[The answer comes immediately, even if Quentin looks uncomfortable with it. He's got some shame in him.]
Yes. At the time, it didn't feel like there was any other way to do things. Nothing else to work towards. Five years is... a long time to stew on things, and they sound reasonable when it's all you've focused on for that long. I'll admit that, it was flawed from the start. Mysterio was...
[He leans back on the couch, and scrubs a hand down his face. He feels oddly pathetic at the moment. He can't meet Steven's eyes.]
It was the last thing I had left. I'm not trying to excuse this, but- it was. The Avengers were gone after they fucked up. Iron Man fucked off to go play house, and I- [He laughs mirthlessly, rubbing at his forehead. He doesn't know what to say anymore.] God. I was so angry because even then, he got everything. Everybody lost somebody, and he got to keep his family? Got to- got to live it up, while the rest of us were left to the dogs-? Fuck me, just- give me a sec. Sorry.
[Now both hands are covering his face, because this is- a lot for him to cough up. And he desperately doesn't want to see Steven's expression at the moment. But he can't talk about Mysterio unless he brings up the Snap, and everything that went along with that too.]
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Yes. At the time, it didn't feel like there was any other way to do things. Nothing else to work towards. Five years is... a long time to stew on things, and they sound reasonable when it's all you've focused on for that long. I'll admit that, it was flawed from the start. Mysterio was...
[He leans back on the couch, and scrubs a hand down his face. He feels oddly pathetic at the moment. He can't meet Steven's eyes.]
It was the last thing I had left. I'm not trying to excuse this, but- it was. The Avengers were gone after they fucked up. Iron Man fucked off to go play house, and I- [He laughs mirthlessly, rubbing at his forehead. He doesn't know what to say anymore.] God. I was so angry because even then, he got everything. Everybody lost somebody, and he got to keep his family? Got to- got to live it up, while the rest of us were left to the dogs-? Fuck me, just- give me a sec. Sorry.
[Now both hands are covering his face, because this is- a lot for him to cough up. And he desperately doesn't want to see Steven's expression at the moment. But he can't talk about Mysterio unless he brings up the Snap, and everything that went along with that too.]