A little too tired of just hanging on

Chapter 19

The conversation with Vision would be awkward at best and downright hard at some moments but they needed to go through that. They both had things to apologise for. Tony should have been more open about his feelings and his grieving. It was difficult to hear Jarvis' voice each time that Vision was talking but it wasn't the android's fault. Vision needed to learn everything about human feelings. He was still a child on many levels. Maximoff's view of the world was very personal to say the least. The Witch had certainly not been the right person to teach him about life. Repercussions and consequences were for others, especially for Tony Stark.

Nobody had acknowledged Jarvis' death, not even Rhodey, not really. His best friend had seen him building the AI but he didn't understand the link Tony and Jarvis had anyway. It was just a robot, a piece of technology albeit an advanced one. The genius was being difficult as always. More than his diva behaviour, Jarvis dying was Tony's fault. Ultron had killed Jarvis but Ultron was Tony's creation. That wasn't exactly the entire truth but who cared. To Steve, Maximoff couldn't do no wrong even if she had tried to kill them all earlier.

More than what they had done wrong in the past, Vision wanted to talk about how he could improve his future. He wanted to learn about everything and experience it all for himself. There was no better place than a university for that and Vision wanted to go, with his brand new friend at that. The android was a bit nervous about not fitting in and Barnes being there would certainly help with that.

Vision had started a friendship with James Barnes asking Tony if it was ok first. He didn't want to systematically be friends with Tony's worst enemies. Things were evolving that way on their own. James wasn't really responsible for the Stark's murder. Barnes had been Hydra's weapon. In the bunker, he had just been answering badly to a shitty situation. Fight or flight type of reaction. Tony had been angrier at Rogers more than anything. Mr 'My teammates don't tell me things' was keeping the biggest secret. Tony was actually glad to know that Bucky Barnes had somebody else than Rogers to count on. The Captain would want his friend to follow him through thick and thin even if it wasn't what Barnes would have wanted. Tony was actually impressed by the ex Winter Soldier. Going through a trial for the crimes his hands hac committed even if his mind wasn't into it, would not be easy. Tony knew how hard the public scrutiny could be.

"So what do you want to study?" asked Tony to the android.

"I was thinking about learning psychology after everything that had happened with Wanda. But I think philosophy might be a better starting point for me. I do know a lot but it feels all very unorganised and messy. So maybe philosophy."

"You have all your life in front of you. Who knows... You might end up learning both. You can do it all, Vision. Never believe otherwise." said Tony with a soft smile.

The genius would make sure that his son could study whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, wherever he wanted. Money was made for that exactly. Tony would provide all his children everything they needed and more, android, AIs and humans alike. He had no doubt that Peter, Harley and the Barton's children would go far in life. University or not, Tony wanted to be there each step of the way and help at best as he could. If they needed accommodations, school fees or maybe a bit of spending money to enjoy life, the genius would do it. Not only that, he would help, give advice, anything to make their lives as best as could be.

Tony had thought a lot about everything that had happened and there was still a bit of lingering guilt about Barnes. The soldier had his life stolen from him in the worst way possible. Tony had always regretted his gut reaction in Siberia. If Steve had been honest from the start, nothing would have happened this way. That chapter of the genius' life needed to be closed forever.