[ He really was at the end of his emotional tether, from a number of directions and Stark's words hit him all levels of wrong.
For a moment, Adrien felt his breath slam into his chest and then seem to stop moving through his lungs. It was like suffocating while standing upright. Inside his own skull, he felt like a pingpong ball was ricocheting against bone, thoughts flying every which way, with no one clear reasonable response standing out above the others.
He reached back and gripped at the short hair just above his nape, a half measure from the temple to temple grasp he wanted to indulge in. Tony wasn't aware of it, wasn't aware of any of the emotional land mines he'd triggered with that entirely reasonable statement. It truly was ludicrous, impossible ...
hopeless. ]
Yeah. [ He said, softly after a moment and in the moment after that, he dropped his hand away. ] Yeah, right. Tall order .. ridiculous.
[ Taking a deep breath, Adrien seemed to collapse in on himself even as he straightened, hands going into the pockets of his uniform as he looked back at the Ingress and then to Tony. ]
I shouldn't have wasted your time calling you down here.
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For a moment, Adrien felt his breath slam into his chest and then seem to stop moving through his lungs. It was like suffocating while standing upright. Inside his own skull, he felt like a pingpong ball was ricocheting against bone, thoughts flying every which way, with no one clear reasonable response standing out above the others.
He reached back and gripped at the short hair just above his nape, a half measure from the temple to temple grasp he wanted to indulge in. Tony wasn't aware of it, wasn't aware of any of the emotional land mines he'd triggered with that entirely reasonable statement. It truly was ludicrous, impossible ...
hopeless. ]
Yeah. [ He said, softly after a moment and in the moment after that, he dropped his hand away. ] Yeah, right. Tall order .. ridiculous.
[ Taking a deep breath, Adrien seemed to collapse in on himself even as he straightened, hands going into the pockets of his uniform as he looked back at the Ingress and then to Tony. ]
I shouldn't have wasted your time calling you down here.