Title:
Painless
Author: Del Rion (delrion.mail (at) gmail.com)
Fandom: Iron Man (MCU)
Timeline: somewhere between “Iron Man 2” and “The Avengers”
Genre: General, drama
Rating: T / FRT / PG-13
Characters: J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark (Iron Man). Also: James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine).
Summary: Tony gets injured in battle and J.A.R.V.I.S. forgets to inform him about it - for his own good, apparently.
Complete. Part of “Genius, AI & Bots” series.
Warnings: Brief canonical violence, injury, language.
Teaser:
Tony slowly awakens to a buzz of voices around him and starts painfully as he discovers he is not at home; instead of being surrounded by the familiarity of his lab, the armor is standing on the vast deck of an aircraft carrier in a crowd of seamen, airmen - and one James Rhodes.
“Tony?” he hears Rhodey call out to him.
“Where the hell are we?” Tony blinks at the HUD, which is suspiciously blank in front of him.
“The CVN-69, sir,” J.A.R.V.I.S. replies, then clarifies for Tony’s bleary brain: “USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.”
“Why?” Tony asks.