After Tony's birthday, I was... Well. I don't want to say that I was famous, because I wasn't. Not for the "right" reasons, anyway. There are times, even after all these years, that I still tend to forget that Tony Stark is very well known individual. And on a certain birthday party, not so long ago, I kind of forgot that he many (many) guests at ( Read more... )

She's beautiful, and smart. She has an amazing sense of humor, and has a laugh that makes it hard for him to not laugh along with her ( Read more... )

(after this)

( Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down like toy soldiers Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win But the battle wages on for toy soldiers )

"How many times have I told you--"

"I didn't do it."

"Uh-huh. So it just magically appeared there."

"...why do you always jump to conclusions? It could have been someone else. Maybe a recruit--"

"Tony."

"--or, you know. Someone else."

"Really."

"All I'm saying is, it doesn't have to be me." A beat. "You've got to admit it's catchy, though ( Read more... )

When he was a little boy, Rhodey remembers how his mother would swear that her special recipe of chicken soup had magical powers - just one bowl and it could make a person feel as good as new. He also remembers the skepticism at first, unsure if he should believe such a claim, but every time he would have to stay home with a cold or the flu, he was ( Read more... )

When I was younger my grandfather would tell me stories, about him and my grandmother. How they met, how things were for them. It wasn't more than just a few stories on occasional visits, but it was still something. I got to learn more about them, and even about my great-grandparents ( Read more... )

Part of our training in the military consists of running. Miles, and miles. It doesn't matter if it's in the rain, or if it's over a hundred degrees outside. It doesn't matter how tired you might be, or how much you may want to give up after a certain mile, or how much you'd prefer to sleep for just a few more minutes. It's just that simple, and, ( Read more... )

Airplanes have fascinated me ever since I was a child. The science behind them, the way they just glide through the air - everything about them intrigued me in ways that I knew what I wanted to do from a very early age. All I wanted to do was a way to find myself up in the air, and if the Air Force wouldn't have worked out, I would have still found ( Read more... )

It's supposed to be simple ( Read more... )

( cut for aftermath of Iron Man 2, just in case )