“And what? You’ve changed your mind?” Tony knows the moment he’s said it that it’s come out wrong. His charming sarcasm doesn’t work here, nor should it. What he’s saying is awful. What he’s implying is that maybe Bruce shouldn’t have come back.

The engineer is the least touchiest person on the planet, bar for maybe Banner, but he reaches out to out a hand on what used to be his own t-shirt and squeezes Bruce’s shoulder lightly. The touch lasts a moment but the warmth, as always, lingers.

“I’m not telling you to go. You’re not allowed to go. You can be trusted when you’re alone so you have to stay with me.”

And that sounds bad too but Tony’s possessiveness is legendary.