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I'M DONE I'M SO SORRY

[arcreact]

what the fuck
this all sounds fake

[ His brain seems to have ground to a halt around here, so Bruce is spared for now. ]

LMAO NO I LOVE THIS Tony criticizes his own timeline, A+

[hyperkinesia]

I'm not in on all of the details. You were very thorough but also long-winded and I dozed off a couple of times. But I think Maya didn't know the full scope of the Extremis's side effects.
And yes, Pepper's fine. She had a bit of trouble learning to control it while she was here, but she was incredible. And back home that got sorted out soon after things settled down, so I can say with absolute certainty that she's alright.

Sorry. It sounds insane, I know, but it's what happened.

[arcreact]

[ Well. That sounds like Pepper, at least. Pepper being incredible: the only believable part of that story. ]

i need to stop asking questions

[hyperkinesia]

[ Well everything else is true too, Tony may as well get used to it. ]

Not a bad idea.
For what it's worth, I don't have any other terrible stories to tell.

[arcreact]

[ From back home, from the future, sure. But as far as shitty stories go, they definitely haven't talked about stuff like C-Primary, for example. Which they can talk about never. ]

finally ran dry?
well, i'm not complaining
we can go back to all cheer all the time

[hyperkinesia]

[ By 'horrible stories' Bruce is talking about horrible stories involving Tony, not him. If that were the case, they'd be texting for a good while and have more than enough to fill a book, and it would be a pretty horrible book. ]

Well I can't guarantee that either, but at least you can get a break from sour revelations about your future.

[arcreact]

good
'cause it's way more fun to make my own gigantic mistakes
i feel like i'm trapped in my own screwup shadow

[ He's kidding, but he's also not. That is literally The Feel. ]

[hyperkinesia]

We could definitely go without any of your gigantic mistakes anytime soon, just for the record.
I mean, not that I dislike the intellectual challenge, but still.

[ Shit hits the fan often enough around here without it being anyone's fault. Best to not add to the pile. ]

[arcreact]

[ He's doing his best, Bruce. But then again, isn't he always, isn't that the whole problem. ]

aw, did you just tell me my huge fuckups intellectually stimulate you?
that's the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me

[hyperkinesia]

[ Well there is that saying about paving certain roads with good intentions... ]

Quit it, Tony. I don't care how much you ask, I'm not leaving my girlfriend for you.

[ Said with as much humor and sarcasm as Tony's original text. ]

[arcreact]

are you sure?
c'mon
if we both gave up this childish commitment to heterosexuality we could have the smartest brainbabies ever

[hyperkinesia]

You know, I don't remember ever saying anything about being straight. Just saying.

[ But no he definitely is, he's just poking some fun here. ]

[arcreact]

yeah, i was in college too, once

[ This simultaneously says so little but also too much. ]

[hyperkinesia]

Jesus Christ, okay. TMI.

[ Bruce was a perfectly innocent virgin with no such interests during college, thank you very much. Well, during most of college, anyway. ]

[arcreact]

[ Bruce clearly needed this friendship when his nerdbaby ass was in college. ]

sorry
i thought we were having a sharing moment

[hyperkinesia]

[ NO he was perfectly fine!!! G o d. ]

Yes, but then I was done sharing. Or to be more accurate, I was done with you sharing.
But that was great fun, thanks.

[arcreact]

fine, fine
rob me of all my joy
i guess we'll both just have to get by with our mutually fulfilling committed relationships

[hyperkinesia]

I know. It sounds so awful, right?

[arcreact]

the worst

[ A pause between responses, and then: ]

kinda sucks when they're not around, though

[ He may as well admit to it. ]

[hyperkinesia]

I know. I'm sorry, Tony.

[ Pretend there's an e-hug with that text. Or an e-pat to his shoulder. Though honestly, Bruce does get it, which is why his words are genuine, as is the sentiment. ]

[arcreact]

i'll live
this place is kind of a shitshow
it's probably best that she's not here

[ As much as he - very selfishly - wishes that she were.

(And the true shitshow hasn't even begun yet.) ]

[hyperkinesia]

Very true. Although she did handle herself pretty well while she was here.

[ Bruce is very familiar with that sentiment, because as much as he knows that Trish would be safer back in their world, he still wants her here, with him. Quite the ironic turnabout, there. ]