Tony Stark can't sleep. (exitthedonut) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2012-07-01 16:56:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, tony stark (iron man) |
WHO: Tony Stark.
WHAT: A Press Conference.
WHEN: Pre-dated, Monday Morning.
WHERE: The future campus of Stark Industries.
WARNINGS: Some swearing.
Tony hated press conferences.
Granted, they usually were to disavow any knowledge of a sex tape between himself and some starlet, or the crap he sometimes had to do for the charities or Irvine Company. It should have been different this time, since this was his baby. Stark Industries. That Arc Reactor was going to change the world.
But Steve's words were echoing in his brain while he outlined the innovations that his company were setting forth. He had absolutely no doubt that the IPO was going to go through the goddamned roof, and that everything was going great. So why was he thinking up a perfectly great way to fuck it all up?
Oh right. Because he was Tony Stark.
Still, he got lucky. When it got to the questions, one reporter gave him the opening. She was blonde, vaguely familiar. Either way, she asked the Million Dollar Question.
"Mister Stark, there were two eye witnesses that claim they saw you in a mechanized suit at the scene of a fire yesterday morning. Are you the so-called Iron Man that has been seen flying around Southern California, and if so, what would your motivations be to create a panic like this one?"
Bingo.
"Please, let's give me some credit," Tony said seriously. "I've been called a lot of things but Superhero isn't usually one of them." The reporter just snorted.
"I never said you were a superhero."
Rhodey wasn't here, and Pepper stood to one side. No one would stop him; maybe it was inevitable. Maybe it shouldn't be stopped. From day one, Tony had believed the dreams had meaning. Maybe this was the meaning.
Maybe he'd better quit stalling.
"Well, be that as it may, yes. I am Iron Man."
What had until ten seconds ago been a business press conference suddenly erupted into a strangely familiar chaos. Everyone was taking pictures, yelling questions, and Tony just had to grin.
Yes. Yes he was.