Age Of Magneto

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Even considering the break up, it was a few days before anyone saw either Tony or K, and when they'd returned, no one in the house knew what was going on. At first. Though when Jan came into the lab to find Tony just staring at a computer screen and frowning without his usual nervous energy, it was pretty clear something was up.

Tony was resting his knuckles against his lips and quietly tapping his fingers on the keys one handed - and not hard enough to actually press any of them - instead just ... making noise for himself. He was distracted enough that he didn't really acknowledge her when she came in either. Which was another giant red flag for her, and against her better judgement and sense of self preservation, she took a step toward him already sure that she'd be punishing her liver later.

"Hey," Jan said quietly, though it was in fact enough to draw his attention, and he quickly straightened up and closed out a window before he opened another and started working again.

"You need the desk?" Tony asked, clearly trying to look like he was simply getting back to business. "I'm not doing anything that important."

"Um..." Jan frowned. "Okay, what happened?" she asked, deciding to get right to it. "Because you are not being very Tony-like right now, so don't even try to play it off."

"I ... am ... working. In my lab. What's not Tony-like about that?"

"You're..." Jan let out a breath. "Okay, fair. But you're acting more like the Tony who hides in his lab and pretends he's okay than the one I've been hanging out with lately who's all... excited and sweet and fun and happy."

He shrugged openly then clapped his hands down on his legs. "I got too far ahead of myself. I guess. Don't really understand it?"

Jan bit her lip and then zipped over to wrap him in a hug. "You okay?"

He quickly tried to regain some of his usual attitude. "Sure. I mean, she didn't try to kill me... which is probably good because I think she could have."

"Um, yeah, definitely," Jan said, though she was totally wide-eyed. "Wait ...you guys broke up?"

"Yeah," he said before he blew out a breath. "She ended it. New territory for me there, too ..."

Jan let out a noise and then doubled down on her hug. "Okay, so definitely not okay, then."

"I don't ... she was stepping back because of the kids and she's not over the whole demon thing yet, apparently."

Jan pulled back and frowned at Tony. "I thought you wanted kids?"

"I do," he said, nodding to himself. "It wasn't the ones she brought here that spooked her though. It's the possible future others. Gunshy over tiny little ... dark haired..." he let out a sigh. "Nevermind."

"Oh." Jan bit her lip as she looked up at Tony.

He blinked when he saw her reaction and held up both hands. "I didn't bring that up. She did. Accused me of having a look... whatever that means."

"Well... you kind of do," Jan said. "It's not a bad thing!" she added quickly.

"Believe it or not, she said that too," Tony told her. "And aside from admitting she's letting all the demon crap screw her up, there was some kind of nonsense about how she didn't like telling me no ..."

"Yeah..." Jan tipped her head to the side. "I get that, though. If it was me?" She bit her lip. "I mean, well, when it was me and Hank, I couldn't tell him no either, but it was the opposite? We never did really talk about having kids. Even though he knew I wanted them. And it wasn't... good."