shieldspatriot:

iron-gauntlet:

Steve dealing with casualties vs. Tony dealing with casualties

steve sees things in terms of the lives saved and who/what he can save

while tony only sees the mistakes and what went wrong and who didn’t get saved

steve is a man who is at peace with what he believes, who is a soldier and has accepted that there are casualties and they can only do the best they can do

while tony is a man who will never be at peace with not being good enough to save everyone, who isn’t a soldier and can’t accept that this is simply the best they can do

here you see two people who look at the world in very different ways and that’s exactly why they couldn’t find common grounds to agree on

tony, seething with rage: fucking linda is always talking shit about peter and how he rolled over two days after her baby did at the weekly mommy and me brunch. like congrats, do you want a medal? we can’t ALL roll over a day before the neonate developmental chart says. you know what we CAN all do? get divorced. how’s craig been, huh, linda?— steve, placatingly: you wanna have some chocolate ice cream with edible glitter and pop rocks? — tony, about to cry: yeah i’d like that.

avengersasssemble:

I’m sobbing Tony would DEFINITELY be the dad to be like “PETER STOOD UP TWO WHOLE WEEKS BEFORE YOUR BABY, KAREN” and Steve has to bodily keep him from getting into fistfights at the weekly Mommy and Me bruncheon……….

Steve would be the dad who holds open Tony’s scrapbook of Peter’s Achievements and sighs when Tony points out Peter’s first laugh was right after Peter threw up on Steve so there’s an uncomfortable picture of Steve covered in baby barf…