Dammit. He shouldn't have given an honest answer. Too much information. Steve is not the greatest at spontaneous lies, though. Even if he'd tried to steer away from that question, his reaction would have given him away.
Tony's words say he's being dismissed, but there's a glass on the bar that was clearly intended for him when it was poured, even if Stark has changed his mind since. And Steve can't just go. So he picks it up and takes a surprisingly conservative sip of the contents. He still drinks like he's a 95 pound asthmatic more often than not, even if he could knock back a couple bottles and never feel it.
"Not much point going back to the future. I'm not even sure, if this works, whether I'll keep on existing? Might just crumble into..."
...dust. That was a bad place to let his mind go, and Tony gets a glimpse of color draining from his face before he downs the entire contents of the glass. Futilely.
"...anyway, don't worry if you don't see me again after this."
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Date: 2018-08-09 08:55 pm (UTC)Tony's words say he's being dismissed, but there's a glass on the bar that was clearly intended for him when it was poured, even if Stark has changed his mind since. And Steve can't just go. So he picks it up and takes a surprisingly conservative sip of the contents. He still drinks like he's a 95 pound asthmatic more often than not, even if he could knock back a couple bottles and never feel it.
"Not much point going back to the future. I'm not even sure, if this works, whether I'll keep on existing? Might just crumble into..."
...dust. That was a bad place to let his mind go, and Tony gets a glimpse of color draining from his face before he downs the entire contents of the glass. Futilely.
"...anyway, don't worry if you don't see me again after this."