When Downey Wears a Tin Can [Comprehensive British and American]

The familiar windmill villa, the familiar living room on the first floor.

The sunken one-piece blue and white porcelain sofa, and the huge interesting rock fireplace in front of it, as well as the glass Iron Man collection placed on the fireplace.

Downey was sitting on one side of the sofa, in front of him was a cup of coffee that was completely in line with his taste from creamer to maple syrup, and opposite him, a person who looked exactly like him was holding the same coffee.

Sitting next to the man was a little girl who looked at him curiously—Donnie didn't know who she was.

After nearly half an hour of silence without saying a word.

"Hello, Tony Stark."

Finally unable to bear the oppressive atmosphere, Tony put down the coffee in his hand, sat down next to Downey a few steps, and held out his hand to him: "But the name on the current ID card is Robert Downey Jr.."

To be honest, Downey didn't immediately wake up from the environment in front of him, but he subconsciously stretched out his hand and shook it back, and then: "Hello, Tony—" He paused halfway through the sentence, and then changed his words, "Little Robert Downey."

Tony: "The name on your ID card must be Tony Stark?"

Downey: "Almost."

Tony had a look of "I knew it": "So are you interested in talking to me about the ins and outs of everything?"

Downey didn't speak.

He glanced at the little girl sitting quietly next to Tony, and Tony said directly after noticing his gaze: "The will of the universe. There should be one in your universe?"

Downey was a little surprised: "Yes, it just doesn't seem to be as kind as this side." His gradually returning reason and thinking reminded him of his original life in this universe, "I always thought that my original life and universe didn't have these things. Messy stuff."

After noticing that the little girl frowned at the adjective "mess," Downey added, "Sorry, I wasn't talking about you."

The little girl glanced at Downey, and silently played with the Barbie doll in her hand again.

Downey took a deep breath: "How long have I been in a coma?"

"Three months."

Downey couldn't help rubbing his face: "Has it been so long?"

"Yes, we found you on the set of Avengers 3, in a steel armor prop."

Tony sat back in his seat, his posture was calm and casual, and the temperament engraved in his bones would never change because of the identity exchange in just a few months, although he was wearing hellokitty pajamas and rabbit slippers (even Tang Ni himself forgot when he bought such a pair of plastic rabbit slippers in the windmill villa), but he insisted on sitting on the ordinary home sofa like the chair in the office of the president of Stark Enterprises.

Although in the movies, he wasn't the president of Stark Enterprises long ago.

Tony took a sip of coffee: "At that time they thought I had a heatstroke, and then they found me still on the set after taking you to the hospital. I told them you were my twin brother, do you think they believed it or not?"

Downey didn't guess.

He looked at Tony Stark: "Can I ask you a presumptuous question?"

Tony raised his eyebrows: "Hmm."

Downey: "Which universe are you from?"

Tony answered very simply: "According to what you say here, it should be—the movie universe?"

Compared with the Tony Stark in the comics that Downey first met, it is obvious that this Tony Stark from the movie universe is more familiar and friendly, not only because of the exact same appearance, but also because of the rich expression when the other party speaks and body language.

Tony Stark has so much to say.

"I saw the movie you made, and it was exactly like some of my past experiences. To be honest, I didn't quite accept it at first. It was ridiculous, but at least now it seems that I'm adjusting well."

Tony shrugged and said, "I have always been very adaptable."

Downey was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Do you still remember how you came to this universe?"

Tony paused, he seemed to organize his words, and then said: "Have you read the script of Avengers [-]?"

Downey: "I've only heard some of the concepts spoken by Christopher."

Tony nodded, then picked up the script on the coffee table and handed it to Downey directly: "You should read it once and it should be clear."

Downey took the script and said casually, "I never put the script on the coffee table on the first floor before."

Tony: "So even though I have inherited your acting skills and ID card, I have never regarded myself as Robert Downey Jr. himself."

Downey stopped talking.

He lowered his head and quickly scanned the contents of the script, then slowly frowned.In the process of his study, Tony would occasionally interject a few words: "To be honest, I still haven't quite adapted to the rhythm of life in this universe. I'm not saying he's not good. It's really peaceful here. Occasionally staying up late to film a movie, compared to my previous schedule, it’s like a pension, and——do you think it’s weird?”

Downey still looked down at the script: "Yes, everything is very strange."

Tony repeated: "Of course, everything is weird."

Just when Downey thought that Tony Stark was going to start recounting his experience before and after he came to this universe, he heard Tony Stark say: "I was quite old in that universe, and I became 29 when I got here. lad."

Tony stretched his waist as he spoke, and the pattern of hellokitty on his chest suddenly became clear: "It's good to be young. I feel that even the way I speak has changed. I used to be very calm, starting from Iron Man 1."

Downey put down the script: "...I played Iron Man 1."

Steady Tony Stark: "Oh." He changed the subject, "Have you finished watching?"

Downey: "Yeah."

Another moment of silence.

Tony waited for a while but didn't wait for Downey to speak. He couldn't help but said, "I thought you would say a little more than I imagined."

Downey took a deep breath, and suddenly asked, "You traded your life for the safety of the universe, have you ever regretted it?"

This question successfully stunned Tony Stark, he frowned, and after thinking about it seriously: "Of course, I regret it every second."

Downey looked up at Tony: "But if you are asked to re-elect again, you will still do that."

Tony Stark paused for a while, as if he had recreated the scene in his mind, and then affirmed: "Yes, if there is no other better way, I mean." He shrugged, " Who wants to die, I am not alone."

Tony's tone was not that heavy when he talked about this topic, and of course it was not easy, but at least the people who heard it felt that he seemed to have come out of the past.

But the truth is only known to him.

After finishing speaking, Tony seemed to think of the scriptwriter who was the culprit, and dissatisfied: "I think it makes sense for Christopher to be bald when he was young. This is probably the retribution for those bad guys who are thinking about who to write to death."

"I'm discussing with him now, let him think of a way to make Iron Man survive after snapping his fingers. To be honest, the era when heroes must die is over now. Wouldn't it be nice to have a happy ending? When you get old, you always want to watch something family-friendly.”

After finishing speaking, he added: "Of course, I'm very young now." Tony said so, and glanced at Downey: "Thanks to you."

Donnie had no expression on his face: "You're welcome."

The living room became quiet again, only the sound of the second hand of the wall clock turning around.

Tony looked at the expression on Downey's face, and stopped asking him what happened in other universes, but just asked him: "Then what are your plans for the future?"

Downey has mixed emotions.

He thought he was going to die when he reached for the Eye of Heimdall, but he didn't.

His original goal was to go back to his original universe, and now that he's back, he thought he'd be happy, but he didn't either.

Downey didn't know what drove him to say this sentence, but at this moment, it was indeed his inner thoughts: "The world doesn't need two Robert Downey Jr.."

Tony Stark sat on the sofa, his expression was calm, he nodded after hearing Downey's words, and then stood up.

"I'll show you something."

......

......

On the third floor of Windmill Villa, the workshop designed by Downey himself, after Tony Stark opened the newly installed electronic door outside——

For a brief moment Downey thought he was back in his workshop in the Avengers Tower.

There is a row of oval-shaped display warehouses in front of you, and there are seven sets of steel armor standing quietly inside. The standard is not new. It can be seen that the materials of this earth are limited, so only some old models can be produced.And in the center of the workshop, there is a green gemstone suspended on the workbench, as well.

Under the action of the catapult, the gem is projected on a closed black door in the void behind.

There are simple and familiar patterns on the door, exactly the same as the door in the Asgard Dungeon.

Downey looked at the gem and frowned, "The Eye of Heimdall?"

Tony was still holding coffee in his left hand. He walked up to the gemstone and skillfully turned on the operator with his right hand: "You were holding this in your hand when we found you. I think it might be presumptuous of me to do so, but I'm really curious about this stone. ingredients in it, so I spent three months dissecting and releasing its energy."

Tony Stark: "This is a space portal."

"Connect to your original universe."

Tony drank the coffee and put the cup on the empty table next to him: "Actually, my original plan was—"

"The energy of this door should reach the critical point tomorrow, and then it will open, and the remaining energy in the gem can only last until tomorrow. When I calculated all this, you were still in a coma, and I'm not sure what you will do tomorrow." Will you wake up?"

After he finished speaking, he looked back at Downey: "The will of the universe said the same thing as you. There is no Tony Stark in this world, and it is impossible to have two Robert Downey Jr.."

Downey looked at the expression on Tony's face: "So you plan to go there alone tomorrow?"

Tony took it for granted: "Yes, after all, this was originally your world. I've been here for so long, and I think I've made a lot of money."

Donnie paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Can you use it to return to your own world?"

The answer is taken for granted: "No, it was not something in my world."

Downey: "What will happen after you go?"

Tony held his chin and thought for a while: "Find a new identity and start all over again?" He spread his hands uncertainly as he spoke, "I don't know if the universe allows two Iron Man?"

Donnie fell silent.

Tony stopped in front of him, with a smile in his warm brown eyes: "You don't need to hesitate."

"You're just taking back what's yours."

The workshop fell into silence, only the Eye of Heimdall suspended in mid-air was still running and turning according to the laws of space.

After a while.

Tony heard the person in front of him suddenly ask, "Mr. Stark."

Downey raised his head: "How to solve the problem of occasionally feeling the flow of subcutaneous liquid metal after subcutaneously injecting the sensing device?"

Tony Stark froze for a moment.

Then he frowned: "Are you serious?"

Donnie took a deep breath.

"I think so."

......

......

Until the space gate was closed and the Eye of Heimdall was shattered into powder.

Tony Stark stood in front of the empty workbench, and next to him was the cosmic will with twin ponytails holding a rag doll who turned into a little girl and watched him in case he did something against the laws of the universe.

Tony Stark said suddenly: "You didn't tell me before that the universe can also be connected through active means."

The little girl had no pupils in her big black eyes, and her voice was an emotionless child's voice: "What do you mean?"

Tony Stark: "So you also have a way to get me back to my original universe?"

Little girl: "A universe can't have two Robert Downey Jr., but it can't have neither."

Tony Stark: "You didn't deny it, so there is."

The will of the universe that has been tricked and will not lie: "..."

Tony Stark: "It's not that I won't come back." He raised a finger, "Just to discuss, just one day, I just have a vacation tomorrow."

Little girl: "Don't even think about it."

Tony Stark: "A set of classic Barbie and pet cat, out of print."

Little girl: "No way."

Tony Stark: "Another Stefano Barbie."

Little girl: "...Impossible."

Tony Stark: "Marina doll—"

The little girl just wanted to say no.

Tony Stark: "Ten sets."

Little girl: "There is also Mulan limited Barbie."

Tony Stark: "Buy it all for you."

Little girl: "Okay, thank you Dad."