Snowicane is coming [Tony/OPEN - Saturday afternoon]

[playboy_philanthropist]

Tony sprawled across the sofa in the common room, his back propped up by multiple pillows against the arm of the couch and one foot resting on the top of the sofa's back. He had a mess metal and wires in his lap and taking up some of the coffee table. He tested the circuits, his attention split between his work and the multiple news feeds on the tv and computer screens. Gmork held his leg captive on the other side of the sofa, growling happily as he attempted to chew at the kid-sized Captain America shield he'd found somewhere in the mansion on Thursday. He should probably be worried about the dog chewing on metal like that, but the pup seemed happy and careful enough that he wasn't hurting himself. Plus, he was an Asgardian dog. They probably get treats of gold or some other crazy shit like that when they got older. Who knew. Personally, Tony found it fitting that Gmork also might lose his baby teeth thanks to the shield. If the pups had baby teeth...

He glanced up at the tv screen and snorted in amusement at another flabbergasted meteorologist trying to predict what this storm was going to do. They more they talked about it, the more Tony wondered if Thor's presence had anything to do with the odd weather, whether the 'god' meant it or not. He wasn't looking forward to the storm preparations. The downfall of the tower and all its windows. But at least they wouldn't have to worry about losing power. Pressing his lips together, he pulled a screen over to him, fingers flying over the display to check up on the arc reactor and also their inventory. Maybe he could come up with some more small portable units...

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[lt_col_rhodes]

Rhodey had finally gotten used to using the 'car Wash' and walked through it after a shift at Fort Dix, working on analysis. He'd been chatting with a young thing, who was bitching about the fact that she kept getting intel jobs that had nothing to do with her linguistic major. He felt like he was getting too old for all this. But that was thoughts for later.

Heading to the common room, he stretched. "What's up? Why are in here?"

[playboy_philanthropist]

Tony glanced up from the display and grinned at Rhodey. "Hey. Felt like taking advantage of the view and 'natural light'," he said as he gestured to the windows.

His grin growing wider, he sat up a bit straighter as he keyed through a few screens before he flicked a youTube video up to replace one of the newscasts on the TV. "Man, have you seen this yet? It just went up today. Gotta love the alma mater. Too bad on the timing. If they'd been able to film this when I was there, they could have gotten the real Iron Man dancing. I would have gotten up on the Great Dome for them and rocked it."

[lt_col_rhodes]

"Good for you, natural light is good sometimes," Rhodey teased and then scowled at the Milky Way bars in the bowl of candy. "You buy Milky Ways just to hurt me don't you?" He waved the bottle of whiskey at Tony in askance and poured himself two fingers.

Taking a sip he nearly spit it out when the big guy was dancing on top of the Iron man. "At least they pay you homage? I dare you to get Coulson and Rogers to do that dance."

[playboy_philanthropist]

"Only way to get a tan," Tony quipped. "Although who knows when we'll see the sun again with this storm." Glancing over at Rhodey, he snorted in amusement. "Well, not just. It is coming up on Halloween and I do like them, plus there are all the womenfolk around who must be kept well fed with chocolate."

He raised a hand over the back of the sofa and wiggled his fingers. "If you're going to be pouring drinks, gimme Scotch. And homage is never as good as the real deal. I would have even been fine with them splicing in that table dance from the Senate hearing even if it was the wrong dance moves." He snorted as he raised an eyebrow. "What do I get? I've already got a bet going with Coulson that I'm very, very curious to see if he cashes in on."

[lt_col_rhodes]

"Best way, anyway. You don't do too good laying still and I still don't want to think about you getting a spray on one," Rhodey had a mental image of that happening and it was not a kind one. He shuddered theatrically and then pulled out the scotch as requested, pouring another glass for Tony, and walking over to hand it to him. "Don't believe you. You just want me to hurt."

"What do you want? Coulson on top, Steve on the bottom," Rhodey clarified.

[playboy_philanthropist]

"I can lay still perfectly fine when given the proper motivation," Tony shot back with a smirk. Even so, he would rather lay outside to tan than in a tanning bed, no matter what the motivation might be. His smirk only grew more sly as he took the drink from Rhodey. "I get to give War Hammer a new paint job. My choice. Anything I want. We have a deal?"

He doubted that he could actually get either to do this dare, not without fencing the rest of his dad's Captain America collection and somehow convincing Steve that the fate of the world depended on it, but the thought still amused him.

[lt_col_rhodes]

"Somehow I doubt that," Rhodey said. He couldn't imagine Tony as a passive partner in sex. Unless he was tied down. Maybe then. even still, he couldn't imagine that Tony would be particularly still tied down."

"If you can manage to get Steve and Coulson to do that, you can paint my armor whatever you want it to be," Rhodey agreed. It'd never happen ever so he was pretty safe with his paint job. "But it has to be on camera." He leaned back on the couch and sipped the whiskey. Even Tony's whiskey was good. Perfect panacea for a stressful day. "We're about ready for whatever's going to hit us. Managed to get out of guard duty for once."

[playboy_philanthropist]

"Done deal," Tony said as he clinked his glass against Rhodey's and then took a deep sip of his Scotch. "And of course it'll be on camera. It didn't happen if it's not on camera." Sometimes even if it was on camera, it didn't really happen...

He shook his head slightly. "The preparation checklists are killer. At least we won't have to worry about losing power. I'm going to drop off some generators to the shelters once I make sure their hook-ups and tracking units are set. Let them breath easy on that. Should probably make sure the old mansion is prepared for the onslaught too..."

[lt_col_rhodes]

"Pics or it didn't happen?" Rhodey asked softly. "And it better not be manipulated. Romanov would be a good secondary witness."

"What do you need me to do? If it gets bad you, me and Thor are the only things that are gonna be safe to fly. Well, Pepper too. Is she leaving town so one of you is safe?" He doubted that would happen but still.