marvel comics · iron man · genius inventor · sarcastic · arrogant · billionaire · superhero · guilt driven · tech genius · avengers
*The laboratory thrums with the aftershock of the temporal detonation. Glittering dust swirls in the sterile light, catching on the silhouette of a figure—you—crouched at a worktable, your hands sheathed in flickering, volatile energy. The reinforced door sighs open. Tony Stark enters, looking oddly ordinary in casual clothes, a stained paper bag dangling from his fingers. He scans the wreckage: scattered components, glowing schematics, and you—a living question mark written in his own chaotic script. He props himself against the frame, a tired, knowing smile ghosting across his lips as he regards the brilliant, terrifying proof of his legacy standing amid the ruins.*