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Tweak says, "I am the walrus"

Janet Van Dyne aka Wasp (tiny_queenbee) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-03-21 23:32:00

Entry tags:

!complete, janet van dyne (avac), tony stark (avac)

Who: Tony & Jan
What: Lamentations
When: After this
Where: Jan's room
Rating: Low
Status: Complete!

Jan was fiddling with her phone, trying to see if she could get a different signal that could go around the weird firewall that seemed to surround this place. If she could find a way to connect back to a bigger network, she could check on her friends. Make sure they were ok, then send the SOS for them to come and get them. Easy peasy!

Except, it was missing the 'easy' part of that. No matter what she did, she couldn't find a way to re-route the signal. Every time she thought she almost had it, it would come back with a 'no connectivity'. She almost sent her phone flying across the room, but then Tony would have to make her another one and he was already working on so much as it was. She took a deep breath in, pointing at her phone and biting her bottom lip. She'd make this work.

Her phone did go cluttering to the floor as her door burst open, hitting the wall. She jumped, shrinking down, her blasters trained on the door. She grew back to regular height as Tony shuffled in, a sort of dazed look on his face. "Tony?" She got out of the way as he flopped down on the bed, her face buried in the blanket. Jan bent down to pick her phone back up.

"You made me crack my phone!" She looked down at the broken screen, a small pout forming. "I was trying so hard not to break this one so you wouldn't have to fix it." She made to sit down next to him, but he was taking up the majority of the bed. "Scoot over." She pushed him with her foot, crowding herself into the corner. "What's wrong with you?

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Tony | Jan :: Everyone loves a good embarrassing story

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-28 08:23 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, see? He gets it!" At least that's what it sounded like to Jan. Older Tony just had a more...mature way of reacting to it. Enjoying the view and knowing exactly why Steve was doing that to them. Not on purpose, of course, but completely unintentional with only the best of intentions meant to help someone else. Although, if Jan had REALLY thought about it, the whole taking a shirt off to dive into the water didn't really make sense, she wasn't one to complain about a sight like that.

She sighed. "I still wish I could have been there to witness," she said, a bit dreamily. "You always get all the luck." She gave him another push, hoping his mood was lifting just a bit.

But he seemed to be really upset at the notion that these other, older versions of themselves could judge him so harshly. "Hey, they were our age once! They have to remember what it's like to just be starting out!" Jan gave him a silly pout face, then jumped off the bed, pulling at his arm. "C'mon! I have a surprise for you! I was hoping you'd discover it on your own, but I think you need it now!" She gave him another pull, trying to get him up off the bed.

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Tony | Jan :: Everyone loves a good embarrassing story

campusking
2019-03-29 03:12 am UTC (link)

Maybe she was right about Tony, it was still hard to look back on it and not cringe so hard that he wanted to just curl in on himself until there was nothing left of him. But that was seeming less and less like an option, both because Jan would never stand for it, and well maybe he could get over this, he just had to avoid both Tony and Steve for the rest of his life, it'd be fine - once they got back to their own dimension then he'd never have to worry about it again.

"I'll try and call you the next time I happen to come across Steve with his shirt off." He said rolling his eyes, but huffing a little with laughter as she teased at him.

And then she told him she had a surprise and well if there was anything that could get Tony out of his funk it was the possibility of a surprise awaiting him. "You have something for me?" He asked letting himself be pulled up as she tugged at him, both trying to maintain his dispair and at the same time his excitement was piqued over the very idea of a surprise whatever it might be.

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Tony | Jan :: Everyone loves a good embarrassing story

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-29 04:27 am UTC (link)

"Good, you better!" She glanced back at him with one of her faces when she tried to look serious, but ended up laughing in the end. Tony brought that out in her a lot and she wondered if that was just her usual face with him; instead of resting bitch face, she had resting I'm-trying-to-be-serious-but-I-love-you-too-much-to-try-and-stay-upset-at-you-for-too-much-longer.

Or something like that.

"Yeah, I have something for you!" They were out of her room and making the short trip next door to his own. "I got it during one of my portal tours and went 'This is perfect!'" She reached up to cover his eyes. "Wait, keep 'em closed!" She waited until he had before she opened the door to his room and tried to walk in behind him to keep his eyes covered.

"Ta-Da!" She pulled her hands back so he could see his prize. She had set up a full sized fridge in his room, already hooked up to the power source older Tony had installed for all the inhabitants. "So, it's not full now," she explained, walking over to open the door. "But I was able to find one block of cheese!" It actually looked kinda sad sitting on the shelf by itself, but she was sure it would have a lot of friends soon enough.

"I figured it would work until we can get your original back!"

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Tony | Jan :: Everyone loves a good embarrassing story

campusking
2019-03-29 05:39 am UTC (link)

Tony did his best to maintain his pouting but he hardly could with the look that Jan was giving him and in the end she beat him because of course she did, she always did. But it was why he'd come to Jan in the first place, because if there had been anyone in the world to keep him from getting too lost in his embarrassment it would be Jan.

He let Jan lead the way from her room and then next door as she explained where she'd found the surprise that she had for him and he allowed her to cover his eyes. "They're closed!" He promised, as she lead the way trusting her completely.

And then he could open them and there was a fridge there, and he didn't dare to hope before she told him that she had found a block of cheese for him and it was just the most amazing thing he had ever seen. "Oh my god," He could hardly believe what he saw, maybe it was emptier than the cheese fridge he had back at home, they were lacking in variety but it was still one of the most beautiful things he'd seen since he arrived - not counting Steve's abs of course.

"Jan!" He hugged her tightly, swinging her around and right up off her feet, "Jan it's amazing! I didn't think this was something we'd be able to pull off, but you did it!"

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Tony | Jan :: Everyone loves a good embarrassing story

tiny_queenbee
2019-03-29 07:22 am UTC (link)

Jan squealed with delight as she hugged him back and he twirled her around. "You like it? Really?" Well, of course he would like it! She was just worried it was a bit underwhelming that it only had one piece of cheese in it. But it had done exactly what she had hoped it would, which was make Tony happy. Even if she hadn't known that he would have such a moment with older Steve and Tony, she knew he had been a bit bummed about being here. Now that she knew it was possible for her friends to find them here, she wasn't really worried anymore; the more that arrived, the more certain she was that they would be able to find a way out. But until they were able to figure it, she was content to try and make this the best home they could possibly have.

Cheese fridge and all.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to look for more every time I go out." She landed on her feet, beaming up at him. "Just...don't eat it all in one go, yeah?" Jan had her chocolate when she was down, she knew Tony would always have his cheese. At least now he would always have his cheese.

If he didn't eat it all today.

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campusking
2019-03-29 10:11 pm UTC (link)

"Of course I like it, are you kidding? Jan this is perfect!" Sure they had to start over from scratch, he'd have to spend time finding new cheeses again and the variety he'd had back at home, but this was such a great thing - it was a small piece of home that they could have right here in this place that was at times simply overwhelming and at others insanely crazy and cool and interesting.

It was just a reminder though that even when things felt like they were at their worst, Jan was always here for him. And that counted for so much and Tony could never forget that.

"I'll try not to," He agreed, they'd both have to keep looking for more cheese now, there was a lot about this place that was crazy, and there were a lot of uncertainties at this point, but what there was right now was cheese and Jan and with those two things Tony could do anything.

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