[ Right now an emotional barrage like that would be a super bad idea anyway - I know you didn't mean 'well here now i'll show you mine' but still - talk about overwhelming.
That's how Tony works though, his mind is everywhere when he's not focused, and when he is, it's laser beam intensity and precision and complexity, and getting it to switch from everywhere to laser when he isn't inclined to do so or is just not given the right set of catalysts is more or less like trying to turn on the sun. She has, in this moment, by taking away half of his ability to scatter, holding him in place, silently, even holding his head so he looks more or less where she wants, he has to focus, on her. And then she does things and he just wants to focus on her - he is already, after all.
The sound of his name, like that, he makes an almost silent whine, because he wants to touch her - the way he's flexing and then grasping the headboard he's cuffed to indicating his need to touch things - and he needs movement, just a little, trying not to shift in anticipation and almost, almost managing it entirely. ]
okay true i'll go with that
That's how Tony works though, his mind is everywhere when he's not focused, and when he is, it's laser beam intensity and precision and complexity, and getting it to switch from everywhere to laser when he isn't inclined to do so or is just not given the right set of catalysts is more or less like trying to turn on the sun. She has, in this moment, by taking away half of his ability to scatter, holding him in place, silently, even holding his head so he looks more or less where she wants, he has to focus, on her. And then she does things and he just wants to focus on her - he is already, after all.
The sound of his name, like that, he makes an almost silent whine, because he wants to touch her - the way he's flexing and then grasping the headboard he's cuffed to indicating his need to touch things - and he needs movement, just a little, trying not to shift in anticipation and almost, almost managing it entirely. ]