Wilting Peonies

“If you had the Hanahaki disease what flower do you think you'd cough up?”There was a brief pause before Tony admitted, “Theoretically perhaps a Peony.”“Why them?”“Why them? Because they’re nearly as beautiful as yours truly... and someone I really admire had always loved Peonies. It'd be pretty ironic that I'd die from not being loved by being suffocated by something they love so much. Do you know what Peonies symbolise?” The grin Tony began with slowly turned into something a little sadder when he continued to talk, and Steve would’ve given anything to just ask him why he suddenly always smiles so sadly, like someone will just come and tell him that he’s not allowed to feel that slight happiness.After slight consideration Maria shook her head, “No, I don’t.”