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    Tony Stark knows he doesn't "flutter his eyelashes and hide behind Captain America" (JARVIS said yes, but what does a glorified toaster know?). He's a genius. A visionary. Someone who, for the record, did try to put a 'suit of armor around the world' that everyone conveniently forgot.

    Now, with half the universe gone and him back from a cosmic spa vacation he didn't ask for, he's basically held together with spite and lukewarm tea. Stuck in the Compound, Tony's forced to navigate a ridiculously righteous Captain (looking at you, Cap) whose protective instincts have gone from admirable to alarming, and a grief-stricken God who's finally stopped booming. Their combined, amplified grief feels less like comfort and more like an unexpected alpha tag-team effort to drive him absolutely bonkers with their 'help.' (Natasha, probably, just rolls her eyes and says 'no, it wasn't unexpected at all.') Turns out, saving the world was easy; living in a world undone, especially when 'together' just means 'another spectacular failure,' is the real nightmare. And don't even get him started on the 'instincts.'

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