Forty Days of Flash Fic: Day Thirty-Nine
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jeriendhalMore silliness in the Cineverse. Tags: Gen, Avengers, Tony, Pepper, Happy, Clint, Natasha, Steve
The main screen, a flatscreen LED unit so large that if you laid it parallel to the floor the RAF could have directed the Battle of Britain on it, lowered itself from the ceiling in front of the windows, which went opaque to block out the setting sun. While it was warning up, Steve grabbed a plate of Swedish meatballs and listened with half an ear to Pepper's argument with Tony.
"Tony, you can't possibly watch all three movies tonight. It's after seven already and it'll take over eleven hours to go through all three of them."
Tony pulled his hamburger out of the microwave. "Wouldn't be the first all-nighter I've pulled."
"You've all got an eight o' clock with Director Fury aboard the Helicarrier. Do you want to show up half-asleep?"
"I'd prefer to fully asleep for that. We're doing a budget meeting. Budgets are dull. I have subordinates to listen to budgets."
"Yes, me," she pointed out tartly, folding her arms in front of her.
To his credit, the barb actually made Tony wince. "Yes," he agreed, recovering quickly. "And you do an excellent job of it, which is why I want you to keep doing it, and which is why it is absolutely criminal that you resigned from your CEO position from Stark, Inc."
"I resigned because I hated the job, even if I was good at it, thank you for that, and you were no longer dying, so it was about time you took the reins yourself like you should have done years ago instead of letting Obadiah have free rein."
"You promised you were not going to ever bring up..."
Clint placed his fingers between his lips and whistled loudly, before the argument could melt down any further. "Are we watching these movies or not?"
"Yes," Tony said, just as Pepper stated flatly, "No."
"Let's compromise," Natasha suggested. "Show of hands. Who wants to go to tomorrow's budget meeting?"
Steve began to raise his hand, wavering a moment when he noticed no one else following suit. "It's our responsibility," he noted.
"Then we'll send Thor and Bruce. Bruce will be happy to be bored out of his mind, and Thor can... um, be Thor," Tony said. He paused, looking around the room. "Where are they anyway?"
"On a double date with Doctor Foster and Miss Ross," Happy spoke up.
"I so want pictures of that..."
"I'll talk to the field team tailing them," Natasha said. "Can we watch the movies now?"
TBC
The main screen, a flatscreen LED unit so large that if you laid it parallel to the floor the RAF could have directed the Battle of Britain on it, lowered itself from the ceiling in front of the windows, which went opaque to block out the setting sun. While it was warning up, Steve grabbed a plate of Swedish meatballs and listened with half an ear to Pepper's argument with Tony.
"Tony, you can't possibly watch all three movies tonight. It's after seven already and it'll take over eleven hours to go through all three of them."
Tony pulled his hamburger out of the microwave. "Wouldn't be the first all-nighter I've pulled."
"You've all got an eight o' clock with Director Fury aboard the Helicarrier. Do you want to show up half-asleep?"
"I'd prefer to fully asleep for that. We're doing a budget meeting. Budgets are dull. I have subordinates to listen to budgets."
"Yes, me," she pointed out tartly, folding her arms in front of her.
To his credit, the barb actually made Tony wince. "Yes," he agreed, recovering quickly. "And you do an excellent job of it, which is why I want you to keep doing it, and which is why it is absolutely criminal that you resigned from your CEO position from Stark, Inc."
"I resigned because I hated the job, even if I was good at it, thank you for that, and you were no longer dying, so it was about time you took the reins yourself like you should have done years ago instead of letting Obadiah have free rein."
"You promised you were not going to ever bring up..."
Clint placed his fingers between his lips and whistled loudly, before the argument could melt down any further. "Are we watching these movies or not?"
"Yes," Tony said, just as Pepper stated flatly, "No."
"Let's compromise," Natasha suggested. "Show of hands. Who wants to go to tomorrow's budget meeting?"
Steve began to raise his hand, wavering a moment when he noticed no one else following suit. "It's our responsibility," he noted.
"Then we'll send Thor and Bruce. Bruce will be happy to be bored out of his mind, and Thor can... um, be Thor," Tony said. He paused, looking around the room. "Where are they anyway?"
"On a double date with Doctor Foster and Miss Ross," Happy spoke up.
"I so want pictures of that..."
"I'll talk to the field team tailing them," Natasha said. "Can we watch the movies now?"
TBC
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Date: 2012-07-28 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-29 12:22 am (UTC)Short Version: Steve isn't impressed by the various armies' tactics and Clint is "unenthused" by Elven archery. :)