I Knew You Were A Bad

The constant solid, unchanging fact in Colonel James Rhode’s life is this: Tony Stark is a terrible idea. Such constants are invaluable when one’s best friend semi-routinely pulls shit like: discovering a new element, making a major break through in seemingly random areas of scientific intrigue overnight and on a whim, and developed increasingly destructive weapons primarily for fun. From the day they met, Tony banging on Rhode’s door at midnight, absolutely hammered, looking for a bathtub to sleep in Rhodey knew: this kid is a terrible idea. And thus the first two points on the list are a.) 16 year old, drunk on a Tuesday and b.) rich, white boy. A decade later those reasons don’t even seem worth mentioning.Dishonorable discharge and international incident levels of scandal were a far, far more pressing concern.