Tony shook his head. “Your not fat.” he slurred. “you have a fifty pound…” he paused, frowned and then. “no… ‘s not fifty? You have a whole ass human being, growing inside of your belly, and your belly makes lots of water to protect the whole ass human an there’s other stuff too. ‘s not fat, it’s miracle!” Tony declared, tossing his hands in the air. “everyone leaves me, everyone always… mom and dad, and obi, an auntie peggy, and Rhodey left and happy left and even Bruce left me and everyone always leaves.” he slurred. “it’s not your fault.” Tony promised. “I fucked up… my heads all broken. I really tried…” he staggered to his feet when she pressured him into it but when she went down to kiss his forehead he leaned up and pressed his lips to hers. He blinked a little at her, swayed and then leaned in and kissed her again because he was too drunk to care. And then he was toppling back onto the couch with a groan, curled up on it, and went to sleep just like that.<br/><br/>“it was the way you took it.” Loki corrected. “Steph is incapable of saying things just to hurt someone.” she admitted before smiling. “not like me at all.” that was true. Loki had a vicious tongue and had turned it on all of the avengers at one point or another, save Natasha. Even Bruce had gotten a tongue lashing at one point. Thor seamed to take the brunt of it though. “we can wish all we want, but some people are just overwhelmed by things. Steph was raised by an alcoholic, abusive father who beat the shit out of her and her mother. I’m sure she doesn’t really know what relationships are supposed to look like, and that’s pretty terrifying and overwhelming. Especially with a baby on the way.”<br/><br/>“no, it’s alright, whats wrong?” Loki asked, sounding very worried now. “you what!? Oh Hel Below.” Loki muttered, looking shocked. “where are you right now? I’m coming over.” she glanced at Johnny, looking worried about leaving when he was in such a state but he had calmed down and was behaving rationally again… Pepper on the other hand, Loki was honestly afraid for her. She’d never seen Pepper like this before. “don’t even tell me no, where are you?”