[As she closed the door, he picked up the plate full of cookies and flung it against the door, shattering it. He glared at the door, flushed and breathing heavy with rage. His whole body trembled from the maelstrom in his mind.
He lifted his left hand and stared at it remembering the glove with the glowing stones. He could still feel it, even after all this time.
She might have been right on a number of things, particularly that he was old enough to keep his cool, but it made him think of his failures- creating Ultron, the murder trial on the train, the death of Joss, not catching Pepper when she jumped, being useless and.. idle on that spaceship. The stupid thing about youth was you never realized how there would never, ever be enough time of peace to love your children and your friends before it was taken away.
He didn't notice the tears just as he'd forgotten everything else in the present, including Gladio.]
Edited (I'll let her have the last word) 2021-02-25 05:11 (UTC)
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He lifted his left hand and stared at it remembering the glove with the glowing stones. He could still feel it, even after all this time.
She might have been right on a number of things, particularly that he was old enough to keep his cool, but it made him think of his failures- creating Ultron, the murder trial on the train, the death of Joss, not catching Pepper when she jumped, being useless and.. idle on that spaceship. The stupid thing about youth was you never realized how there would never, ever be enough time of peace to love your children and your friends before it was taken away.
He didn't notice the tears just as he'd forgotten everything else in the present, including Gladio.]