Notes: For the now defunct
13drabbles's gamma theme. Title is taken from Echo by Jason Walker.
Title: anybody out there
Fandom: The Avengers
Pairing: Steve/Tony
Prompt: 02. follow me
Words: 273 words
anybody out there
“You wanted to show me something?” Steve asked.
Tony looked up from his work bench, hair sticking up and grease smeared down his cheek. He looked exhausted with his wide eyes that had dark circles under them, but his smile when he spotted Steve was genuine.
“Yeah, c'mere,” Tony popped onto his feet, bouncing like he was a small child on a sugar high. He'd already started on a long technical ramble when Steve walked over, backing slowly toward a corner of the workshop.
Steve couldn't understand most of what Tony was talking about, but he did pick out a few things so that he could follow the general gist of it. Still, most of the technical details went right over his head.
“... it took longer than I thought it would, but I finished it last night – was it last night? It might have been this morning but I'm pretty sure it was last night–”
“You completed work on it at 4:57 this morning,” JARVIS supplied helpfully.
“–right, this morning then, but that's really not important; what's important is that I finished it and I hope you like it.”
Tony probably would have rambled on more, but he was cut off when he held out the shield to Steve, who took it in his hands and tested the weight and feel of it. Steve grinned and bounced it in his hands, “Wow! Thanks, Tony!”
“Good, well I'm glad you like it that means it wasn't a total waste and I don't have to scrap the entire thing – but there are a couple of adjustments I made and there's an–”
This time, Steve cut Tony off with a kiss.
FIN.
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Title: anybody out there
Fandom: The Avengers
Pairing: Steve/Tony
Prompt: 02. follow me
Words: 273 words
“You wanted to show me something?” Steve asked.
Tony looked up from his work bench, hair sticking up and grease smeared down his cheek. He looked exhausted with his wide eyes that had dark circles under them, but his smile when he spotted Steve was genuine.
“Yeah, c'mere,” Tony popped onto his feet, bouncing like he was a small child on a sugar high. He'd already started on a long technical ramble when Steve walked over, backing slowly toward a corner of the workshop.
Steve couldn't understand most of what Tony was talking about, but he did pick out a few things so that he could follow the general gist of it. Still, most of the technical details went right over his head.
“... it took longer than I thought it would, but I finished it last night – was it last night? It might have been this morning but I'm pretty sure it was last night–”
“You completed work on it at 4:57 this morning,” JARVIS supplied helpfully.
“–right, this morning then, but that's really not important; what's important is that I finished it and I hope you like it.”
Tony probably would have rambled on more, but he was cut off when he held out the shield to Steve, who took it in his hands and tested the weight and feel of it. Steve grinned and bounced it in his hands, “Wow! Thanks, Tony!”
“Good, well I'm glad you like it that means it wasn't a total waste and I don't have to scrap the entire thing – but there are a couple of adjustments I made and there's an–”
This time, Steve cut Tony off with a kiss.
FIN.