[ none of it adds up. not after what he'd seen through her window, not now that he knows for fact she never found out about his parents. tony inhales, fills his lungs with oxygen and looks at her. she looks on edge, she looks like she's about to crumble. she looks exactly like he's feeling. ]

I'm - look. He's a grade A asshole but I know he meant a lot. I didn't tell you - I thought I was doing you a favor. I didn't want you to - I didn't want to take that away.

[ and now, it happened with or without him. ]