[There's an intimacy to sharing this pain that Tony isn't entirely comfortable with, and maybe it's not just because of Loki, either. Even in telling Bruce of his scandalous misadventures at length, he'd had his own spin to it, finished it up with a bow and somehow managed to put his friend to sleep. Pepper had had to squeeze tidbits out of him like burping a baby, because he didn't want to spend more time in the doghouse for eating without her on date night.

He's not supposed to have anything in common with Loki dated anything more recent than the inception of Operation Enduring Freedom.]

So you can't die from suffocation or deep space radiation. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to keep that in mind, next time you lose it and try to end the local population plus-minus fascism. [His voice is light.] Appreciate it if you try something different on me, too.