Steve was utterly confused, but he believed that Tony was telling him the truth. That didn't marry with any of the other conversations they'd had, though, where Tony had made it clear that he hated the very idea of Steve Rogers. In fact, it seemed like the nicer Steve tried to be to him, the worse it got.

He followed him into the store, pulling a baseball cap low over his face as if that would hide him when his muscles were enough to make anyone stare, and lowered his voice to keep this private.

"Tony-- you've told me before how you don't like me. Remember? Everything special came out of a tube, your Dad liked me and so you don't, or did I dream all of that?""