I had a hope. The smallest little hope that Steve was going to pull something off- some last miracle down on Earth.

And then the guardians started to vanish, and… that hope died.

I started thinking about all the people I might lose, and I hoped- again- that he’d take me before he took any one of them. Pepper, Happy, Rhodes….

Pete- he was just.. he was right there. He was right next to me, and he was fine. I thought-

…I thought we were safe.