I got the shit kicked out of me, that's what's wrong.
[Probably. It was a good bet, considering everything he could feel. And he wasn't going to attempt to explain to this young, irritable Steve exactly what kind of fights he was used to getting into it.
Which, speaking of. He was pretty sure that the armor was distinctive enough that even the oblique reference would have pulled something. Safe to say the armor wasn't here, then. That was...probably a good thing, but Tony couldn't help but roll his shoulders a little uncomfortably. It meant that no one could get their hands on it, but it also meant that he was defenseless in a way that he really wasn't used to anymore.
Something to deal with later. He blew out a breath and took a long drink of water before something Steve had said filtered through.]
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[Probably. It was a good bet, considering everything he could feel. And he wasn't going to attempt to explain to this young, irritable Steve exactly what kind of fights he was used to getting into it.
Which, speaking of. He was pretty sure that the armor was distinctive enough that even the oblique reference would have pulled something. Safe to say the armor wasn't here, then. That was...probably a good thing, but Tony couldn't help but roll his shoulders a little uncomfortably. It meant that no one could get their hands on it, but it also meant that he was defenseless in a way that he really wasn't used to anymore.
Something to deal with later. He blew out a breath and took a long drink of water before something Steve had said filtered through.]
'While I can'?