"Really?" There's a lot that Justin's saying, but Tony focuses on one statement more than the rest and it's that one that he feels most compelled to address. "You want me to go with you?"
He's not opposed to going in the least. He turns up at the company's headquarters so often, it's getting to the point where he's starting to spend as much time at Justin's company as he does at his own. Slightly more, in fact, since he has Pepper to run SI and walking in there tends to get him cornered by people who want to ask his opinion on and advice about everything under the sun. At least at Hammer, most of the employees let him off with a glance of acknowledgement. And he likes Jack. He doesn't know what Jack thinks about him, but the man's nice and polite and he takes care of Justin.
In the end, that's all that really matters to Tony.
"I'll go with you. I just—I thought it would weird. For you, not for me. I don't—It's not weird for me." And he'll be on his best behavior. He won't be loud and obnoxious, he won't breeze in like a celebrity. He'll dress nice, but not too nice, he won't show up in the Iron Man suit, and he won't carry on like he's the center of the universe.
As for his sometimes coworkers, Tony waves them aside. "Okay. Skip Steve. Forget all of them. They're not invited. Unless you want to invite them, that's different, but I'm not going to do it." He bends to help him pack up the rest of the equipment, trying to make himself useful as he rambles. "And for the record, Bruce likes you. I don't talk about you all the time, but it's often enough that he's formed an opinion."
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He's not opposed to going in the least. He turns up at the company's headquarters so often, it's getting to the point where he's starting to spend as much time at Justin's company as he does at his own. Slightly more, in fact, since he has Pepper to run SI and walking in there tends to get him cornered by people who want to ask his opinion on and advice about everything under the sun. At least at Hammer, most of the employees let him off with a glance of acknowledgement. And he likes Jack. He doesn't know what Jack thinks about him, but the man's nice and polite and he takes care of Justin.
In the end, that's all that really matters to Tony.
"I'll go with you. I just—I thought it would weird. For you, not for me. I don't—It's not weird for me." And he'll be on his best behavior. He won't be loud and obnoxious, he won't breeze in like a celebrity. He'll dress nice, but not too nice, he won't show up in the Iron Man suit, and he won't carry on like he's the center of the universe.
As for his sometimes coworkers, Tony waves them aside. "Okay. Skip Steve. Forget all of them. They're not invited. Unless you want to invite them, that's different, but I'm not going to do it." He bends to help him pack up the rest of the equipment, trying to make himself useful as he rambles. "And for the record, Bruce likes you. I don't talk about you all the time, but it's often enough that he's formed an opinion."