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I'm shocked.

Now, Jennifer. Be nice.

That was nice.

What did he do?

I came into my studio this morning to find the entire place filled with flowers. They weren't even all for me, he got everyone flowers, which is really kind of cute.

It's official.

You're both gross now.

No! What? I'm not gross, he's gross. This is all him.

You're all [vague gesture] glowy happy about his over the top gushiness.

Gross.

... a little bit, maybe? [ A beat, and then the realization: ] Oh, god. I'm gross, aren't I?

Yep.

Do I at least make up for some of that grossness by being ultra fabulous and all-around amazing?

It helps.

[ Cue a slightly uncomfortable, squinty-eyed wince from Janet as she tries again: ] Does the fact that I'm actually kind of really, ridiculously happy help?

Of course it does. I'm still going to call you gross, though.

I expect nothing less. And I expect him to get the same treatment too.

When I see him being gross, I will give him a hard time.

I could text him about it now...

Is it as effective via text, though..?

[ Janet finds someplace comfy to sit, a chair, and climbs up into it, sitting with her knees against the cushion beneath her. ]

So, we're not opposed?

[ They don't exactly have the greatest history and Jen's one of her closest friends, she wouldn't want there to be weirdness there. ]

Let's find out. [She's going to text Tony a very simple 'u r gross' with no background or supporting information precisely because she thinks that might annoy him most.]

Nah. He's not the worst stupidly rich man on the planet. [Part of Jen settling back into some time with superhero friends was finding out exactly what went down in the train wreck that changed her and killed people near and dear. Tony having tried to play an actual voice of reason gets him a few brownie points.]

[ Oh, that'll bug him for sure. ]

It's just that things got a little weird a few years back, and... I know the whole thing is weird on a "ew, Mom and Dad are kissing" level and with our history being what it is...

[ Jen was there for round one, after all. She saw how much it upset Jan when all ways said and done and Tony and Janet's friendship eventually recovered, all was forgiven, but nothing was forgotten. It was drama. Everyone had an opinion. ]

I love Tony-- maybe not in that whole love of my life kind of way, maybe it's building to that, but... I've known him my whole adult life. He's family. He's one of my best friends. I don't know where this is going, but I'm having a lot of fun? And he's trying. We're trying.

[His frustration is probably is not helped by fact that the only thing she's responding to his questions is variations on 'ewwww'.]

Jan, really, it's not a problem for me. I don't even want to think about the level of Electra complex I'd have to have to think of Tony like a dad, and if you're actually happy with him now, well, I've made worse relationship choices before and since then. Trying to hold onto good makes a lot of sense.

Even if it's only for now. Even if it's for a long time.

[ If he's smart, he'll put two and two together eventually. If only because she told him where she'd be this afternoon and with whom. (And he will figure it out eventually, or close enough to it.) ]

I know that you guys are in a better place now. I'm glad. The Avengers is a family for me, we don't always get along and that's normal, but I hate it when we don't. I hate when there's in-fighting. I think it's just a little weird because... we dated. And it didn't end well at all. And I have a history of dating exes.

[Oh, he starts getting some reasonable guesses before very long, but that doesn't mean Jen is going to confirm anything.]

Jan, I dated him for a while. We all have weird connections and histories, and honestly, the two of you make multiple kinds of sense. Will all the things that have happened since then, maybe there's been enough change to make things work that didn't before. It's definitely a different situation than what you've done with other relationships.