Tony is bouncing his foot nervously on the pavement and gripping his tea mug tight enough to turn his knuckles white. The tea is supposed to be a calming blend. It's not working so far.
This feels like a bad idea. Tony knows that it's not - the three of them can't keep up the exhausting Never-Put-Gene-And-Howard-In-The-Same-Room-Together routine forever. Some kind of reconciliation, or at least a truce, has to be made for Tony and his dad and his ex-nemesis-turned-boyfriend to all coexist on the same turtle. So. That's what this is. A chance for Gene and Howard to get to know each other again, and for Howard to see that Gene has changed. A necessary first step in lessening the tension between the three of them.
That doesn't mean Tony's looking forward to it.
He glances at his dad and clears his throat nervously. "You're still okay with this, right?" he asks, almost hoping Howard will say 'no' and call the whole thing off.
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This feels like a bad idea. Tony knows that it's not - the three of them can't keep up the exhausting Never-Put-Gene-And-Howard-In-The-Same-Room-Together routine forever. Some kind of reconciliation, or at least a truce, has to be made for Tony and his dad and his ex-nemesis-turned-boyfriend to all coexist on the same turtle. So. That's what this is. A chance for Gene and Howard to get to know each other again, and for Howard to see that Gene has changed. A necessary first step in lessening the tension between the three of them.
That doesn't mean Tony's looking forward to it.
He glances at his dad and clears his throat nervously. "You're still okay with this, right?" he asks, almost hoping Howard will say 'no' and call the whole thing off.