Tony Stark // Iron Man (strong_as_iron) wrote in newalliance, @ 2015-05-12 21:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | batman, iron man |
Who: Tony and Bruce (and Alfred)
When: 5/9 (backdate)
Where: Wayne Manor
What: Tony needs to ask Bruce if he can borrow Alfred. Forever.
Tony timed his arrival carefully. There was absolutely no point in getting to Gotham anytime before noon, not with Bruce's sleeping patterns, and likewise, with Bruce's habit of going out on the town at night, trying to catch him after seven or so was chancy. True, the rest of the hours could be interested as well, depending on if Bruce was working a case or doing the fine dance of running his company without appearing to pay attention, or if he was actually out with Dinah.
Then again, he didn't really need to talk to Bruce anyways. He needed Alfred.
So, at a very respectable mid-afternoon, when even the Dark Knight would have to rise, he pulled up in front of Wayne Manor, and for the first time since he'd gotten his license, it was a relief to get out of the car; he'd spent much of the trip wondering if he could fit a car seat in the back, if he was a bad person for wanting to keep the fancy cars and just wedging car seats into them, and then work-shopping sexy cars that were compatible with car seats, while worrying that he really was as shallow as the press would claim he was for thinking about that.
He needed Bruce. And Alfred. And coffee. And Bruce to agree to be Stark Spawn godfather, and loan him Alfred forever.
He didn't quite bound up the steps to the front door, and very much like magic, Alfred opened the door and ushered him inside, installing him in a study while he went to find Master Bruce. Tony flopped into a comfortable armchair, then was up and pacing: tension circling around him sapping energy while still giving him jerky movements in spite of how often he said he was fine.