Tony Stark (manof_iron) wrote in freedomtownic, @ 2015-07-20 18:03:00 |
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Entry tags: | !thread, carol danvers (flerken_mama), tony stark (manof_iron) |
Conflicting Feelings
Who: Tony Stark and Carol Danvers
Where: His and Rocket's Workshop
When: July 10th; evening.
What: Basically accidentally causing each other's brains to fry
Rating: Language, but otherwise low.
Status: Complete
Even with Pepper here again, Tony still spent a good deal of time in the lab. He really couldn't help it. There was still just so much that needed to be done around here, plus Tony Stark just didn't know how to stop. It just wasn't his style, and as someone once said, he was all about style. He was currently working on blueprints for a new upgrade on his suit, because there was no way that he'd likely ever stop messing with it now. That memory of Thanos just shutting everything down on it would always be fresh in his mind.
"ROCKET!!!" Carol's voice rang out, sounding rather... adorably annoyed as she walked into the lab, in cut off denim shorts and a Return Of The Jedi t-shirt. "If I have to tell you one more time about trying to kill Chewie..." She stopped, grinning when she saw Tony there. It seemed this version of Tony had a legendary work ethic, hm? "Oh... heh. What, you just live in here now, Tony?"
"Hit him on the nose with a newspaper the next time he tries," Tony joked, looking up from his blueprints immediately when he heard Caorl's voice. "And if I actually lived here, wouldn't that be sad? Just trying to stay on top of things. What's going on? What did Rocket do to Chewie this time?"
"He's convinced the poor little guy is some kind of monster, and keeps trying to shoot him when he sees him." Carol grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest in frustration. "Right now, he's shivering under my bed, and any attempts to get him out are met with loud meowing and a lot of scratching."
"At least he doesn't try to eat him like Alf," Tony joked. "Still, I'm telling you; smack him on the nose with a newspaper. If he wants to act like a wild animal who happens to be good with a gun, then treat him like one," he added with a laugh.
"I swear to god, Tony... I'm gonna kick his little ass so bad PETA is gonna chase me halfway across the galaxy." She laughed, shaking her head as she raised an eyebrow, looking at what he was working on. "Do I even wanna know what you're busy with this time?"
"Can I watch? I'm pretty sure that would be painfully hilarious," Tony said with a snort. "Nothing too exciting. Just working on upgrades as always. I swear every time I think I'm done I come up with something else while asleep."
"Oh, what a prodigy..." She said with a teasing tone of admiration, just to mess with him. "When do you SLEEP, exactly? Between research, tinkering, and your girlfriend, I don't see how you find time for anything else..."
"Well, usually it's less sleep and more 'pass out from exhaustion, but they both accomplish the same thing, right?" he joked. "What about you? What have you been up to lately? "
"Helping out around here, trying to not kill a certain furry teammate, and doing my best to forget my EPIC FAIL of a social or romantic life. That's it in a nutshell." She laughed, running a hand through her long blonde hair. "At least with this earth-based city up here now, I can actually get my hands on some chocolate. Chocolate goes a long way toward making a crapfest of a life just a LITTLE better."
"And here I thought it was booze that made people forget all their cares," Tony joked. "Turns out the way to deal with life is chocolate. If only I'd known that years ago, I'd have more of a liver left." He leaned against the work table as he kooked at her. "And you've got friends here. How does your social life register as a fail?"
"Ohh... trust me. Booze works too." She said with a sad laugh. "I just let it 'work' too many times in my life. I've had a few setbacks, but.... yeah. I'll stick with chocolate now." Carol had battled her own demons enough times to know she had to stay strong now. She couldn't give in to that old temptation anymore.
"Trust me, I know all about that," he admitted. Just because he had a slightly better handle on things now didn't mean that he always did in the past. Hell, he would have loved to have crawled into a bottle and died after Afghanistan. "Chocolate it is then," he said, reaching over and starting to shut down his computer.
"So...." She began to laugh, before even getting the beginning of her next statement out. "A female Cap, huh? Just when I thought I'd run out of ways to be surprised up here, I gotta deal with Steve being prettier than I am. That's messed UP, Tony. Completely."
"Still not sure if I'd say that she's prettier than you," he said. "And even the Cap that we know is ridiculously pretty, so how is it shocking that a fenale version would be?" He stood up. "Come on, I'm buying you copious amounts of chocolate."
She rolled her eyes at the 'pretty' comment. She'd been more or less just thinking of random funny things to say, to distract them both from the increasingly mind-boggling sexual tension between them.... but hey, if he was gonna compliment her, who was she to turn it down? "That's sweet. It'd be even sweeter if in the back of my mind, I didn't know that you could buy an entire chocolate COMPANY if you wanted to... but the gesture is still sweet." Oh, she was just messing with him now...
Yeah, he joked around to ignore it, too. It really was the best he could do at this point. "And just because I can buy an entire company doesn't mean that you can't enjoy what I buy you," he teased.
"God, Jess is gonna have a field day with this..." Carol mumbled to herself, low enough so she wouldn't be heard. "Alright, alright. Fine. But no turning the old Stark Charm on. I'm a lot of things, but The Other Woman is one thing I'm not."
He arched an eyebrow at her. "Come on. I'm a cad but I'm not a complete asshole," he said to her. "You are much more deserving than to be The Other Woman." Which is what made his life fucking complicated.
"As long as we have an understanding." She told him with a laugh, one meant to mask the utter frustration she was feeling right now. "So come on then. If you're buying me chocolate, we're gonna get the expensive stuff."
Yeah, they had an understanding, and that was that Tony was fucked. "Please. Like I'd buy anything but," he said with a laugh, heading out with her.