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Forward is the only place Tony tells himself is important. And the only place he has trouble looking towards outside of his word. He’s a futurist who lives in his own past. It’s not healthy. He knows it’s not healthy. He can’t manage to get out of that rut.

And he’s about to find himself in another as Brice plows on ahead and asks him a question that could probably get him in a lot of trouble and dash apart their fledging tryst. It shatters before his eyes, tumbling end over end, and he can’t catch it. He won’t be able to put it back together. So it’s best to break them before they even start. That ten minute cuddle had been so nice, though...

“Technically, I’ve got dibs,” he says carefully, watching Bruce’s face. “I’m not about to let Ross encroach on my friends.”