[ of course steve was here. she wasn't going to meet him out in public -- not with all the weighty history, hanging there, making the pair of them vulnerable. but she watches as tony gets hot under his collar.

good lord. ]

He is, actually. [ upstanding. ] And I think you know it or else you wouldn't be half so hopping mad.

[ half so disappointed. ]

It's not as though I could just ignore him, Tony.

[ much as part of her had wanted to. ]