We Were Dead Before the

Sometimes he wonders what would have happened if he’d told Loki way back then, before it haunted his mind, before he’d pushed him away, before the damned god went off and got himself blown up. Then he remembers that it’s no use dwelling on the past, and what’s done is done, and you can’t bring people back from the dead. Except, that’s not necessarily true, is it? Because there he is, beating a shuddered and youthful rhythm on the counter with hands that are smaller than Tony remembers. And, although this boy is only thirteen and from Paris, France, he bears a striking resemblance to a man Tony fell in love with.