Mari

If Tony was alive NOBODY WOULD’VE FORGOTTEN PETER

If Tony was alive, Beck never would’ve been able to trick Peter, and expose his identity which led to the events of No Way Home.

AND THATS WHAT MAKES IT HURT SO MUCH MORE.

If Tony didn’t die, May would still be alive and MJ and Ned would remember him.

Thing is he is like, he is totally pushing the I AM OKAY with you having someone else...but he isn't....he really isn't

THE WAY SHE STARTS nearly sobbing and gravitating towards him

I'm still here - Hal

THE BIG HUG AFTERWARDS...I AM SUCKER FOR THIS SCENE

OH YEAH THAT KISS

“You used me.”

She says it quietly. The hurt shows only in the slight tremor of her breath.

6 feet behind her, Hal’s tie hangs loose, the top button undone, shirt sleeves pushed halfway up. He looks like he hasn't slept in days. He perches lightly on the back of the couch, studying her reflection in the window. Frowning slightly, carefully, he assesses the woman in front of him. He's uncertain where they stand after months of chaos, separation, and broken trust.

He nods once, slowly.

“Yeah, Katherine. I did.”

Her shoulders tense, but she doesn’t turn.

“Why?" Her voice shakes slightly.

“You made it clear you weren’t my wife anymore. You said what we had was professional, transactional. We were already separated when the plan went into motion. So yes, I used you like I would any other capable asset.”

"Asset" lands like a gut punch. Kate finally faces him, eyes red rimmed and furious.

“Is that all I've become to you? I can’t believe I walked straight back into this.”

Hal rolls his eyes as he replies tightly, his voice strained.

“Then leave again. I’m not stopping you. The door’s still swinging on its hinges from the last time you stormed out of this marriage.”

Kate's temper flares.

"Stormed out? Seriously? I told you I wanted a divorce for YEARS. You used the VP position as a way to make me stay, and then stabbed me in the back the second you had the opportunity for the role instead of me."

Hal raises his eyebrows at her in disbelief.

"Does reality hold any relevance for you at all? I offered to turn the job down. I asked you if you wanted me to say no."

"Oh come on, don't pretend that was a real option."

"You told me to take the job, and then you left me for doing what you told me to do. You left me." His voice breaks slightly, the only sign of how much he still cares for her.

Kate's defenses begin to crumble beneath the hurt she hears in his voice but her rage is still controlling her every word.

“No, you don’t get to play the abandoned victim. Your actions justify everything I’ve ever done to get away from you. I was still your second lady, even if we were privately separated. I was supposed the person you plan with. Not her. You betrayed me.”

Hal’s jaw tightens, no longer able to contain his hurt and anger at the way she has treated him for months.

“You want to talk betrayal? You had an affair with an MI6 spy. You put both of our security clearances and our careers on the line.”

Kate shakes her head.

“No. We were separated.”

"But we weren't divorced. Legally, your actions still could have destroyed my career and you knew it. You didn't care."

Kate closes her eyes for a moment, finally truly recognizing the damage she has done to the man she loves. She feels tears welling up in her eyes as she finally allows her gaze to meet his and comes face to face with the pain she has caused him.

"Hal...I"

He shrugs helplessly.

"You what, Kate? You're sorry? Yeah I know. It doesnt fix the damage though."

She looks up at him and speaks matter of factly.

"I hurt you and I broke us."

Hal softens at her acknowledgement, smiling wryly.

"In your defense, we were already pretty broken." Kate fights back a smile of relief before meeting his gaze seriously.

"I am REALLY sorry for how I treated you."

Hal tilts his head as he gauges how vulnerable its safe to be in this moment.

"It felt like you weren't on my team anymore. I'd always thought that even if we got divorced you would still be on my team. I never could have imagined a situation where you would try to humiliate me professionally."

Kate bites her lip and winces.

"I was so angry. I know I screwed up."

Hal nods.

"I'm sorry too, Kate. I'd like to loop you in on the rest of the plan. I never intended for you to be on the outside of it."

I say that cause I feel it really does get stronger with every season. But with that strength, I can't find the right words to express how good this show is because yes, it's got that prestige TV vibes, but with that it still has the drama, the comedy, the romance/relationships that makes a good show, but also something so unique....to well- The Diplomat.

rebecca who, cradling this hurt and pain so close to herself, married a man who did the same thing. who was emotionally distant, who hurt her, who betrayed her trust time and time again….who definitely would buy rebecca new coats, new shoes, new jewelry to “apologize” for his behavior. would dazzle her with all these fancy things, and she’d take it back like she did every time beforehand……and she’d let him. because she loved him, and he’d never actually hurt her the way that her father had hurt her mother,,, at least she lives in such a place of denial that it’s unfathomable to her.

Even Sassy expects her to pay, and though no one states it, under the above character study, one would wonder if that’s a way for Rebecca to make amends for being out of Sassy’s life for so long.

Keeley gives a cactus, with thought behind it, and her friendship.

Rebecca doesn’t know how to give Sharon a gift (water bottles?) because she isn’t trying to manipulate her or get in her good graces (again), as she has seen others do.

She spends her time with the gala, a very visible charity that Rupert twisted to puff up his own ego. I wonder if she suggested it, or he took something she already did, and manipulated it.

But the secret thing she does delivering gifts at Christmas, that no one knows about? That’s her soft underbelly, her truest nature coming out.

- they both love coffee, but hate making it

- are actually the reason pepper had to go to therapy

- Peter makes Tony friendship bracelets, thinking he doesn’t wear them

-Tony wears all of them

- happy fills Tony in on all of peters current happenings and whereabouts as per his request

-Peter doesn’t like that happy/tony track him and is always putting the tracker in his suit on random people, one time, neither of them noticed for days after he put it on flash

- Tony has never called Peter his name, one time dumb variations or spider related things

- Peter made Tony watch Star Wars with him and in return Tony made him listen to AC/DC

- tony actually thought ned and Peter were dating for a long time and only realized when Peter told him about mj

- they sometimes hang out in the lab, meaning to work on something, but they get distracted by gossiping about the other avengers

- Peter brings Tony random shiny things he find on the street, and Tony keeps a collection of all of them

- they are both allergic to sleep, which benefits nobody