The day that Happy...
A/N: I have no idea how (according to canon) how Happy met Tony but here is my spin on it.
Summary: Happy meets many extraordinary people doesn't he?
Chapter 1: Meets Tony Stark.
Happy was about to pick up his phone when he thought back to yesterday when he met Miss Potts:
A petite redhead walked round the sweaty men until she reached Happy. She looked at him and he looked at her. She was barely 5'8 on six inch high heels that were clearly designer.
"Are you Harold Hogan?" she asked sweetly a small smile on her face.
"Yeah but you can call me Happy, who are you?" he responded with a small smile of his own.
"Sorry, I'm Virginia Potts but you can call me Pepper. Sorry to disturb you but would you mind stepping over here?" Pepper asked gesturing to a deserted corner.
"Yeah sure" Happy wondered what this was about, he was a retired boxer who was relatively comfortable with his life, what would some lady named Pepper wearing designer outfits want with him?
They both walked over to the corner and Happy leaned on the wall.
"I'm sure you're wondering what this is about?" Pepper waited for him to nod.
"Well you see, my boss, Tony Stark has unfortunately led his last body guard/driver into retirement and no one else is brave enough to step up to the job. So I looked up ex-body guards, martial artists and professional fighters and you are the best suited. The job is being offered to you because, and if you know of Tony Stark you will understand, you will be able to protect him and not be forced out by him either. Your profile and profession leads me to believe Tony would like you. The pay is good and the car is obviously provided. I hope you can handle the Bentley Continental GT?" Pepper was speaking as if he had already accepted the job.
"A bit rushed isn't it?" Happy asked playing for time.
"Oh not at all you have twenty four hours to decide, and don't breathe a word to the press. That's another thing you will have to handle, the paparazzi" Pepper told him handing him a business card.
Happy stared at it as she thanked him for his time and left the gym. He knew of Tony Stark, the weapons manufacturer, a genius and as seen in the news rather eccentric. Happy usually had no time for eccentric people but he had met a few and some had turned into really good friends... once you got use to them.
Back to the present.
Happy looked at the clock, it was 9am. Nineteen hours after Miss Potts offered him the job.
He picked his phone up and dialled the number.
"Miss Potts, who is speaking" Miss Potts asked.
"Hello Miss Potts, it's Happy, err... Harold Hogan I would like the job please"
"Certainly and it's Pepper, when can you start?" Pepper asked sounding pleased.
"Whenever you need me" Happy told her and it was true he lived off his boxing career money so there were no loose ends.
"Erm... I don't think we need your services today but if you could make it down to Tony's house to meet your new boss that would be good. I will be there of course and the address is... well it's just a really big house on the cliff shoreline of Malibu, California. You can't miss it" Pepper requested.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure I know where that is so see you in half an hour" Happy agreed starting to feel nervous.
"I can get a driver for you because I think today would be a good day to pick up the Bentley"
"No problem, I can get there on my own thanks" Happy refused her offer.
"Very well, see you soon Happy"
"Yeah see you" He allowed Pepper to hang up first.
Happy flagged a taxi which did in fact drive him right to Stark's house but he went a little past so no one would get suspicious. Pepper had told him to keep quiet after all.
He walked back after paying the cabbie with a generous tip. He walked to the gates which opened automatically for him.
Pepper was waiting on the path. But there was no Tony Stark visible. Happy wondered where he was. He was supposed to meet him today after all. Maybe Tony had gone off on another drunken tirade like the press loved to advertise.
"Hello Happy, glad you could make it. Tony is in his lab he wasn't keen on coming out just yet, I know it's your first day so to speak but I need your help getting him out because he has been in there for two days and I don't think he has ate. And this might be a regular thing so better learn how to cope now, right?"
Happy looked into her tired eyes that almost begged for help. He felt extremely sorry for her and extremely worried about meeting this man.
"Sure, no problems let us hope I'm a fast learner" Happy told her trying to cheer her up.
"Thank you, and one more thing, don't be alarmed by the robots that move by themselves or JARVIS an AI because that is another regular thing"
Pepper started walking into the house and Happy easily kept up. She led him down a flight of stairs and Happy almost gasped at the sheer size of the lab through the glass. It was huge and a row of sports cars filled the back of the room. There were three robots that looked similar and were moving around at random. Surfaces sprung from nowhere, some empty and had blue screens covering them but some were littered with coffee cups and papers.
There were TV's around the lab in various places and one desk that curved into a semi circle was full of computers. There were also tools all around the place.
Pepper typed in a code on the glass panel that Happy swore just leapt to life at her appearance.
They both looked around for Stark. Pepper was the first to spot him. She gestured Happy over and walked to one of Tony's cars. It was an old sports car, black with flames licking up the bonnet and first half. Inside of the car was a man with messy brown hair and big brown eyes. He was handsome and rather slim compared to Happy's muscular build. Also small compared to Happy.
Happy was 6'2 but Stark couldn't have been more than 5'9 or 5'10. Tony waved his hand at them. Happy wasn't sure whether or not to wave back so he copied Pepper and did nothing.
"Tony what are you doing?" Pepper asked.
"Nothing" Tony said, he had a smooth voice which wasn't too deep or too high.
"So why have you been down here for the last two days?" Pepper asked with an annoyed tone of voice.
"I was upgrading You, Butterfingers and Dummy" Tony replied smiling broadly with perfect teeth.
"Fine, now will you come upstairs and get something to eat?" Pepper asked.
"Sure" Tony seemed less enthusiastic now.
"Oh and Tony this is Harold Hogan" Pepper introduced him.
Tony stood up and looked up at Happy. He stuck his hand out.
"Anthony Stark, but I prefer Tony" he told him.
Happy shook his hand.
"And you can call me Happy" Happy offered.
"Happy" Tony repeated with a big smile. "You don't look happy"
Happy almost rolled his eyes but instead he smiled and gestured after Pepper who was holding the door open.
Tony left the lab and jogged up the stairs while Happy let Pepper go first.
Tony had disappeared again and Happy wondered if this happened a lot, but Pepper didn't seem concerned.
"I'll show you where he has gone. He seems to be ok with you, I didn't expect that" Pepper told him.
Happy didn't expect it either.
"I didn't either but I'm glad it went well"
Happy wasn't sure whether or not to like the man who was so blatantly rude to Pepper and everyone around him but Happy was amused to say the least by all the odd quirks the man and his assistant had.
And that was the first time Happy met Tony Stark.
A/N: Good? Bad? Let me know and I plan to do another chapter. Just a little two shot, or three or four. I don't know once I run out of muses for these little The day that Happy... I will ask for suggestions but one at a time people. One.