[ It totally outweighs it, almost entirely, to the point where he doesn't care if she's holding herself back or not. He can overcome the physical, he's done it before. It's the emotional that he can't handle without her, and her being close to him means that she's here and he isn't without her. Problem solved.
But he can tell that she's tired and vulnerable and overstretched and angry and everything, and he's not sure what to do about it except project a calm to cover his anxieties, a peace to drown out his adrenaline and exhaustion, his aches and more sharp pains. ] Well you'd better take it back. [ Similarly worded, although not as tight as hers is, because feels like the both of them sounding like that will wind up in turn breaking them both, so by default one of them needs to be strong right now. Needs to be normal. Tony Stark's never been good at being normal, but he's got lots of experience within his formative years and onwards of faking so. ]
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But he can tell that she's tired and vulnerable and overstretched and angry and everything, and he's not sure what to do about it except project a calm to cover his anxieties, a peace to drown out his adrenaline and exhaustion, his aches and more sharp pains. ] Well you'd better take it back. [ Similarly worded, although not as tight as hers is, because feels like the both of them sounding like that will wind up in turn breaking them both, so by default one of them needs to be strong right now. Needs to be normal. Tony Stark's never been good at being normal, but he's got lots of experience within his formative years and onwards of faking so. ]