Tony could sniff out a party super easy. You might even say that it was a super power of his. When he caught wind that someone named Alex was throwing a bit of a party due to not being kidnapped anymore, you bet your ass he was going to be there. Not only was that super worthy of celebrating, he MIGHT have a bit of extra nonsense on his mind due to a certain blond haired girl popping up swearing (sometimes literally) that she was his daughter with Carol, a woman that, to be polite, one might say that he had developed an excess of feeling about. Yeah, shit was complicated, OK?
Anyway, when he walked by Alex's place, he heard the music blasting and smiled. "Nice taste in music," he said to her as he walked in.
Tony could sniff out a party super easy. You might even say that it was a super power of his. When he caught wind that someone named Alex was throwing a bit of a party due to not being kidnapped anymore, you bet your ass he was going to be there. Not only was that super worthy of celebrating, he MIGHT have a bit of extra nonsense on his mind due to a certain blond haired girl popping up swearing (sometimes literally) that she was his daughter with Carol, a woman that, to be polite, one might say that he had developed an excess of feeling about. Yeah, shit was complicated, OK?
Anyway, when he walked by Alex's place, he heard the music blasting and smiled. "Nice taste in music," he said to her as he walked in.
Alex spun around and grinned broadly when she spotted Tony. Not that she knew him, but it was nice that the party was getting started, at least! "The sound system's set up on bluetooth, so if you wanna play something have at it." She walked on over to him and offered him a hand to shake. "Alex."
He reached over and shook her hand. "Tony," he said, grinning back at her. She really did look vaguely familiar to him, but he couldn't quite place her. Multiple worlds and universes made things weird like that sometimes. Then, with his other hand, he also offered her a bottle of champagne. "Figured I'd follow the invite and bring booze as well."
Alex didn't recognize Tony at all, which was probably just as well as this place was confusing enough! "Heeellllooo new best friend." She grinned and took the bottle, then directed him over towards the kitchen. It might have been a last minute decision to have a party, but the kitchen was stocked up with booze in tubs of ice and snacks all over the kitchen tables. One of the pluses of working for DP was that she knew the flight-crew, who tended to take her out without question, so she stocked up fairly quickly. "Anything you want, take. I insist."
Tony kept all of his stuff well stocked, too, so he had no problem sharing some of his stash. "Glad I'm not the only one who keeps stocked up on the good stuff," he said playfully as he followed her inside and peeked inside of the kitchen. He grabbed the first thing closest to him and made himself a drink. He was never known to be too picky about his booze. "What a gracious hostess."
"Well, you caught me on a good day," Alex replied, smiling as she watched Tony fix himself a drink. She set the champagne aside in its appropriate place and grabbed herself a Corona, popping it open with a bottle opener and popping a lemon wedge into the neck before taking a swig. She'd likely drink something stronger later, but as the host she wasn't in a hurry. "So, are you a recent transplant, or are you from around here?"
"I'm a transplant, but I was apart of the first wave," Tony told her after taking a sip of his drink. "So, oddly enough, this place has become something of a second home to me now." Several of his friends and Pepper were here, plus he'd made plenty of new ones after getting here. It was hard to think of ending up back at home. "You more recent?"
Alex thought about that for a moment. "Six months now, come to think of it." Fuck, where did the time go? This place might be a second home to him now, but she couldn't imagine going back to her real home. What was there for her? Gwen certainly wasn't. "What did you do where you were from? Just out of curiosity."