There were several things about waking up that morning that were nothing out of the ordinary for Tony. It was early. There was a warm body next to him
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One would think that Nick was the kind of guy who could sleep through anything, but that would be wrong. He could ignore all sorts of inconsequential things, but he was most prone to waking up to strange sounds.
Like, perhaps, his girlfriend yelping and falling out of bed.
He rolled over to Karen's side of the bed, then peered over the edge. "Good morning to you, too."
Well, falling out of the bed hadn't woken him up. If anyone asked, he'd say that checking that possibility had been why he rolled out of bed.
If he ever discussed this with anyone, which he thought unlikely. Whatever this was, he wasn't a fan. He felt wrong. He smelled wrong.
Okay, he smelled kind of good, but he smelled wrong. And there was no arc reactor in his chest, which should have had fringe benefits but there were other things going on with his chest that shouldn't be, so he'd just swapped one problem for... others. A host of others.
"Good- no, it isn't," he said. "It really isn't."
He stared at the guy, trying to formulate a response to all this. Was his brain working slower, or was it just confusion?
Nick opened his mouth to speak, then closed it, just staring at Karen. He'd been on the island for long enough -- and had woken up in strange bodies, or at strange ages enough times -- to know that something weird was going on, although what it was, he didn't know.
He rubbed his hands against his eyes, then sighed. "Nick," he said, "and you're either not Karen, or you're Karen with amnesia." He couldn't decide yet, honestly.
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Like, perhaps, his girlfriend yelping and falling out of bed.
He rolled over to Karen's side of the bed, then peered over the edge. "Good morning to you, too."
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If he ever discussed this with anyone, which he thought unlikely. Whatever this was, he wasn't a fan. He felt wrong. He smelled wrong.
Okay, he smelled kind of good, but he smelled wrong. And there was no arc reactor in his chest, which should have had fringe benefits but there were other things going on with his chest that shouldn't be, so he'd just swapped one problem for... others. A host of others.
"Good- no, it isn't," he said. "It really isn't."
He stared at the guy, trying to formulate a response to all this. Was his brain working slower, or was it just confusion?
"I'm- just remind me, who are you?"
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He rubbed his hands against his eyes, then sighed. "Nick," he said, "and you're either not Karen, or you're Karen with amnesia." He couldn't decide yet, honestly.
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Nope, he didn't remember it from anywhere. Although it seemed to fit the face on some sort of unconscious level, which would make sense if he was-
"That first one," Tony said. "Not Karen, just- I'm Karen? I'm... in Karen?"
He made a face and looked down at... not himself. This was not the best of days. "Okay. Okay. Right. That's- this is weird. I'm not a fan of... this."
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