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Tony Stark ([info]sansiron) wrote in [info]silverage,
@ 2011-07-07 15:35:00

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Entry tags:!log, don draper, tony stark

Who: Don Draper and Tony Stark
What: I hear by call together this meeting of drunken business men
When: Thusday afternoon
Where: The Harvard Club
Warnings: None!

Tony had more money than most, more possessions than most, and a more interesting life than most, but even with everything he had there were still gaping holes. He had money and no one to share it with aside from charities and the occasional Bunny. He had looks and personality, but they'd yet to find him a wife. He could have provided for a family of any size, but he had no children. He never would have complained about is life --Tony thought he had a pretty good one, experiences in the Vietnam jungle aside-- but there were other successful men out there who had what he had, and more.

Luckily, he was friends with one of them, and could therefore live vicariously through him without having to worry about picking some tiny human being up from school or managing to stay monogamous.

His weekly lunch dates with Don Draper were something Tony genuinely enjoyed. Becoming easy friends after the former Sterling-Cooper completely a series of ad work for Stark Industries, Tony had insisted on the Thursday lunches as an easy way to stay in touch. They would eat, drink, (and drink) and trade conversation. Tony had tales to spare about Vietnam, the weapons industry, and his Playboy lifestyle. Don was always slightly more gaurded, but if Tony could ease something about about Betty (or whichever woman it was this week) or the kids, then he considered lunch a success.

They met at the Yale and Harvard Clubs, depending on which one suited them that week. Neither were graduates of either school, but Tony was rich enough that it didn't matter and Don looked the part. On this particular Thursday, Tony walked into the Harvard Club just slightly later than he'd been expected and made his way up to the second floor bar and dining area. He hardly looked out of place as other men in business suits roamed the halls going about their own business. Once he'd made his way to the second floor landing he glanced around, eyes scanning the pristine wooden bar and plush booths before he spotted Don's familiar face.



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[info]madison_avenue
2011-07-07 11:05 pm UTC (link)
It had been a long - Wednesday? No, Thursday, that's right, he was meeting Tony - Thursday. Or at least, it had felt that way. Business was always slower in the summer, picking up again in late August to prepare for the Christmas season, but this July had been particularly rough on Sterling-Cooper. Procter and Gamble withdrew their Pampers account, the Selectric typewriters sales were starting to slow, and Heineken, after weeks of teasing Sterling-Cooper with their account, finally went over to DDB. For these reasons, among others, Don was already starting on his third martini by the time Tony walked in.

He, like his colleague, genuinely enjoyed lunch with Tony. Unlike Roger, who was prone to sudden bouts of conscience followed by sudden dives into depravity, Tony kept a steady pace firmly in playboy-hood. It was easy to listen to him go on about his new arm candy of the week, not out of some crass voyeurism, but because Tony made it so engaging. It was matter-of-fact, honest. Open. And it's why the public loved him. He was unabashedly a scoundrel, but in the way that Cary Grant was a scoundrel. It was want everyone secretly wanted.

Despite the amount of gin he had imbibed over the course of the day, Don stood with ease, smoothing the front of his jacket with one hand as he stuck out the other for Tony to shake.

"Stark," he announced with a grin. "Get anything done today?"

He motioned towards the waiter, who dashed off to get more drinks for the pair.

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[info]sansiron
2011-07-08 05:31 pm UTC (link)
Tony reached out to shake Don's hand happily. "My robotic arm's got a middle finger with three separate points of articulation now." So, had he gotten anything done that had anything at all to do with Stark Industries' main task of weapons manufacturing? No, not really, but it had still been a busy day so far and Tony was perfectly happy with the way it was progressing.

He joined Don in the booth after unbuttoning his jacket. His appearance lacked its usual workday disheveled look --the sort that indicated he'd been locked away in his lab of secrets for most of the morning or hadn't deigned the world worthy his coming up from underneath a car engine-- and Ianto had found him a tie without engine oil smeared on it and a shirt that was pressed. The jacket had even been dry cleaned that week. Having a personal assistant wasn't nearly as bad as he'd thought it would be.

"And what about you? What corporate swill were you selling this morning?" He was joking of course, because his own corporate swill was what they'd once been selling. There was a subdivision of Stark Industries that made a damned good hunting rifle.

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[info]madison_avenue
2011-07-08 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Don reached into his pocket, pulling out a cigarette. He didn't want to discuss work today - well, not that he really ever did, outside of the office - but particularly not today. So with a flick of his lighter he mumbled, "Diapers", and drew in a long breath. He leaned back as he exhaled.

He studied Tony for a moment, and noticed he looked a bit more cleaned up than usual. Tony, for all his wealth, always had the look of the blue collar to him, something Don unwittingly appreciated. As the waiter brought their drinks, Don made a note of it.

"You look nice," he said, between puffs. "New girlfriend? Who is it now, Wonder Woman?"

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