[ losing coulson once was enough for tony. coming back again and again would lessen the sting a little, but eventually, he would stop coming back. what then? they just wait around, being hopeful, until eventually the crushing realization sets in that he's not coming back. no, tony's not into that. not when it's not even been a year since coulson died the first time (not when he almost lost pepper, and he might lose happy, and he's lost jarvis. he can repair jarvis, but that's not the point). and yet he probably still would have been glad to see coulson.

tony crosses his own arms as she speaks, brows furrowing ] Okay, I'm going to need a better explanation than that. Because there are a few things that don't add up here. Mainly the part where we can't leave. What's physically keeping people here?

[ he's not all flippant comments, at least ]