And he'd planned to get Clint out of the station before he destroyed it. Clint, but not himself, because it wasn't as if a genius inventor who could build the Iron Man armor out of scrap metal could have built a bomb with a timer instead of repulsor gauntlets and gotten himself out safely before the explosion, too.

Okay, first I have to say that I love this bit. It's so easy to get caught up in Tony's PoV where it's always necessary to sacrifice himself that I missed that possibility. And of course Clint saw it, because he's sane. (flail)

This entire half-part was just a loooooong example of how messed up everybody is. D: I loved Hank's PoV, and how he just sort of owned up to being bad at relationships. His frustration with himself is wonderful, and seeing all of the ways he writes off his accomplishments was pure Hank. (hugs him)

And Clint! ;~; Poor Clint. I think it's fair to say that he and Tony really had it the hardest here. (That is a tough call to make, though, since everyone had it hard in this one.) Seeing him like this interact with Pepper like this was strange. Pepper's usually so collected and Clint's usually so upbeat and they weren't and it's so wrong. ;-; Did I sense hints of PTSD there? Not being able to shake off the feeling that you're still in the war?

Clint and Tony are both baby monkeys. (Which is now my favorite way to describe emotional deprivation.) I think I should have saved this for reading sometime that wasn't before bed. IT HURTS. ;-;