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[ tmw you don't want to start a conversation but you also have to be an Adult™ about it because it's been actual weeks since you made yourself known to your "it's complicated" friend-slash-ally's alt and there is probably a time limit on polite self-introductions??? ]

hey ~~rogers~~ ~~alt cap~~ ~~younger looking steve~~ captain
it's the other stark
thought i'd finally come introduce myself quasi-formally [ via text. like an Adult™. ]

[ Seven years on from The Avengers fracturing and Steve is used to Tony Stark keeping his distance, so when another Iron Man assists with the extraction but doesn't stick around, Steve can only assume that he has his reasons. He tries not to dwell on what those reasons may be; there are plenty other things that require his attention. But he can't deny that the incoming message brings with it a fair amount of relief, like an exhale when he hadn't even realized he was holding his breath. ]

You know, I was this close to having Strange pass on a note.
I've been meaning to thank you for the assist that day.

[ sometimes ignorance is bliss, cap. ]

a note?
that's cute

i had some things to take care of or else i would have said hi sooner

and you don't have to thank me
i couldn't let the doc go alone, so i just tagged along

I would have messaged you but I was looking for a more obvious username.
Keeping a low profile isn't the Tony from my world's style. As you may have noticed.

yeah, i'm pretty sure most of ourpowers has noticed [ to his absolute detriment. ]

i value my privacy though
and this isn't exactly the best time to be making a splash