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Tony Stark ([personal profile] aggravating) wrote2012-09-10 01:51 pm

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[You know, for a minute there this was going to be an awesome team building exercise. Taking Loki out - again - and corrupting an American icon with hate and lying and trickery? Yeah. It was going to be awesome. But then Steve had to have some kind of really annoying morality crisis and you know what? Screw that. He was already halfway up to Charles' room when Steve started talking about. Telling him to wait- Why would he wait? They had a plan, and he was sticking to it. Unlike some jerkwad team leader.

So, he takes a swig of scotch from the flask he'd made for himself during some downtime in the maintenance room. Just quickly hammered out metal, sealed up tight and a little dented but hey. It worked. And as disgusting as scotch normally was warm, Tony just didn't taste it anymore. Either way, he'd need it to try and come off as charming and nonchalant as possible when he got to-

Oh. Hey. Charles' door.

He shoves the flask back clumsily into his back pocket before knocking on Charles' door. At the very least, he has had way too much practice at enunciating while drunk off his ass.]


Hey. Sweetcakes. Surprise maintenance call.
wedonot: (Excuse me.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-10 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles honestly hadn't been expecting him, obviously. He glanced up at the knock on his door, sent out enough of a telepathic probe to tell who it was before Tony spoke and went over to open it, already looking a little confused and more than a little concerned.]

Excuse me? [But wait, more important question that he already knows the answer to first.]

Are you drunk?
wedonot: (I'm very serious.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles had been about to protest that Tony didn't make mistakes, and it wasn't like he'd noticed something was wrong, but the second comment took precedence for the time being, and he wanted an answer to that, first.]

Yes, it does matter. We talked about this, Tony. What happened?
wedonot: (MY ERIK SENSE IS TINGLING.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles tried, usually, to respect other people's boundaries. He really did. But he didn't just shut off his telepathy, and if you think a thought loudly enough at him, he'll hear it unless you're entirely shielded.

So there was a sudden rush of anger, of images of what Tony was planning on doing, and almost without meaning to, he gasped, staring at him.]


Tony. [He was angry, and so, so disappointed, and honestly, there was a part of him - a hurting, vulnerable part that remembered being tortured and left helpless because he didn't have his telepathy and he couldn't walk - that wanted to shove him away, that wanted nothing more than to really show him that he wasn't some helpless, easily conned victim he could use like this, but he choked it down, trying to bottle the rising emotion before things got out of control.]

What the hell are you thinking? Killing Loki isn't going to solve anything. And how dare you come in here, drunk, acting like I'm just a bucket of spare parts to use whenever's convenient to you! Did you seriously think I wouldn't find out?
wedonot: (Fuck you I can read minds.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-10 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Get away from me.

[He's not really sure if it's a threat or a warning at this point, because he was not having a part in this, and it wasn't really fair to Tony, that he was having this strong a reaction to this, but that was how these sorts of things worked. There was sometimes no logic in the human brain reminding you of a traumatic time and trying to protect you from going through the same thing again, by telling you to fight or run as hard and fast as you could away from it, and it wasn't like he'd told Tony how angry and hurt he was about what had happened. He didn't know.

He forced himself to take a breath, to remember Tony wasn't intentionally threatening him, that he wasn't really threatening him at all, and he needed to focus on telling him off and getting him to stop before he did kill someone. He forced his voice to be calm - or as calm as he could manage, anyway - trying not to let the anger overpower the rest of it.]


Killing Loki in a place where he'll just come back immediately won't change what he's done. Killing him at all won't bring back the people whose deaths he caused, which I thought was motivation for you to make progress here and graduate, instead of backsliding into whatever the hell this is! [Deep breath, calm down, yelling isn't going to solve anything.]

We'll discuss this further when you're sober.
wedonot: (I'm sorry what.)

logic was never an option?

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-11 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Charles had just let him go. He knew it wasn't the smartest thing, knew this could end in some kind of disaster, but honestly he was shaking with adrenaline and felt almost sick, and he didn't want to deal with this right now. And maybe that wasn't fair and maybe it made him a lousy warden who was ill equipped to deal with an alcoholic would-be superhero, but he just couldn't, right now. He was tired, he was so damn tired of being put in situations like this, and he thought Tony had understood maybe a little bit of what it was like, after that flood.

Which meant either he was wrong or Tony was just so far gone he didn't care.

So he'd stayed in his room and tried to focus on something else for a while. It didn't work, but it was better than being pushed into a corner where he had to use his powers to stop Tony, to convince him to leave or back off or walk himself down to Zero, so he stayed and waited and then his communicator chirped.

He'd headed down to the art room immediately and, after apologizing to Ariadne, wheeled himself in stopping a few feet short of Tony and just... stared at him for a moment.

He wanted to believe the best of him. He really, really did, just like he always seemed to, with people, because he'd seen the good in them, even when they couldn't see it in themselves. But Tony seemed hell bent on staying on this path, despite all the talk that he wasn't, that he wanted to graduate and help the people he'd lost, and Charles was tired of handling him with kid gloves, if this was just going to be the end result. They'd need a different plan of attack.

He brought his hand to his temple and reached out with enough force to nudge him awake, almost like he was shaking his shoulder.]


Wake up, Mr. Stark.
wedonot: (Erik and I got this.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-11 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Charles looked a bit different than he had when Tony had first seen him that day, more composed if still unmistakeably disappointed and angry with him. When he'd heard what Tony had done, he'd locked everything back down and left to take care of it, and he could keep it under control to handle this. Tony wasn't a threat to him, had never been and probably never would be, and while Charles certainly wasn't planning on using his ability against him, it was still sort of steadying to remember that. He wasn't helpless here. No one was going to force him into doing something he didn't want, because he could fight back.

It had been stupid, to let that shake him so badly. Maybe he should start thinking about opening up to more people about what had happened. (Not that it was likely he'd take his own advice at this point, but.)

He could, in theory, help take the edge off. Help him push the pain to the back of his mind, so he could maybe stand up and walk out on his own without throwing up or passing out, but he wasn't exactly feeling charitable right now. He wanted Tony to feel this hangover and really realize what a disaster he'd fallen into this time, because maybe maybe he'd learn something this time. Maybe this was hitting rock bottom, and he'd have no choice but to drag himself back up.]


Welcome back. [He did, at least, keep his voice quiet, even if the disappointment and aggravation was still very apparent.] Pleased with yourself?
wedonot: (Telepathy is clearly the best power.)

omg perfect icon also I can change if this isn't okay

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-11 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[What Charles wouldn't given in that moment to have Erik's gift, or Jean's. Being able to snatch the flask out of his hands without touching it would have felt a little gratifying, but as it was, the best he could do was again put a hand to his temple and tell him to drop it.

He knew he would. And he felt bad, because he really didn't like using his ability on people unless he had to. It was easier to do it to a stranger, to tell them to forget that Raven had suddenly inexplicably been blue and scaly, to tell Russian soldiers and diplomats to forget about him and Erik and just go to sleep until this was all over. It felt like a breach of trust, to do it to someone you cared about.

Because even with everything that had happened, yes he still did care about him. And this really was for his own good.]


Put it down. [And he cut off the command at that, knowing what kind of damage that could be done if you went a little too far.] You've had more than enough already.

[Considering the art room looked like an angry gorilla had been unleashed in it.] Do you even remember what happened?
wedonot: (Or at home keeping score.)

you're too good to me :c

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-11 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, he was the leader of a gang of unruly teenagers and young adults with admittedly improving control of their powers. But then again, their save the world mission only involved some minor damage to some random beach in Cuba, so maybe X-Men were just neater, despite having only trained for like. A week.

He didn't say anything or really respond to Tony's mumbling, but he did lower his hand, not really establishing much contact at all, once more. He got bits and pieces - strong emotion and thoughts - but honestly hangovers never sat well in his mind unless they were his own, so he did his best to nudge the nausea and confusion and pain away from his own consciousness.

But he can tell he knows, even with the deflections, trying to pretend like he doesn't realize what happened. Tony's hurting too much to really discuss it right now, and Charles doesn't really want to. It can wait. So he sticks to business, and doesn't beat around the bush.]


Someone's [He figured it was a bad idea to tell him that someone was the person who'd ripped his arc reactor out of his chest a couple months ago, and there was a part of him that was already seriously considering putting Tony to sleep before Erik got here, so there was no chance of a Hitler reference or God only knows what else Tony would use to try to provoke him into actually killing him this time.] going to help me take you down to Level Zero, and you're going to be down there for the next few days. I'm leaving your communicator with you, and I'll be down to make sure you're recovering and have something to eat. Do you understand?
wecanavenge: (Oh look a sense of accomplishment)

forgive the google translate French, it's been too long /o\

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-09-12 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
N'avait pas votre mère vous apprendre à ne jamais faire des excuses quand vous n'êtes pas désolé? [Erik pushed the art room door open without touching it, surveying the damage with a long sweep of his eyes before settling on Tony.]

Why don't we stick to English, until you can actually talk?

[He wasn't sure when he started grinning, exactly, but he could feel it, lips pulled back and white teeth flashing. He was terribly amused to find Tony in this situation.

Or really, any remotely embarrassing situation. He isn't picky.

Glancing toward Charles, he arched his eyebrows beneath the helmet, knowing that Charles would prefer less antagonizing; the look he gave his friend was very much a 'what did you expect' look, before he turned back to Tony.]


Go on, get up. [He missed the falling over, but he can guess, from the way Tony's rubbing his head, and yup he wants to see Stark falling over himself.]
wedonot: (Uh excuse me what.)

I love everyone in this bar. jsyk.

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-13 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles' first thought was, honestly, that Tony had lost his mind.

He'd been about to tell of Erik a little, since he'd called him down here to help, not taunt Tony (although, really, he hadn't expected anything else, and maybe there was a slightly vindictive part of himself that didn't mind, considering how the evening had played out), and had intended to put Tony to sleep to make sure this didn't escalate any further when... that. Happened.

Unfortunately for Tony, it was another thirteen years before Jaws was released in theaters for Charles and Erik, and as such, he had absolutely no idea what he was doing or referencing as he pushed himself off the table and peeked back over at them, and he really did look a little deranged peering over the edge and hissing something that - apparently - had to do with sharks.]


I think he's gone mad. [he directed quietly at Erik, before just staring at Tony. There are no words, Mr. Stark.]

What are you singing?
wecanavenge: (run that one by me again)

drinks for everyone.

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-09-17 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Some of the smile slipped, replaced by no small amount of confusion. Glancing at Charles only briefly, Erik let his gaze settle back on Tony for a long moment. What the hell was this? And better yet, what sort of grown man made such a fool of himself like that? ]

I'm quite certain of it, [ he said dryly, and as the chorus went on, it wore at Erik's bewilderment. And his patience.

The absurd look on his face faded into an unimpressed on, and he reached around the table, grabbing for Stark's arm. ]
Whatever it is, I think I've had quite enough of it.
wedonot: (Knocking on doors is lame.)

But :C

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-18 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He was picking up on images now, and, well. Alright, apparently it was a film, but the more important part right now is waving Erik off briefly, bringing his other hand to his temple again.]

We're from '62. And I think you need to go to sleep, Mr. Stark.

[And, sorry Tony, your eyes are going to be rolling up in your head as you take a trip off to la la land without Erik and Charles. The telepath lowers his hand again and resists the urge to pinch the bridge of his nose in frustration, glancing back at Erik.]

Sorry. I thought this might be for the best. [In the interest of you not murdering Tony and all. :V]
wecanavenge: (Shut up Alex I'm an excellent teacher)

fuck you Tony you don't get a tab anymore >(

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-09-22 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Erik was still just staring at Tony, largely bewildered. The attempt to slap his hand was avoided (but still an annoyance, because he is hypocrite enough to think that he has every right to grab Tony, but Tony has no right to touch him), and he stood back, half lifting his hand with the intention to manipulate the magnetic fields around Tony - but Charles got there first. He didn't wait to see if Tony was completely out before speaking.]

How on Earth do you put up with him? It's as if he never shuts up.
wedonot: (Bitch I am fabulous.)

that is also true

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-22 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles, honestly, didn't know. Most of the time, Tony was someone who - while intensely aggravating on the best of days - Charles could easily see the potential for good in, but tonight, his patience had really run out. He knew he needed to keep it under control and get over it so he could go back to focusing on the good things, but right now he was just tired and disappointed and needed a damn drink.

Still, he shrugged, trying to smooth out his expression.]


It's not always about sharks. [And he forced himself to grin a little, glancing over at Erik.] Besides, I put up with you, don't I? [And, forced normalcy established via teasing, he looked back at Tony.]

Come on, we should get him to Zero so Ariadne can clean the place.
wecanavenge: (And while the world sleeps we are awake)

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-09-22 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Erik pressed his lips into a thin line at that, squaring his jaw enough to make the vaguest of faces at Charles (because he was a grown man and did not just make faces). ]

Very funny.

[ He stretches out his hand fully this time, and Tony lifts off the ground as the magnetic fields around him contort. ]

You know, now that he's silent, this may be one of the better moments I've experienced on this God forsaken ship.
wedonot: (Hnnn not sure if want.)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-22 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Charles was about three seconds from telling him to put him down before realizing Erik was using the magnetic fields and not dragging him up by the arc reactor and shrapnel in his chest, and he mentally swore at the helmet again, for not being able to just sense the intention.

So he just sighed and rubbed at his temple, grimacing, before turning to leave the art room.]


I've had better days.
wecanavenge: (Do you think it's safe to breathe?)

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-09-25 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Come on Charles, where's a bit of that infinite faith you have in people? Glancing back at Charles, Erik floated Tony in front of them as the entered the corridor, letting his head loll forward.]

Are you going to tell me what the hell happened, now?
wedonot: (Need some ice for that burn bro?)

[personal profile] wedonot 2012-09-25 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's momentarily bruised because Tony. :| Also after you've played hide the arc reactor once, it's hard for that not to be the immediate concern when the two of you run into each other.]

Mr. Stark- [And almost as if on cue, Tony let out an impressive snore, apparently determined to be annoying even while unconscious. Charles swallowed a frustrated sigh.] Has apparently been drunk for the better part of the last three weeks. We had an argument about what constitutes acceptable adult behavior on the Barge in reference to him trying to settle a score from back home, he left and I got a call from Ariadne saying he'd destroyed the art room and needed someone to come pick him up.
wecanavenge: (and that was only a filling)

[personal profile] wecanavenge 2012-10-02 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a fun game okay, everybody enjoys it. Rolling his eyes at the snore, Erik shifted his hand and let that jostle Tony, his head flopping backwards. Erik was perfectly all right with the idea of Stark waking up with a crick in his neck.]

Three weeks. [There's disgust in his voice; really, Tony, he just thinks that's pathetic.] It's a wonder his liver's survived.