[ A corner of her lips rise into something resembling a smile. ]

Don't worry. You'll be fine. The other Tonys might have been assholes from time to time [ or all the time, but she didn't need to say that ], but they were heroes.

[ She's quiet for a moment. She still misses the idiots, damn it. ]

So... Did you have a Pepper in your universe? A Rhodey?