Through The Atmosphere - for justintelligent

[starkingenuity]

"Hey."  It was actually pretty common for all of the lights to go out, but usually, after Tony Stark tripped a breaker or caused a fire or crashed into something in the R & D level of the Avengers Tower, the emergency lights came back on.  But not today.  And that was a shame because he was almost sure he'd perfected grilled cheese without Pepper

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[justintelligent]

Of course he followed, he'd always follow. He worked for the man, it was the meaning of his existance and without him, what would his life be? He supposed he was the devoted butler in some respects and he didn't mind that title. He wanted to keep Tony safe, it was technically what he owed him for that gift of life he'd offered

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Tony had already been thoroughly smacked and cried at. Pepper's impeccable fingernails had already drawn into her hair as she yelled. Mostly that she could understand him bringing home a woman, but a man? Had she really ruined him?! And wasn't that the guy all over social media sites proclaiming him to be Tony's new assistant? Did that mean he slept with Natalie -- Natasha-- too?

"It's just Jarvis!" Tony said, not yelling, just looking exasperated and roughed up. As Jarvis opened the door, Tony yanked on the knob. "There was an accident at the Tower. Something happened. Jarvis..."

Well, she could see. Tony made a few wild gestures.

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Jarvis waved. Oh human emotions, they were a horrible bitch to deal with. Swallowing he stepped out slowly and stood beside Tony, arms clasped behind his back as he tried to appear calm. Hopefully others would follow his lead.

"Hello, it is me. Something strange happened and I'm human. And I may have had a slight hangover this morning so I stole Tonys bed. I really do apologise."

Pepper didn't seem to know what to say. She seemed torn between confusion, embarrassment and anger. In the end, she took a long calming breath. "Jarvis... is human."

He still wasn't a natural human, that was obvious by the fact that he was still missing his shirt and didn't seem to care and he was standing rigid straight as if he couldn't seem any more relaxed.

"Tony and I are trying to solve this, I promise."

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Pepper is stunned...but that happens sometimes and Tony had learned by now just to let it happen. She'd sputter and move around in little circles as if she was paddling around in a pool...and it's cute. Tony grinned and put a hand on her hip, pulling her in.

She turned to look at Jarvis...but he was Jarvis. And Jarvis, while human, was still a robot. So she gave Tony the kiss he was waiting for. And the apology. "You hadn't answered any of my messages--"

Tony laughed. "Yeah, I was busy building a new interface and getting Jarv drunk."

He guided her away from the half naked AI.

"Still working on getting him to actually wear clothes... How was Japan?"

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"Oh -- it was actually pretty beneficial actually

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In the living room already with Pepper, arm around her because she was his girlfriend even if she was growing distant and pretty much had eyes only for Happy these days, Tony still glanced up the moment that Jarvis half tumbled into the room with a black thing on his plate.

He frowned and immediately stood up to investigate only to see the angry red burns on the man's hand. "Jarvis!" Pepper was promptly forgotten as Tony pulled Jarvis by the wrist back into the kitchen and thrust his hand under the water. "Are you insane? You need insulation!"

He was going to have to make the AI watch some safety videos!

Tony fussed for at least five minutes, about ready to tear out his hair.

"What will I do if you kill yourself!?"

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"Honestly sir, you're over-reacting. The pain would of gone away, much like the hang over," Of course it was important to note that Jarvis was taking his lessons from Tony here. He'd seen the man burn himself, get smacked into walls, get massively hung over and get nastily bruised... and continue on like nothing had happened.

Jarvis just assumed that was protocol when working among Stark Tower.

"I won't be stupid enough to kill myself, it was just a few burns," he had held a hot pan and now his hands hurt, that was it. He wasn't dying... was he? He shot Tony an alarm looked.

Bad thing to do, provoke an ex immortal android into thinking about his mortality.

"... I can't die in the kitchen, can I?"

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Pepper was looking on, mostly bemused. Tony and his toys were something she'd dealt with for a very long time. But Tony and his human toy? Tiny little bit different. Tony fawning over someone like that was sort of unprecedented. If Jarvis was still just a ghost in the machine, then she'd have him record the way Tony rinsed and treated Jarvis's burn and then tried to calm the blond down in...a...decided...interesting fashion.

He pulled Jarvis's forehead to his own and lightly rubbed the back of his neck.

"You can burn yourself, cut yourself...they could lead to death. You just have to be a little more careful. You're not exactly Rosy anymore," he said, referencing the Jetson's roboto house keeper.

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Jarvis didn't seem to mind the contact, it really was reassuring and he even let his eyes drift shut as he forced himself not to freak. He felt what he assumed was nerves of the prospect of being killed. He really didn't want to die here, Tony still needed him and he still had so much he wanted to do.

"Right, more careful. I can manage this-- I can't cook, Tony."

What? He was just going to be honest. He could eventually learn it but he was going blind and he couldn't do everything like he used to be able to. There was no back up data, just-- himself. All alone and handling everything by himself.

Fortunately, he had Tony.

"I still haven't had breakfast as well."

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"So you're going to stick with the no cook stuff," he said as reassuringly as possible. "Cereal. C'mon, I'll show you."

Since the boys were off on a play date and pepper had a company to run, she told Tony she was leaving and while Tony answered with a vague 'uh huh' he didn't really notice she left until he and Jarvis, each carrying huge bowls of cereal, headed back to the television.

"Huh. Wasn't Pepper just here?"

Didn't matter. Tony slumped onto the sofa beside Jarvis and before he realized it, they were too busy laughing at Dora the Explorer to really notice anything else.

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Jarvis peered around before shrugging his shoulders and dropping back down. "She is a busy women, sir. She has a whole company to run since you stopped and she probably doesn't feel like having breakfast and watching kids shows."

Not that Jarvis objected to this. He was quite amused by Dora the Explorer.

Once his cereal was gone, he left it aside to keep watching the TV, smiling contently as the morning kids line up trucked along rather happily. He liked TV, he had decided, usually all he ever watched was the news to keep updated with Tony. This was much more enjoyable.

"I'm surprised no one has made a cartoon about you yet, sir."

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"I control my image. No cartoons, no likenesses unless Pepper says it's all right." He has some art deco posters of Iron Man but Pepper was pretty furious when he took down 'real art' from his walls and put that up instead. Pretty crazy, it was really a good picture. It was stashed under his bed now. He still looked at it from time to time to pout.

Tony drank the milk from his bowl and switched the channel when My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic came on.

He drew the line at some things. Including seeing a picture of one crazy girl drawing him as Pony Stark.

No. Just no.

"We really should start testing you," Tony muttered, reluctantly. "Just in case."

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"Well if we must then we should start now and that way, the rest of the day is free," trying to motivate Tony to manage his time better was probably a dead end but it was worth a shot. And to motivate him, he got to his feet and adjusted his new clothes. Jeans were odd, they were clearly meant to be casual wear but he found them uncomfortable.

Didn't that defeat the purpose of being casual and relaxed?

"I'm sure despite everything, I'm a rather physically fit human," Jarvis insisted, he was determined that he was not in just some garden variety vessel. The body was definitely growing on him.

Hang overs aside.

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"Sure you are, but your health is only part of the problem."

Jarvis might not be Jarvis. He might he an agent from AIM, a sleeper cell member, a Manchurian Candidate. It worried him to have to give Jarvis up but that was why he shouldn't have gotten attached.

Too late. Jarvis is just the most important thing to him on this planet. There could have been infinite copies of the program but now there was only one Jarvis and--

"Nah, let's blow off this boring biology and go look at some better biology."

He meant a strip club of course!

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Well that lasted long. He didn't want to even begin wondering why Tony was so against looking into his physically but he supposed the other man has tired of this adult concept and was opting for something more childish. Though what he meant by better biology, he wasn't sure.

Some sort of plant life or science museum? I didn't sound like him but-- well, he'd soon know.

"Okay, sure. You'll have to lead the way, sir. Though could you please avoid breaking the speed limit this time?"

He really hated that bloody car.

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Normally, Tony would just have Happy drive. But then Happy would make a mess and tell Pepper where they were going. Tony didn't want to have to tell her that this was for Jarvis...when it wasn't Jarvis's idea and the AI would probably rat him out too.

So sorry, Jarvis. It was a trip down the highway, again, with Tony at the helm. The place he pulled up to, however, was insanely classy. Men and women alike slipped into the club, but it was made for high and heavy rollers. Pedigree was the key to getting in.

Immediately, Tony was surrounded by girls and he slipped an arm around two. "Ladies. This is Eddie. Take good care of him."