" you 'ave a pretty GRIM image of other folks, don't you ? "
not that he blamed her. felicia hardy, beautiful as she was 𝙴𝙻𝚄𝚂𝙸𝚅𝙴 , had her own personal self-interests at the forefront. it was respectable; but at times, 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒. ( he didn't ask why. he knew better than to question - whip wasn't her earth's spider, and though he knew them as sharing times, those weren't his to intrude upon. ) rather, kabiguru simply preferred to remain amicable. 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐂𝐀𝐓 included.
" course i don't hate you. " the word was reserved for his own personal vendettas and felicia was not apart of that roster. she resided somewhere 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 that spectrum it was untouchable; in a place that sat comfortably the word 'acquaintance' and '𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐄-𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃' drifting some place nearby. " you're ace in my book, biṛāla - even if i do know you pinched my wallet last week. "
" i appreciate getting it back. 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 . . . "
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@luckheist: how does tony feel about adopting if he's in a stable and healthy relationship? me just being curious because i love reading you talk about tony.
which works out, because one of my favorite things to do is talk about him.
i think overall it would probably depend on the relationship. like...tony on his own, more than once, has definitely made the option of him adopting a kid (specifically i’m thinking about iron man vol 3 #50) a thing, but it’s never panned out, which, sad to say, is probably for the best, considering...like...everything. not that i don’t think tony could do the single dad thing - i think tony would do that thing where one thing becomes the focus of his whole world and with a kid that would be the kid, full stop, no exceptions - but more...his life has not been conducive to raising a child in any respect. too many ups, downs, and upsets.
with relationships, i think it depends on what stable and healthy looks like. first and foremost, while he’s self-aware a lot of his past relationships have been toxic as all fuck, i don’t think he, without a little guiding a little coaxing, has a good idea of how to both start and cultivate a healthy relationship. this also probably has to do with a lot of his relationships being, fundamentally, one-sided in a lot of respects (roxanne gilbert, anyone?).
also, as a note, tony is the kind of guy who has desperately wanted to be a dad, but who is, ultimately, absolutely terrified of it. he knows, even if he doesn’t look at it dead on, what howard did to him, and i think he’s overall petrified by the idea that he might do the same thing to any kid unlucky enough to be saddled with him.
that being said, i don’t think healthy and stable is going to be the same thing in every relationship for him, or that they’ll necessarily all lead to the parenthood good ending? sometimes it might be a forever relationship that has him settled into world’s greatest uncle territory and being fine with it.
actually, actually i’ve have some good examples right here, so let’s look at it this way:
tony&steve: were literally married for forty years before they ever started dating. but in this instance there they both were, at a point in their lives and their relationship where they both knew this was gonna be it for them, piece of paper making it legal or no piece of paper making it legal, when the opportunity to make one of those little dreams they’d both let go a reality with the dropping of the starbrand baby in their laps. and even then it still took steve coaxing him into the mindset of actually thinking about it, because he was so sure he’d not only be the worst dad ever, but that that was a dream that died a long time ago and he’d accepted iron man was always going to be a mitigating factor to keep him from ever considering it too seriously. sprinkle in tony never really being able to tell steve no about anything and several careful life revisions later, he’s busy being iron man between bouts of chasing a superpowered three year old around.
tony&bucky: kids were never a part of the equation. and like, sure, tony has always wanted to be a dad, but in his and bucky’s case it’s like...he’s done a lot of growing, a lot of healing, in a place and a relationship he feels safe enough to do that healing in (he gets to witness what the power of therapy does for bucky and has learned to - somewhat - apply those life lessons to himself). in general, i’d argue that sure, their shared life isn’t actually one that has room for anything other than some cats and adopted wayward rescues, but it doesn’t feel like anything is missing, like. he’s not pining over the could have beens because he’s too busy with the what ares. also, the point kind of got hammered home when the house in shelbyville got shot up by hydra, and how it was a bad idea for them to even be in a normal neighborhood, much less something like having a kid. anyway, they’re content enough without, i think, and it’s a choice, not an...inevitability tony’s built up in his mind.
and these are the two where the entire concept has generally come up, been discussed, and decisions made in tandem, that fall on both sides of the fence, but where no matter the outcome, in the end (and after a lot of hard mutual work, in especially the case of tony and steve) it’s a satisfactory one where healthy and stable (and supportive) is the name of the game. just one happens to include a kid, and one doesn’t.
but also you have:
tony&fe: i think they’re still punching out the shape of who they are, if that makes sense, there’s some room for those growing pains. still probably a lot of serious (and probably disguised as not so serious) conversations that can happen to figure out the stance there on a lot of things. but already it’s better than, like, 99% of any relationship tony’s been in previously just because there’s no expectation for him to put on one of the masks when he’s not forced into one of his public personas.
so a good example of they may not have everything figured out, but they’re on their way, i guess.
which is my main point that: in relationships where it’s happy, stable, and healthy - and most importantly for tony, generally a sure bet - he’s not unopen to the idea of it all. he’s not going to be the one to broach the subject and he’s not going to be the one to seek it out, but he can be brought around to being receptive to it if he feels like he’s on solid enough ground, but also that it’s not necessary for him to be happy and content in a relationship. would he love to be a dad? god, yes. is it necessary to his general contentment and ability to nest? absolutely not.
❛ why is nothing ever simple with you , cat ? do i really have to chase you to find out why YOU called me out here ? you could just , oh i don’t know ... tell me like a regular human being. do you thrive off the dramatics ? is it like coffee for you ? ❜
+ “ This is honestly ... “ Peter’s only SLIGHTLY aware that he’s waving his hand in a circular motion while he’s talking . Even as OUT OF HIS ELEMENT as he feels, both physically and PERSONALLY all the same, it was oddly reassuring that this was still a world where it seemed people KNEW a version of him . Whether or not that was still a GOOD THING or not remained to be seen .
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@luckheist / and now he figures i’m gonna go and do the right thing because i owe him. like i even care.
dark angel ask meme / accepting
"Well, are you?" He cracks an eye open, where he's been lying with his head in her lap. Typically - and this is just from his own experience - when people end things with like I care, it means they overall tend to care a lot more than they want to let on. He's not casting doubt here or anything, but...Survey says and all that.
Also this may be a sign of life on his part, to prove he's been listening. He has been, but he also knows that sometimes it's better to let someone get to the end, run out of steam, before offering conversation and counterpoints. Sometimes the venting of frustration is the important part, before getting to the logic part. Lord knows he's had plenty of vent sessions of the same type himself, complete with the same ending, knowing he does care. More than he wants to.
"I mean, even putting aside the whole...Thinking you owe him thing." See, the logic part. He lifts one hand lazily and gestures. "Take that out of the equation entirely. What he does and does not think is irrelevant. That leaves you with two choices, right? The right thing, or the less right thing. So since we've removed the extraneous data-"
He gestures again, metaphorically brushing it aside. "-Are you? Going to do the right thing. I mean, this isn't a judgment, this isn't Iron Man asking Black Cat, this is me asking my girlfriend what she feels comfortable with. How much does this guy thinking you owe him matter to you?"
@luckheist asked:❛ how can i believe anything you say ? ❜
𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝑵𝑶 𝑷𝑶𝑾𝑬𝑹 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑬 !
“I CAN’T MAKE YOU BELIEVE ME.“ he knows that, and perhaps, doubts will always be there between them. but his hands are pressed on each side of her head, bringing himself closer, head dip down gently as he looks over at her own eyes. if only that was enough, to show what he feels through his eyes and actions and the way he can’t seem to push himself away. “that’s up to you, fe. but I love you and I want to be here for you. and I believe in you. i wish you could see yourself the way I see you.“ strong, smart, vulnerable, dangerous, kind. deep down, it’s who she is, he had seen her in the quietness of a room. together, when no one else is around and she doesn’t have to pretend. “I think you are amazing.“ He had been on a bad place when he first met her but even then. . .there had been something. a spark ( hard to ignore someone like her, it was like a moth to a flame ). fingers trace through her hair, pressing his forehead to her own. “what can I do, to make you believe me?“
@luckheist sent: [ new identity ] after a botched job, our muses try to assume a new identity in a new location. / yolo
crime scenarios -- still accepting
Fuck, this was supposed to be DIFFERENT.
Niko had gotten more than used to this back in Europe--sleeping with one eye open, moving from one hideout to another in hopes that he won’t get blown out by another by Bulgarin’s men. There had been some hope when he had survived his prison stay and joined the merchant navy--gave him some DISTANCE between him and the problem. It had worked. For a while. The stress and anxiety upon learning that Bulgarin was in America now had seemed miles away from his current moment, however.
Yet, distance. He figured that might be what he had to do with his current problem. However, he hadn’t been expecting that he would have to do this with someone he barely knew--had partnered up for a short job and somehow that ended up with them parked outside some gas station off a highway in the middle of the night. Niko pressed a palm against the side of his head as he kept his eyes trained on the lines of the highways and roads laid out on the map he had swiped from the building across from them, the dim overhead light not helping much. In his pocket, his phone lit up with another phone call--likely his cousin wondering where the hell he had run off to.
If only Niko knew. He would probably have to toss the phone away, too.
“Jebote,” he cursed to himself, “Zašto se uvek nalazim u takvim situacijama? We need to lay low, maybe once everything calms down we can sneak back into the city.” No use sitting around waiting to get shot, anyway.
