), he's grinning so wide his face hurts. And if his eyes are a little damp, it's only because, uh, the sun's shining in them.
"When did you get pulled from? What's the last thing you remember from home?"
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"This place— it's a different universe. We - the foreigners - we're from all over. Sometimes people get pulled from the same universe, but I never thought I'd find you here. It's just been me and—" ...Shit.
Shit.
Oh wow, this is so not good. It's great, because Howard's here and that's amazing, but it's also so, so, so not good, because Howard is here, and Gene is here, and Tony is... dating Gene. And pretty much everyone in the city knows it.
Oh no. This is not going to go well.
Tony recovers quickly from the slip; maybe if he's lucky, Howard won't notice it. Maybe they can avoid that issue for as long as possible. Anyway, Howard just got here, and they have a lot of catching up to do. He doesn't want to worry about the situation with Gene just yet.
"I really missed you," he says, and that's not just a cover-up for his almost-mention of Gene. He has missed his dad, so much. He hadn't really realized how much until seeing him now, and he's both overjoyed and overwhelmed by homesickness. He misses Rhodey and Pepper and Roberta, too, and even Whitney and Happy, and he misses his lab and his room and real New York pizza... But his dad is here, and even if that's not quite the same as being home, it's a damn good consolation prize.
When finally pulls back (since Howard might need to, you know, breathe), he's grinning so wide his face hurts. And if his eyes are a little damp, it's only because, uh, the sun's shining in them.
"When did you get pulled from? What's the last thing you remember from home?"