Rhodey in the house! Characters: Rhodey, Pepper, Tony (OTA who wants to crash the reunion) Setting: Peppers Office, Long Island. Content: Probably adult language Summary: Rhodey's back from a tour in Afghanistan to hear some great news about Pepper. What he's expecting is the fact he'll run into his jerk of a best friend, who he's still not forgiven by the way.
James Rhodes ascended the stairs calmly with a little swagger in his step, in each hand he held a bottle of Champagne, ready to be drunk. He was dressed in a casual jeans, polo shirt topped with a leather jacket. Under normal circumstance in this office environment he would have felt underdressed, but after two consecutive tours in Afghanistan he needed a little celebration, no matter what he was wearing. And what better reason than Pepper making CEO? It was all over the newspapers and magazines and he couldn't have been happier for his friend.
It would seem he'd missed out on a hell of a lot since he'd been overseas, 12 months of news, which had been his own fault, really. Since his fall out with Tony he'd decided that perhaps it would be best to get back to his military roots and get on the front line where he was needed. They'd made a lot of headway, but a war was never really over. He'd been on loan to the bombs disposal unit for a long while, the use of the patriot suit had been a great asset, but after eight months his superiors were tired of getting calls from his mother. 4 months of persuasion and service later he was home, just in time it would seem.
The feeling of being back on american soil again was indescribable.
Still he couldn't help the uneasy feeling after finding out Justin Hammers position as head of S.H.I.E.L.D... Pepper could help him fill in the blanks there.
Still he put that to the back of his mind as he raised a hand to knock on the door to Peppers office and put on one of his biggest winning smiles.