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Jul. 26th, 2012
Forty Days of Flash Fic: Day Thrity-Eight
Jul. 26th, 2012 09:02 pmContinuing from yesterday.
Tags: Avengers, Tony, Steve, Clint, Pepper, Natasha, Happy
* * *
The door to the common room slid open and Pepper walked, followed by Happy, who was loaded down with bags of carry-out, and Clint and Natasha, who were loaded down with each other.
"We have hunted and killed dinner," Pepper announced.
"You've killed my back," Happy noted, setting the bags on the counter of the small kitchenette in one corner of the room. "I thought you were hiring a chef."
"I have, three times. Once I tell them where they'll actually be working, they immediately hand over their resignation," Pepper admitted. "Why are you destroying the floor?"
"I'm not destroying, I'm improving." Tony hopped up from the hatch, heading over to the bags filled with styrofoam trays, trading a kiss with Pepper along the way. "So what did you get this time? Chinese?"
"No."
"Japanese?"
"No."
"Indian?"
"No."
He popped open one of the trays and took an experimental sniff. "Norwegian?"
"Swedish actually," Clint said.
Steve blinked in surprise. "You found a Swedish takeout place?"
Natasha shrugged. "We were getting desperate. And it's New York. There are five of everything here if you look hard enough."
Tony closed the tray and made a beeline for Steve's rucksack. "I'll get a burger. Meanwhile, I want to see what Old School here thinks is better than what you can download from Amazon." He flipped it open and started drawing out books. "Calvin and Hobbes, very good taste there. Oh, How to Draw Manga. Getting a thing for Japanese schoolgirls, are we?"
Steve gently removed it from Tony's hands. "The style seems really clean and quick to draw. I was thinking about maybe doing a webcomic, assuming we ever get any spare time."
Tony nodded, "Nice idea. Tell JARVIS, he can build the website for you. I'll call up my lawyer tomorrow and secure the media rights for whatever you come up with."
"I don't even know what I'm going to draw yet," he protested.
Tony snorted and began rummaging through the rucksack again. "You're Steve Rogers. Whatever it is people will eat it up." He drew out another book. "The Hobbit? I didn't figure you for a fantasy freak."
"I had a lot of time when I was getting over chicken pox," Steve admitted. "It was a fun book. Once I finish it I'll have to see what else Professor Tolkien wrote."
There was a very long pause, as five heads turned in unison to stare at him. "You don't know what else he wrote?" Happy asked.
"Low tor came out in '52 I think," Clint said. "Steve was frozen for seven years by then."
"Low Tor?" Steve asked.
"Sorry, Lord of the Rings. It's the sequel trilogy."
"He wrote a trilogy after that?"
Tony looked, for Tony, aghast. "You didn't know that yet." Then he grinned. "JARVIS, it's movie night! Load up all three of the extended editions on the main screen!"
Yes, sir, JARVIS replied. Would you like that with the director's commentary and the Portuguese subtitles again?
Tags: Avengers, Tony, Steve, Clint, Pepper, Natasha, Happy
* * *
The door to the common room slid open and Pepper walked, followed by Happy, who was loaded down with bags of carry-out, and Clint and Natasha, who were loaded down with each other.
"We have hunted and killed dinner," Pepper announced.
"You've killed my back," Happy noted, setting the bags on the counter of the small kitchenette in one corner of the room. "I thought you were hiring a chef."
"I have, three times. Once I tell them where they'll actually be working, they immediately hand over their resignation," Pepper admitted. "Why are you destroying the floor?"
"I'm not destroying, I'm improving." Tony hopped up from the hatch, heading over to the bags filled with styrofoam trays, trading a kiss with Pepper along the way. "So what did you get this time? Chinese?"
"No."
"Japanese?"
"No."
"Indian?"
"No."
He popped open one of the trays and took an experimental sniff. "Norwegian?"
"Swedish actually," Clint said.
Steve blinked in surprise. "You found a Swedish takeout place?"
Natasha shrugged. "We were getting desperate. And it's New York. There are five of everything here if you look hard enough."
Tony closed the tray and made a beeline for Steve's rucksack. "I'll get a burger. Meanwhile, I want to see what Old School here thinks is better than what you can download from Amazon." He flipped it open and started drawing out books. "Calvin and Hobbes, very good taste there. Oh, How to Draw Manga. Getting a thing for Japanese schoolgirls, are we?"
Steve gently removed it from Tony's hands. "The style seems really clean and quick to draw. I was thinking about maybe doing a webcomic, assuming we ever get any spare time."
Tony nodded, "Nice idea. Tell JARVIS, he can build the website for you. I'll call up my lawyer tomorrow and secure the media rights for whatever you come up with."
"I don't even know what I'm going to draw yet," he protested.
Tony snorted and began rummaging through the rucksack again. "You're Steve Rogers. Whatever it is people will eat it up." He drew out another book. "The Hobbit? I didn't figure you for a fantasy freak."
"I had a lot of time when I was getting over chicken pox," Steve admitted. "It was a fun book. Once I finish it I'll have to see what else Professor Tolkien wrote."
There was a very long pause, as five heads turned in unison to stare at him. "You don't know what else he wrote?" Happy asked.
"Low tor came out in '52 I think," Clint said. "Steve was frozen for seven years by then."
"Low Tor?" Steve asked.
"Sorry, Lord of the Rings. It's the sequel trilogy."
"He wrote a trilogy after that?"
Tony looked, for Tony, aghast. "You didn't know that yet." Then he grinned. "JARVIS, it's movie night! Load up all three of the extended editions on the main screen!"
Yes, sir, JARVIS replied. Would you like that with the director's commentary and the Portuguese subtitles again?