"Never mind," Tony laughed, his hand falling to the small of Bruce's back. He was use to having pretty women on his arm, and this was just one of the old fashioned ways Tony still struggled with. Hopefully Bruce didn't mind the gentle guiding. Tony just wasn't a hand holder. He was still eating the piece of sticky bun when he gathered what it was Bruce was getting at when it came to Alessa and her powers...and lack of control.

That made him frown. "Well, I keep saying that I want to go to the beach," he mused. "I have a property far enough away from civilization that we could introduct Extremis to her in."

We. He was not, not, going to get Bruce and Alessa go, not even for a day. He was going with.