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billionaires) wrote2022-08-27 10:43 pm
billionaires) wrote2022-08-27 10:43 pm
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one of these things isn't like the other✨
Tony had actually done pretty well tracking down the totem-bearers and convincing at least some of them to help him put down Thanos for good. Without ever meeting him, he somehow already knows Behrad will be the glue for this operation, and after everything Zari told him he desperately wants this to go well. Behrad is visiting his family because their superhero group actually gets vacation time, as Sara explains to Tony. Being able to harness time itself does have its perks, or so he would assume. Strange always looks miserable, but there's a lot to unpack there aside from the time stone.
Anyway, that's how he ends up being dropped off in a really nice neighborhood sometime in the 2030s and wondering how long he's been dead in the present. Hopefully, they won't find him as recognizable as Zari had. He buzzes at the gate of their McMansion, remembering all too vividly that portion of his life where he lived in a gated community. It doesn't seem to jive with totem girl, but she did say the family changed completely after her sacrifice.
"Singing telegram for Behrad Tarazi," he deadpans, waving at the security camera and holding up the bouquet of flowers in his hands to show whoever is watching he isn't a threat.
Anyway, that's how he ends up being dropped off in a really nice neighborhood sometime in the 2030s and wondering how long he's been dead in the present. Hopefully, they won't find him as recognizable as Zari had. He buzzes at the gate of their McMansion, remembering all too vividly that portion of his life where he lived in a gated community. It doesn't seem to jive with totem girl, but she did say the family changed completely after her sacrifice.
"Singing telegram for Behrad Tarazi," he deadpans, waving at the security camera and holding up the bouquet of flowers in his hands to show whoever is watching he isn't a threat.
no subject
(Tomaz fails to hide completely how much it wounds her to see someone else enjoying the relationship she longs for with Behrad.)
It sounds like a nightmare. Some parts are simply hard to accept. Behrad as the big hero? Zari as his faithful sidekick? They both suppose that is the dynamic they are in now. They can only hope it doesn't end nearly as tragically because it doesn't even need to be a discussion. Neither have ever been good at ignoring a call to action when it counts.
It doesn't change how on guard they are. It's difficult not to feel sorry for someone who went through such a terrible ordeal and essentially died at the end of it. Tony is a more complicated matter for Zari at least. Behrad, while cautious, is always the more forgiving one.
They exchange looks once Tony speaks up. Despite all the drama and disagreements, for now, they are perfectly in sync with what they should be doing as a unit. Zari is naturally the one to speak up. "We're in. Morons and shiny weapons are a pretty dangerous combo. I can talk the rest into it." It doesn't matter that she never met them before. This is where she shines.