"Don't call him that," Tony says, frowning a little. "I do trust him. And I know he's changed. He's not perfect, but I trust him." I love him. Fuck. How is Tony going to work this out between all of them? It's not like he blames his dad for hating Gene. He's going to have a hard enough time swallowing the fact that Tony does trust Gene now. And anything past that...

Well. He'll work on the 'trust' thing first. One step at a time.

He looks away again when Howard mentions the rings. "Yeah. He does. And he hasn't tried to take over the city with them, so that's already a step forward, right?" He chuckles weakly.