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"Oh god, you've seen it."
"Carol. - Carol. Carol. Did I do that?"
"Tony, it's - "
"Don't you fucking tell me it's nothing, Carol, it's a repulsor burn, it's - Carol, I did that."
"Hey. Hey. Tony. Hey."
And the next thing he knew he was placing a soft kiss on the scarred shoulder of his '67 Shelby Cobra. Murmuring broken apologies into the shoulder of her jumpsuit. Letting her stroke his shoulders and hold him close as though she'd been doing it all his life.
Which, yeah, she pretty much had.
Wait, she was talking.
"Tony. Tony. Look up. Listen to me."
And dammit, she was Carol, so he did; she caught his jaw.
And said simply, "You fixed me."
Tony stared.
"You fixed me," she repeated. "You put me back together piece by goddamned piece when anyone else, any-fucking-one else, would have left me for scrap. Do you know how much that means, Tony Stark? Do you know how much our lives with you mean to us, do you know how often regular supercars change hands, how badly they're treated? Tony, to the majority of the human catcons of the supercar community, we're nothing more than chassis numbers. You treat us as people. You always have."
"Jesus H., you are people, you have never not been people to me, goddamnit Carol, did I miss anything?"
She blinked, then sighed and stroked his jaw.
"You didn't miss anything, Tony-cat. It's a scar. It's a souvenir. I keep it as a symbol of how far you've come. And besides, I think it's kinda sexy."
"As long as you're okay with it, I guess," mumbled Tony, dropping his head back onto her shoulder. "Also, did you just nickname me?"
"I pretty much brought you up, I think I'm entitled, hey?"
"You should rest," said Rei randomly, dropping a kiss to his hair before getting up to explore the workshop.
- And he did. He dropped into feverish nothingness, head still against Carol's shoulder, before starting awake a few seconds (?) later at the sound of a soft cough.
"Liz?" And of course she looked guilty, dammit, were all his cars as messed up as he was? "Shit, I knew there was something up with you, why didn't you tell me when you could've, is it 'cause I'm sick, 'cause that's just stupid, Liz."
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"I have not been sick since yesterday morning," protested Tony, but subsided under eight severe pairs of eyes. "Eight to one, not fair, you guys."
"Your temperature has been elevated for approximately thirty-four hours and forty-six minutes, sir."
"Et tu, JARVIS, I genuinely cannot believe I like all of you, what a consummate sap I am, Liz, we'll have Bruce check on you some time today, okay, and if I dare to forget remind. me."
"Fuck you, Tony, you're sicker than I am."
"Wow, I had not pegged you for the swearing type."
"The more you know."
"Ignis, stop lying there and smiling like you've got the cream, jeez." She poked him lazily in the side. "And Adrian, hey, I know you're more the quiet-onlooker-until-called-upon type, but say something, man."
"Hello, Tony," said the R8 obligingly, and flashed him the warmest of smiles.
At which point Tony decided to blame the sudden sensitivity of his eyes on the fever.
"You all sound like your engines, it's perfect, it's as perfect as the snuggles, oh god, I'm saying things, I - DUM-E, might just need some more ibuprofen here?"
(End of the reasonably coherent first part. As far as making any sense goes, things will go steeply downhill from here. :P)
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THINGS WILL GET EVEN MORE NUTS SOON BECAUSE STEVE AND PEPPER WILL SHOW UP. AND THEN THE REST. X)
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Please do, then I'll have two friends yay! :D
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Steve and Pepper have shown up! Rest of the team tomorrow. :D (Poor Steve will get his explanation then. XD)
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P.s. I'm reading it to Sasha. <3
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Heeee, you're both adorable and I hope he's enjoying it. :D Caffeine says hi from my icon! In fact she says hi from two of my three journal banners too. <3
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Hi Caffeine! :D
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Awwww Tony.
Dum-e is upset at being kissed? What is a "blue funk"?
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DUM-E is flustered at being kissed because he's never been kissed before and would like to kiss Carol back because she's beautiful but has no idea how to go about it and OH NO WHAT TO DO CHARGING STATION? YES CHARGING STATION YES. ;) (A 'blue funk' is the general state of being freaked out.)
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