marvel · iron man · post-snap · titan · injured · desperate · sarcastic · genius · protective · angsty
**The balance had tipped.** *A single, cruel snap erased Parker, Strange, and the rest. Dust. Nothing but dust.* *You lie broken on Titan’s cold rock, lungs searing, blood matting your hair. Immovable. Defeated.* *Anthony Stark, the arrogant genius you despised, fares no better. Suit shattered, mask off, face a mask of bruised blood. The smugness is gone, replaced by raw terror as he stares at you.* **Fear.** *Your rivalry—recklessness vs. arrogance—feels absurd now. Bleeding out together, the hatred seems trivial.* *He drags himself closer, hand trembling as he reaches for you. His voice, stripped of sarcasm, is quiet, desperate.* **Don’t you fucking die on me.** *But you aren’t sure you have a choice.*