He lets the shirt fall, abandoning it for raking his hands through his hair. He’s feeling just unsettled enough that Bruce’s insistence that he’s not himself is starting to get to him. What if it’s the scientists? What if he’d never been home? He’d been hallucinating JARVIS and his workshop before. It’s possible that everything that’s happened – the Mandarin, Killian, Extremis – could be a trick.
Maybe it has been only four days. Maybe he and the Hulk have been prisoners of the scientists. Maybe they’ve fucked with his head, ripped out his arc reactor, left him with a collection of memories that are completely fake.
“It’s me. I swear, it’s me. I’m just—I’ve been gone. We’ve both been gone. Everyone I’ve talked to has told me that. That it’s been days and we’ve been gone. The Hulk said it was scientists, that they took us and…” Trailing off, he holds out his hands, palms up in surrender, and takes a step backward.
“I thought… I was home. I thought I was home, but I swear, I’m still me, Bruce.”
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He lets the shirt fall, abandoning it for raking his hands through his hair. He’s feeling just unsettled enough that Bruce’s insistence that he’s not himself is starting to get to him. What if it’s the scientists? What if he’d never been home? He’d been hallucinating JARVIS and his workshop before. It’s possible that everything that’s happened – the Mandarin, Killian, Extremis – could be a trick.
Maybe it has been only four days. Maybe he and the Hulk have been prisoners of the scientists. Maybe they’ve fucked with his head, ripped out his arc reactor, left him with a collection of memories that are completely fake.
“It’s me. I swear, it’s me. I’m just—I’ve been gone. We’ve both been gone. Everyone I’ve talked to has told me that. That it’s been days and we’ve been gone. The Hulk said it was scientists, that they took us and…” Trailing off, he holds out his hands, palms up in surrender, and takes a step backward.
“I thought… I was home. I thought I was home, but I swear, I’m still me, Bruce.”