[ Swearing is fine. He likes swearing. He's in too many of the public's eyes to do a whole lot of it, since, okay, yeah, little kids, he's not all touchy-feely but he does have a soft spot for children and their right to keep their innocence, even if most of the time he's still terrible at it. At some point you realize it's just easier to find more creative ways to vent frustration. Like, blowing up your living room. Creative!
Tony takes a little bit longer - his hit just after, he's quite involved in the physical sensations when it happens and that always tends to do something funny to the actual reaction times, chemically and physically, whatever reason - but he returns similarly slowly, looking back at her with increasing clarity over a period of a minute or so. His heart isn't still racing but it's faster, there's a sheen to his skin that wasn't there when they got started with all of this, and he appears much more calm and relaxed, at least in this moment. It's unlikely that some of the previous stress won't return, but right now, right here, he's not as concerned with it. ]
i have to go back further for the subject line conversation than the actual tags to get context now
Tony takes a little bit longer - his hit just after, he's quite involved in the physical sensations when it happens and that always tends to do something funny to the actual reaction times, chemically and physically, whatever reason - but he returns similarly slowly, looking back at her with increasing clarity over a period of a minute or so. His heart isn't still racing but it's faster, there's a sheen to his skin that wasn't there when they got started with all of this, and he appears much more calm and relaxed, at least in this moment. It's unlikely that some of the previous stress won't return, but right now, right here, he's not as concerned with it. ]