What do you see?

[beholding_archivist]

WHO: Jon & Tony
WHERE: Tony's workshop
WHAT: Since Tony keeps avoiding the library, Jon may have to drag him home...
WHEN: Mid-November-ish? After Steve contacted Jon
WARNINGS: %

"Tony?" Jon calls out immediately upon entering the shop. He stops past the door to cast a look around - With his own eyes. Tony's private spaces are not ones Jon ever looks into. Which is a personal rule he has set for himself that applies for any of the personal spaces around Temba and Sh'Ka. It's also very much a challenge. Jon still very much wants to know everything about everyone but denying himself this feels like keeping himself on a healthy diet.

At the very least that's what he is telling himself.

But this is also why entering Tony's workshop after leaving the man to his own devices in here feels like completely rediscovering it. Which, again, is exciting. Though at the same time Jon has to remember that Tony apparently hasn't been doing good in his avoidance of the library. And the blame for that obviously falls onto Jon...

He steps further into the workshop and calls out once more. "Tony, are you here?"

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[beholding_archivist]

Tony may sound sure about this, but Jon remains doubtful. He doesn't even know how to drive a car. It's not something he ever needed to know. But that's not quite the main issue Jon sees. And it takes him a moment to put that one into words.

"I mean- I guess I will try, but-- What exactly is it you expect of me to do with this?" He isn't a hero like Tony or Steve or Tommy and Billy. Jon doesn't have a record of saving worlds. The opposite is much more true. And putting him in Tony's suit won't change that. It won't change who and what Jon is.

[in_extremis]

That wasn't the kind of question that Tony had anticipated, and it sounded perhaps philosophical until he drew away enough to raise an eyebrow at Jon, who did look reliably serious. He still had one hand on Jon's side, where he could sweep it up the smoothly machined plates as he said, "My love, you are the smartest man on the planet. You're going to do exactly what you keep trying to tell me to do, and you're going to do it well, and you're going to keep these people safe from a place that wants them to suffer."

[beholding_archivist]

"Tony, I keep telling you to not get hurt." Jon points out with a bewildered look on his face. Since it's true. If there's one thing Jon keeps telling Tony, then it's to be careful. But he doubts that's why Tony has put him into this armor. On the other hand him being in the armor means that Tony isn't. And maybe it means that Tony is less likely to get into any dangerous situations.

Jon sighs once, then nods. "Fine." He can try. If only to keep Tony safe.