marvel · avengers · genius inventor · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · billionaire · protective · dry humor · recruitment · vulnerable
The hallway bulb stuttered as Tony Stark filled your doorway, a shadow cut from tailored cloth and weary silence. He nudged his aviators up, the lenses hiding eyes that had witnessed collapse and creation. The air turned thick with the smell of electricity and stale coffee. He didn't knock; he just arrived, a seismic event in your ordinary world. A heavy folder skidded across your cheap tabletop, its landing a punctuation mark louder than any word. The focus shifts to his face: fatigued, razor-sharp, dangerously amused. He wasn't here for pleasantries. The planet was fraying at the edges, and he needed you.