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"We don't know." Sucking his teeth Steve continues. "He just opened a portal and walked through." Tony sighed and moved his wheelchair, he bent his head over towards where Thor was sitting and pointed towards him. "What's wrong with him?" Tony asks looking at Thor and then back towards the group, Henry sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. "Oh, he's pissed. He thinks he failed. Which, of course, he did but there's a lot of that going around, ain't there?" The raccoon said Henry had never met him before but he knew who Nebula was because once Nebula and Tony got back they sat together on the ship that they arrived with.
"Honestly, until this exact second, I thought you were a Build-A-Bear." Henry sighed and rubbed his hand on Tony's back. "Tony, be nice." He leaned down and kissed him on his hair. Instead of rebutting the raccoon shrugs. "Maybe I am." Henry shakes his head before sitting back down next to Tony, he can't help but glance over at Thor who was with an uninhabitable person but whoever it was, was rubbing Thor's back and he would kiss him on the cheek every once in a while. "We've been hunting Thanos for 3 weeks now." Steve starts talking so Henry looks back over to him.
"Deep space scans and satellites and we got nothing. Tony, you fought him." Henry sucks in a deep breath before glancing at Tony for answers. "Who told you that? I didn't fight him. No, he wiped my face with a planet while the Bleecker Street magician gave away the store. That's what happened. There was no fight, 'cause he's not beatable." Henry grabs onto Tony's hand before shaking his head, he can feel tears cloud his vision but he can't cry, not yet. Everything is fine because Tony is safe, he's back home. "Did he give you any clues, any coordinates, anything?"
Tony frowns tilting his head before running a hand through his hair, he pointed towards the wall behind Henry before locking his eyes with the man, Tony gave Henry a sad smile before sighing. "I saw this coming a few years back. I had a vision, I didn't wanna believe it. Thought I was dreaming." Steve stands up and steps away from the desk slightly. "Tony, I'm gonna need you to focus." Henry clenched his fist at what Steve said, he could've gone over the table and decked Steve right there but he didn't. "And I needed you. As in, past tense, that trumps what you need. It's too late, buddy." Tony pushes the wheelchair back before he starts to stand up, Henry widens his eyes before trying to help Tony into a standing position but Tony brushes him off.
He tries to use the table for balance but he knocks over a few bowls. "You know what I need? I need a shave." Rhodey sighs from behind Henry, Henry shudders as he plays out the different scenarios in his head. "And I believe I remember telling all yourse-" While Tony was talking he starts trying to rip his IV out. "Tony, hey sit down." Henry puts a hand on Tony's arm to push it down so he doesn't get the IV off but Tony brushes him off with the wave of his hand. "Alive and otherwise that what we needed was a suit of armor around the world. Remember that?" Tony rolls his sleeve down so it was now covering where the IV was placed. "Whether it impacted our precious freedoms or not. That's what we needed." Tony's hands shake when he puts them together pointing his hands at Steve.
"Well, that didn't work out, did it?" Henry glares at Tony, he knows exactly was is going to happen and he's proved right when Tony starts to take slow steps towards Steve. "I said we'd lose. You said, "We'll do that together, too." and guess what, Cap? We lost, and you weren't there. But that's what we do, right? Our best work after the fact? We're the "Avengers." We're the "Avengers" Not the "Pre-vengers." Henry grabs Tony's arms and tries to help him sit back down but Tony doesn't listen. "You made your point, just sit down Tony, please?" Tony looked at Henry in his eyes and Henry could see it, he almost saw Tony give in and take a seat again but he shakes his head. "No, no, here's my point. You know what?" Henry puts his arm behind Tony's back and gently grabs the back of Tony's right arm to gently push him into the chair. "She's great by the way." Tony gestured towards the woman who saved him.
"Tony, you're sick. Sit down." Henry pleads with his husband who ignores him in favor of the woman who saved him. "We need you, you're new blood." Tony pushes Henry away who sighs and puts a hand on his head, he jumps when he feels a hand on his back he looks to his left to see Rhodey with a sad look on his face. "Bunch of tired old mules. I got nothing for you, Cap." Tony walks over to look at Steve. "I got no coordinates, no clues, no strategies, no options. Zero, zip, nada. No trust, liar." Henry gasps when Tony grabs the thing that was on his chest, breathing shakily Tony pushes it into Steve's hands. "Here takes this, you find him, you put that on, you hide." Henry walks over to Tony not bearing to take another second of this, he came over just in time because Tony started to drop to his knees. Henry grabs Tony by the arm and starts to help him back into a standing position. "I'm fine." Tony pushes Henry away to try to stand up by himself but he falls to the floor.
"Oh my god, Tony." Henry drops to his knees to look at Tony. "Let's get him to the bed," Bruce instructed, Henry nodded and stood up but he stepped back to let Steve and Rhodey help him back towards the infirmary but Henry didn't know if his shaky hands could do it. "I'm going to him a sedative so hopefully he'll be calmer when he's awake next." Henry nodded knowing that Bruce was going to do it anyway, as soon as Henry walked into the room he watched as Bruce pushed in a new IV before pushing in the sedative. "You know for someone who claims they aren't a people doctor you're pretty good at this." Henry rubbed his hand over his nose as he took the seat next to Tony. "I've gotten some practice."
Henry takes a shuddering breath in before letting it, Bruce had left so now it was just Tony and Henry alone again. "What am I gonna do with you Tones." Henry slowly grabbed Tony's hand, he was afraid to move the man because he looked so fragile like he's gonna break but needed the contact.
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