"She wanted me to stop acting like I was. Like I knew what was best for her. And then I confined her to the compound without telling her. And told Vision to be on guard."
Tony let go and moved to grab an angular brush again for the details, now that he was done with the broad strokes of the roller.
"I don't think I should have let her go. That's ... hypocritical of me. But she wasn't even legally on US soil. Because we brought her here, but that hardly seemed to matter at the time. I just didn't want her to get hurt. I never want anyone at all to get hurt. But it wasn't my job to protect her."
You can't tell the difference between protecting the world and destroying it.
It hurt more now. Her words hurt more after what he'd seen.
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Date: 2018-07-19 11:29 pm (UTC)Tony let go and moved to grab an angular brush again for the details, now that he was done with the broad strokes of the roller.
"I don't think I should have let her go. That's ... hypocritical of me. But she wasn't even legally on US soil. Because we brought her here, but that hardly seemed to matter at the time. I just didn't want her to get hurt. I never want anyone at all to get hurt. But it wasn't my job to protect her."
You can't tell the difference between protecting the world and destroying it.
It hurt more now. Her words hurt more after what he'd seen.
"She doesn't want to see me hurt you."