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normanosborn:

#too good for this world #too pure

Listen, after the whole debacle with Ultron settles, Tony actually goes and sees the satellite footage of however many combat missions Rhodey had flown by now as War Machine.

He then pays a top-notch editor a ton of money to produce a video montage of the War Machine story, including never before seen footage of Rhodey from Tony’s personal archives.

The next morning, he makes a rare appearance on Good Morning America and just says, “I came here because it’s gonna be the fourth of July soon and I wanted to honor one of America’s finest. A true hero in every sense of the word, who has gone above and beyond the line of duty for his country and his friends. I’ve brought some footage with me.”

By this point everyone is expecting a cheesy video montage honoring Captain America but instead, boom, the 5 minute 32 seconds clip about Rhodey airs instead – including an aerial shot of him dropping the tank in front of the General’s palace with an underlying soundtrack from Die Hard.

And later, Rhodey is sitting his dumb ass in a conference room full of senior air force and army personnel, all of whom are watching the video because it’s become a viral hit already. Everyone is talking about War Machine – America’s newest hero. Meanwhile, Rhodey is doing his best to keep his composure and to blink back tears, when his phone goes off. It’s a text that reads: Got room for a gold titanium alloy sidekick, Honeybear?