[ He'd help with the way that she's freaking out if he weren't doing the same thing himself. He's not a great person, and he's always been almost certain that he'd be a horrible father, been worried, in fact, that if it ever came to pass, that he'd be just like his own, because why wouldn't he? Maybe even worse, because Howard Stark was a great man, and if he's already starting at a deficit, how can Tony even compare? And while he knows he's more than capable of providing an adequate lifestyle, what happens if something happens to him, to Max? He doesn't want to orphan his own offspring in turn. Not when he knows what that feels like.
But for the most part he feels like... It's her decision. She has more issues with this, he thinks, and it's her body and her mind and yeah he has opinions but until they get past the initial 'What do you want to do?' he doesn't know where to even begin coming in with anything. The overwhelming majority is that obviously, they're both ill-equipped, ill-suited, their lifestyle doesn't allow for it, but, at the same time, it's theirs. He can't tell what his feelings are doing right now at all. Isn't half of this supposed to kick in after he's holding the baby - isn't that when paternal instincts kick in, when they have the child in their hands? ]
Yeah, it's big. So we should think about it carefully. But what do you want?
maybe.
But for the most part he feels like... It's her decision. She has more issues with this, he thinks, and it's her body and her mind and yeah he has opinions but until they get past the initial 'What do you want to do?' he doesn't know where to even begin coming in with anything. The overwhelming majority is that obviously, they're both ill-equipped, ill-suited, their lifestyle doesn't allow for it, but, at the same time, it's theirs. He can't tell what his feelings are doing right now at all. Isn't half of this supposed to kick in after he's holding the baby - isn't that when paternal instincts kick in, when they have the child in their hands? ]
Yeah, it's big. So we should think about it carefully. But what do you want?