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Current mood:	hopeful
Entry tags:	active: tony stark, active: wanda maximoff

Tony & Wanda
WHO: Tony Stark & Wanda Maximoff
WHAT: Reunion
WHERE: Central Park
WHEN: Sunday morning after donut time with family & Nebula.
WARNINGS: His mouth, maybe.
SPOILERS: I suspect through Endgame



Tony felt guilty for telling Steve he wouldn't join the team for dinner. It had nothing to do with Wanda, but his own insecurity. Most of the Avengers were from a future he didn't live in; sure, he made peace with Steve, but he was from a time when his feelings were still raw over the Accords and Barnes. Yes, he personally asked Bucky to take part in Peter's birthday, but that wasn't an intimate setting. He could have Bucky there for Peter, but avoid him outside polite pleasantries. He only admitted it to Pepper, but he felt like most of the Avengers only decided he wasn't a self-centered playboy after they defeated Thanos. He never trusted easily so his rift with Steve had cut him deeply and, while he understood the motives now, he could never forget who seemingly "chose" Captain America over him. Those feelings weren't helped when Clint touched a sore spot regarding Peter upon his arrival. He could forgive Clint, someone he knew was grieving, but he couldn't forget none of the Avengers checked in on him after that. Perhaps Bruce or Rhodey would bridge the gap in Goodland, but Tony didn't think he could sit down to a small dinner with a team he didn't feel he belonged to. What had he once said? He was just the guy who bought everything? Maybe that was all he still was? Thor's arrival helped, but Tony just wasn't ready for a "family" reunion. It was different one on one; he was scared of the memories that "bringing the team together" would invoke. Sure, it was cowardly, but he finally had a chance at a family and "normal" life in Goodland. He didn't want to confront the demons; it was hard enough doing it one on one.

Still, he cared about Wanda. He really thought he was doing the best thing for her and everyone else when he kept her in the compound. He believed the Accords would help save lives. He saw, now, how wrong he had been, but his motives were never malicious. She was young and lost her family so he wanted to protect her as much as he wanted to protect others from her. He had no idea how she'd feel about him now. He made peace with Wanda when she was in Goodland before, but he was learning different versions of people popped in and out of the city. What if she hated him? He guessed she didn't from their talks on the web board, but he still worried.

He thought Central Park was a good meeting place where they could walk around in the fresh air. He, for one, knew he needed to walk off his nervous energy.