Title:
In Memoriam
Author: Del Rion (delrion.mail (at) gmail.com)
Fandom: Iron Man (MCU)
Timeline: Between ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Iron Man 2’.
Genre: Drama, general
Rating: K+ / FRC / PG
Characters: J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark (Iron Man). Mentioned: Ho Yinsen.
Summary: Tony hasn’t been avoiding it, exactly, but when he revisits the place in Afghanistan where he was held captive, he cannot help but be reminded of the man who got left behind - and to whom Tony owes so much of who he is now.
Complete. Part of “Genius, AI & Bots” series.
Warnings: Implied character deaths (canon), implied canonical violence.
Teaser:
When Tony landed the armor between the uneven mountain peaks, he wasn’t sure how exactly he felt. The area looked different, the sheltered valley no longer stacked with his company’s weapons. The winds had blown in heaps of sand and the signs of battle were long lost beneath it all. Here and there tiny tufts of brownish vegetation were fighting to survive, rising from the ashes of their scorched predecessors.
An anxious weight filled his chest and Tony’s resolve wavered. However, within the suit of armor, he was as safe as he could be; far away and long ago were the claustrophobic minutes of his desperate escape in a heap of heavy metal and harnesses pressing into his skin…