*| Stark.
tony rolls his eyes and shakes his head, running his tongue over his teeth and sucking until it makes a noise and he scowls. he feels bad– he really does. doing this to pietro is nothing short of stressful, he hates it, but he knows it’s for the best. right now, though? he doesn’t have the energy for it. he knows how much the boy hates him, and he gets it. he wishes it wasn’t this way, but it is, and pietro is better off for it. he shouldn’t take the bait, he knows that, and he shouldn’t stoop to his level, but he’s just so tired, so he snaps anyway.
❛ you sure seemed to like it at the time. ❜ it’s sharp, full of venom, and he regrets it the moment it comes out. it’s condescending and honestly just not his style. he scowls a little at the last comment, and it makes him angry, it really does. just the thought of that has him baring his teeth and he glares up at the boy. ❛ don’t be such a fucking child, maximoff. what do you think i left you for in the first place?? ❜
v e n o m o u s words lash out like a whip, the condescension in the mans tone is enough to reopen scabbed over wounds. a heart nearly healed, now ripped open yet again; by just a few words. fists clench with a white knuckled intensity, & despite standing tall in the face of such pain; his gaze does shift. turning elsewhere, the reddening of his eyes giving way to the light sheen of tears unshed. blinking rapidly to will them away, the speedster snorts. ❛ is amazing what you can enjoy when someone makes you think they are in l o v e with you. ❜ he spits, words just as venomous as the bite of a rattlesnake & twice as sharp.
those last words do it, another wave of pain hits & it feels worse than being shot. never would he have thought that something could beat that level of pain. light eyes shift back to tony, glare firm & set on his features as his arms come to cross against his chest. an effort of protection, a sign of distrust -- he's shielding himself at this point, a sign that he is s c a r e d of tony & the things he is capable of. though the cage of his ribs feels empty by this point, like everything had been pulled out. his h e a r t non-existent & his lungs no longer functioning. tony's words like someone had shot him, point blank in the chest with a bazooka. like his entire midsection had been ripped from him. ❛ i was not a child when you had me beneath you. but i guess that was just where you thought i'd be useful, right? i was n e v e r someone you loved, i was just yet another c o n q u e s t. another notch in your belt, the stupid kid with a crush. was it a bet? did someone bet you that you would not be able to bed me? how much did you get? how much was r u i n i n g me worth? ❜













