Tony should have contacted the Avengers after the Snap
It's interesting to me that all the prop-Tony folks complained about how everyone "abandoned" Tony after Civil War and Infinity War and how horrible Team Cap was for not checking up on Tony. As if the international fugitives and the people trying to hold a broken world together are supposed to look after a 50-year-old manbaby. The truth is that TONY is the one who should have contacted the others. He's the one who had all the time on his hands (all he was doing for the last 7 years was building suits and then Hydra-like weapons of mass destruction) and he is the one who actually had news to share. What if someone got to point that out?
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Scott shifted in the backseat as the car pulled onto the highway on the way to Tony Stark's cabin. He said, "So no one's heard from Stark in five years?"
Natasha glanced in the rearview mirror and shrugged. She said, "More than, really. The last time I spoke to him he called me a traitor. That was right after Germany."
Scott frowned and said, "I know he never apologized to me after locking me up on the Raft and then ignoring the Accords himself, but I didn't think he'd be that big an asshole to anyone else."
Steve shook his head and said, "I sent him a phone. He never used it. Not even when Vision was in danger."
Natasha snorted and said, "Not to mention the rest of the universe. No, Tony never contacted anyone. He certainly never apologized to anybody for the Raft."
Her face went grim as she continued, "And he definitely didn't apologize for exposing Laura and the kids to Thunderbolt Ross."
"Man, that really sucks," Scott said. He continued, "But what about after---I figured he'd at least check what happened to you guys after the Snap and all."
Natasha snorted and glanced over at Steve, who stayed silent. Natasha said, "Other than spewing lies in Steve's face after Carol Danvers saved Tony's ass, no one's heard from Tony."
Scott sank back in his seat and said, "But---but he's a BILLIONAIRE! He didn't ask how he could help? He didn't try to pitch in when the world was in chaos?"
Steve said, "No, he just...ignored it all."
Scott shook his head and said, "And---and Stark's had all this GOOD news. He never invited you to his wedding? He never called or texted to let you know Pepper was pregnant? He never sent a note saying that he'd had a kid?"
"Not a word," Natasha replied. She continued, "It's like we didn't exist for him now that he decided he didn't have to help clean up the mess he made."
"Wow, what a jerk," Scott said as he stared out the window. He shook his head again and said, "I guess I won't get my hopes up."
Natasha and Steve glanced at each other. Neither one said it out loud, but they both knew that Tony Stark was NOT someone to count on to do the right thing.