"You could. You know you want to," he murmurs, looking at him through his eyelashes, face a little flushed, tone sincere. "I'd get you whatever you wanted, keep you safe. Things don't have to end badly. I promise, I'll figure something out. Anything, for you. I love you."

He does. And isn't life a bitch, to finally hand Tony someone he can fall in love with and then strike the man down? But Tony's never been one to let life dictate to him what will and won't be. He's always fought it. And he wins.

He can win again, for someone like this.