Fic: Tin Man
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eumeliaI posted to two previous parts at Fandom specific communities, which are public so you should have no problem reading them via the links, which I reccomend, because this is Part 3 and nothing will make sense if you don't read the first two parts.
No worries each chapter is pretty short :-D
Title: Tin Man
Author: Mel (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eumelia)
Disclaimer: Marvel owns it all, I just like to play with other people's toys and get no money from it.
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Iron Man (Movieverse)
Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan
(Part 1)
(Part 2)
Part 3
Pepper was sure that in the seven years of her employment in Stark Industries and the past four as Tony's Personal Assistant, she had never seen him behave this way. She sat at a table, eating the olives left in the Martini glasses as she watched Tony play the grand and even make up dirty limericks to chop sticks.
She turned to Happy, who was standing next to her, stoically surveying the room; "Happy, I think it's time we go"
"Yeah, Miss Potts, I think so too" he looked at her and gestured with his head towards the grand. Tony had begun to play Piano Man* tough his drunken state was slurring the words and making the notes choppy and clumsy.
Pepper shook her head and rolled her eyes in Tony's direction.
Happy shook his head and pointed with his thumb forcefully.
Pepper clenched her jaw, pointed towards Happy and then towards Tony.
Happy rolled his eyes and said "Never mind".
Pepper looked aside and saw Tony advance wobbly towards the table, a grin plastered on his face.
Pepper had seen him this way on more occasions that she could count, but never before did she think he looked pathetic. His sleeves rolled up to his elbows and his eyes glassy and addled.
"Pep-pep-pepper… oh, Pepper" he sighed as he dropped onto the chair next to her and grabbed her wrist for the second time that evening (now night), "What would I do without you?"
"Mr. Stark-"she began, but he put a finger to her mouth and shh-ed her, her eyes widening at the gesture.
"I've told you you're all I got" he slurred, his hand dropped from her mouth to her thigh "I'm so lonely" he smiled vapidly at her. Her eyes narrowed and she shoved his hand away from her and stood up from her chair smoothing her suit and blushing furiously at Tony's display.
Happy watched impassively, though his eyes were full of sympathy for Pepper.
"Mr. Stark" she said, pushing forward the boundary of formality "It's very late"
"Past my bed time?"
"Indeed"
"You'll put me to bed tonight, Miss Potts?"
"That goes beyond the job description, Mr. Stark"
"But Miss Potts, I'm lonely" he whined.
"So you've said, sir"
"Stay with me"
"I am with you" she looked to Happy who had by this time put Tony's arm over his shoulder and was slowly walking him back to the limo. Happy, stony faced, Happy, didn't look at Tony or Pepper, merely straight ahead.
"But not always" he stumbled on the concrete and would have fallen were it not for Happy holding onto him.
"Always, Mr. Stark"
"Not always!" he yelled suddenly and pushed himself away from Happy, Pepper stopped short, surprised at his outburst.
"You're not always with me!" he shouted, his voice rough and harsh, the merriment of Aria gone.
"Tony-" she began softly, not sure if she was trying to calm her now racing heart, or his erratic behaviour.
"You weren't with me-" his voice stopped short and his breath caught in his throat. Happy was there and held onto Tony as he began to sway.
"Tony?" Pepper asked, not sure what had happened.
Tony suddenly clutched his chest and gasped, his knees buckled and he fell to the asphalt of the sidewalk.
"Tony!" Pepper knelt down beside him and heard him mutter "I don't feel so good", his skin became ashen and quite suddenly he lurched forward and vomited the copious amounts of alcohol he had just a few minutes ago had been ingesting.
"Oh my god" Pepper murmured and stroked Tony's back, realizing something was actually wrong. Tony could siphon diesel and be fine; him coughing up the booze was a bad sign.
"Tony?" she said softly as his spasms seemed to subside, she looked up to find Happy and saw him fending off curious onlookers and Paparazzi who were shooting away with their cameras, the long lenses zooming onto the scene of Tony Strak's humiliation while his PA knelt beside him in his own vomit.
She was livid.
"Happy!" she shouted to the burly man, "Forget about them and help me with Tony!"
Tony groaned and stared groggily at the liquid mess "That's disgusting" he muttered.
Pepper and Happy helped him up, the flashes of the cameras blinded Tony and he blinked furiously.
Happy all but shoved them into the back seat. He started the engine and yelled "Get out of the fucking way, before I turn the lot o' ya into road kill!"
The bystanders and Paparazzi reluctantly moved out of the way, though the cameras kept flashing until they were out of sight.
Pepper stared out the tinted windows.
"Pepper" she heard Tony say.
"No, Tony" she replied tiredly, she took a deep, calming breath and regretted it.
She looked at her hands and pants and saw they were wet and sticky. She remembered the last time her hands were wet and sticky and thought that replacing her boss' perpetual energy magnet was more dignified than kneeling in her boss' vomit.
"Pepper" she heard again, and his voice sounded strange. She looked at him and saw that Tony was pale and his breathing was shallow.
"Tony?" she frowned.
He gasped and clutched his chest "Pepper… can't… breathe…"
Pepper quickly opened Tony's shirt and looked at the glowing arc reactor, the light was strong and bright.
The flesh around the metal ring was red and swollen.
"Oh my god! Tony!" she looked at his ashen face and saw his eyes had rolled to the back of his head.
"Oh shit" she lowered the divider and shouted "Happy, take us to a hospital, now!"
TBC in Part 4
Previously.
*The link is to a YouTube video of the Billy Joel song
Would love feedback please!
No worries each chapter is pretty short :-D
Title: Tin Man
Author: Mel (
eumelia)Disclaimer: Marvel owns it all, I just like to play with other people's toys and get no money from it.
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Iron Man (Movieverse)
Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan
(Part 1)
(Part 2)
Part 3
Pepper was sure that in the seven years of her employment in Stark Industries and the past four as Tony's Personal Assistant, she had never seen him behave this way. She sat at a table, eating the olives left in the Martini glasses as she watched Tony play the grand and even make up dirty limericks to chop sticks.
She turned to Happy, who was standing next to her, stoically surveying the room; "Happy, I think it's time we go"
"Yeah, Miss Potts, I think so too" he looked at her and gestured with his head towards the grand. Tony had begun to play Piano Man* tough his drunken state was slurring the words and making the notes choppy and clumsy.
Pepper shook her head and rolled her eyes in Tony's direction.
Happy shook his head and pointed with his thumb forcefully.
Pepper clenched her jaw, pointed towards Happy and then towards Tony.
Happy rolled his eyes and said "Never mind".
Pepper looked aside and saw Tony advance wobbly towards the table, a grin plastered on his face.
Pepper had seen him this way on more occasions that she could count, but never before did she think he looked pathetic. His sleeves rolled up to his elbows and his eyes glassy and addled.
"Pep-pep-pepper… oh, Pepper" he sighed as he dropped onto the chair next to her and grabbed her wrist for the second time that evening (now night), "What would I do without you?"
"Mr. Stark-"she began, but he put a finger to her mouth and shh-ed her, her eyes widening at the gesture.
"I've told you you're all I got" he slurred, his hand dropped from her mouth to her thigh "I'm so lonely" he smiled vapidly at her. Her eyes narrowed and she shoved his hand away from her and stood up from her chair smoothing her suit and blushing furiously at Tony's display.
Happy watched impassively, though his eyes were full of sympathy for Pepper.
"Mr. Stark" she said, pushing forward the boundary of formality "It's very late"
"Past my bed time?"
"Indeed"
"You'll put me to bed tonight, Miss Potts?"
"That goes beyond the job description, Mr. Stark"
"But Miss Potts, I'm lonely" he whined.
"So you've said, sir"
"Stay with me"
"I am with you" she looked to Happy who had by this time put Tony's arm over his shoulder and was slowly walking him back to the limo. Happy, stony faced, Happy, didn't look at Tony or Pepper, merely straight ahead.
"But not always" he stumbled on the concrete and would have fallen were it not for Happy holding onto him.
"Always, Mr. Stark"
"Not always!" he yelled suddenly and pushed himself away from Happy, Pepper stopped short, surprised at his outburst.
"You're not always with me!" he shouted, his voice rough and harsh, the merriment of Aria gone.
"Tony-" she began softly, not sure if she was trying to calm her now racing heart, or his erratic behaviour.
"You weren't with me-" his voice stopped short and his breath caught in his throat. Happy was there and held onto Tony as he began to sway.
"Tony?" Pepper asked, not sure what had happened.
Tony suddenly clutched his chest and gasped, his knees buckled and he fell to the asphalt of the sidewalk.
"Tony!" Pepper knelt down beside him and heard him mutter "I don't feel so good", his skin became ashen and quite suddenly he lurched forward and vomited the copious amounts of alcohol he had just a few minutes ago had been ingesting.
"Oh my god" Pepper murmured and stroked Tony's back, realizing something was actually wrong. Tony could siphon diesel and be fine; him coughing up the booze was a bad sign.
"Tony?" she said softly as his spasms seemed to subside, she looked up to find Happy and saw him fending off curious onlookers and Paparazzi who were shooting away with their cameras, the long lenses zooming onto the scene of Tony Strak's humiliation while his PA knelt beside him in his own vomit.
She was livid.
"Happy!" she shouted to the burly man, "Forget about them and help me with Tony!"
Tony groaned and stared groggily at the liquid mess "That's disgusting" he muttered.
Pepper and Happy helped him up, the flashes of the cameras blinded Tony and he blinked furiously.
Happy all but shoved them into the back seat. He started the engine and yelled "Get out of the fucking way, before I turn the lot o' ya into road kill!"
The bystanders and Paparazzi reluctantly moved out of the way, though the cameras kept flashing until they were out of sight.
Pepper stared out the tinted windows.
"Pepper" she heard Tony say.
"No, Tony" she replied tiredly, she took a deep, calming breath and regretted it.
She looked at her hands and pants and saw they were wet and sticky. She remembered the last time her hands were wet and sticky and thought that replacing her boss' perpetual energy magnet was more dignified than kneeling in her boss' vomit.
"Pepper" she heard again, and his voice sounded strange. She looked at him and saw that Tony was pale and his breathing was shallow.
"Tony?" she frowned.
He gasped and clutched his chest "Pepper… can't… breathe…"
Pepper quickly opened Tony's shirt and looked at the glowing arc reactor, the light was strong and bright.
The flesh around the metal ring was red and swollen.
"Oh my god! Tony!" she looked at his ashen face and saw his eyes had rolled to the back of his head.
"Oh shit" she lowered the divider and shouted "Happy, take us to a hospital, now!"
TBC in Part 4
Previously.
*The link is to a YouTube video of the Billy Joel song
Would love feedback please!
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Date: 2008-06-10 08:33 pm (UTC)It's getting gooood!
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Date: 2008-06-10 09:09 pm (UTC)Thanks for the encouragement!
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Date: 2008-06-10 09:10 pm (UTC)I won't leave y'all hanging for long :-D
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Date: 2008-06-11 06:13 am (UTC):P
Thank you for reading.
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Date: 2008-06-11 11:10 am (UTC)Thanks for reading!
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Date: 2008-06-11 12:51 pm (UTC)I definitely think you've captured the characters well, i can totally see/hear them doing all this, and that's not been my usual reaction to fanfic (which i don't normally read).
I am certainly looking forward to reading more,
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Date: 2008-06-11 01:50 pm (UTC)Thank you so much! That means a lot to me :D
Wow, what a turn of events...
Date: 2008-06-12 06:35 pm (UTC)Say, I loved this particular line of yours: "...she watched Tony play the grand and even make up dirty limericks to chop sticks." I can just visualize Tony/RDJ doing this. He's a riot, no question.
Will save additional comments for the next chapter. Yay for Happy, and I love Pepper's quick thinking on Tony's health. Tony is truly lost without her.
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Date: 2008-06-12 07:39 pm (UTC)I dunno why, but I felt that Happy should get a little more air time :)
I'll be posting chapter four soon, hope you enjoy it!
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Date: 2008-06-14 07:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-14 07:12 am (UTC)Part 4 is just after this and I'll be posting Part 5 (maybe even 6) later today! So stay tuned :D