Tony and Whitney is like, my Wesley/Lilah (Angel) for my Marvel fandom, not exactly healthy, but woooo. I really would have been impressed if Tony chose Whitney and meant it, and the ramification therein (considering he also loves Pepper, just not that way).
With Steve/Tony, I like the ever present h/c factor because Tony always thinks he isn't good enough AND he places Steve on pedestal, sometimes Steve realise it (more so in MA verse), sometimes he don't, he forgets how good Tony is at hiding his injuries, stays too mad at him for his stubbornness, and we have Civil War :(.
Dude, with Whitney and Tony, I don't know who's more messed up, but they both hide insecurity with contempt and sarcasm (especially when with each other)? I do like that scene where she was sitting on him, being mad at him for the brain deletey thing and almost grieving, ah, so much potential (someone needs to write that fic where she fucks him while he's on the floor, to the kink meme!)
The problem with Steve is that he frequently underestimate how self-destructive Tony is, but he's much more protective of Tony than Tony is of himself. With Whitney however, Whitney's foremost concern is probably still at whether or not Tony was with her out of pity, due to her face, and I can so see Whitney hurting Tony a lot over this, and Tony just letting her.
Re: soulmates, wtf?
With Steve/Tony, I like the ever present h/c factor because Tony always thinks he isn't good enough AND he places Steve on pedestal, sometimes Steve realise it (more so in MA verse), sometimes he don't, he forgets how good Tony is at hiding his injuries, stays too mad at him for his stubbornness, and we have Civil War :(.
Dude, with Whitney and Tony, I don't know who's more messed up, but they both hide insecurity with contempt and sarcasm (especially when with each other)? I do like that scene where she was sitting on him, being mad at him for the brain deletey thing and almost grieving, ah, so much potential (someone needs to write that fic where she fucks him while he's on the floor, to the kink meme!)
The problem with Steve is that he frequently underestimate how self-destructive Tony is, but he's much more protective of Tony than Tony is of himself. With Whitney however, Whitney's foremost concern is probably still at whether or not Tony was with her out of pity, due to her face, and I can so see Whitney hurting Tony a lot over this, and Tony just letting her.