[ It's probably fairly obvious to any clear-minded outsider that whatever it is that he's normally doing is at the very least not contributing to a solution, and at the most, actively contributing to not finding one. Neither eventuality is at all obvious to Tony himself though, which is sadly wherein the rub lies.
Yeah, the look on his face indicates he's not that convinced that it's going to not come back, that it won't be in this cyclical stage where when it isn't happening, he's simply waiting for whenever it does again.
Okay, the hug... She was right, he pulled away out of self-consciousness. He freezes a little bit, but only for a moment, and then all but melts back into her. It can't be immediately, because he's still deliberating; appearances versus impulse, and impulse wins out (as impulse is wont to do). Impulse is awesome, it's just not helping with any of his actual problems. He's hoping the hug will lessen what isn't at all residual trembling still from before they even got started here. His comments had been more or less in jest, but there's a certain amount of encouragement to be gained from her confirmations regardless. ]
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Yeah, the look on his face indicates he's not that convinced that it's going to not come back, that it won't be in this cyclical stage where when it isn't happening, he's simply waiting for whenever it does again.
Okay, the hug... She was right, he pulled away out of self-consciousness. He freezes a little bit, but only for a moment, and then all but melts back into her. It can't be immediately, because he's still deliberating; appearances versus impulse, and impulse wins out (as impulse is wont to do). Impulse is awesome, it's just not helping with any of his actual problems. He's hoping the hug will lessen what isn't at all residual trembling still from before they even got started here. His comments had been more or less in jest, but there's a certain amount of encouragement to be gained from her confirmations regardless. ]
Thank you.