50 Shades of Tony
By Rey
Chapter 27
Tony Stark and Sprog-Related Cases
Warnings for:
Piece 679: Explicit: Sexual Content
Piece 680: Explicit: Sexual Content
Lockwood Estate, Northern California, United States, End of February 2016 (Ctd.)
660. Grass
Clint seats himself beside Tony on the grass when the meeting adjourns. "Remember what I said about adding sprogs to this horde?" he begins, carefully. "Got word from their guardians. They're all ready to keep mum about everything. Even after I hinted about the latest situation to them."
661. Face
Tony scrutinises Clint's face, which is for once so open and so, so vulnerable. "Your family, isn't it?" he murmurs. "Are they in danger? Need extraction? When? Where?" Clint's slumping shoulders answer the first question of the barrage, then, "Can you teleport them and things away once we're there? Soon?"
662. Resource
Tony can't yet extract an image safely and securely from somebody's mind, to get to Clint's safehouse. He asks for Týo's help for that. And, on his explanation, the whole team offer theirs… plus all resources. "You got more resources, now," Clint observes. "Your baby's a big name on alien-land?"
Ketapang, Banyuwangi, Indonesia, End of February 2016
663. Port
To have the new sprogs bond with the others, Tony got the… probably bright… idea to revisit Bali, the "poor folks" way, via ferry crossing from Java. As his modified bus queues – long, long queue – at the port to board the ferry, he lets the sprogs wander outside, under supervision.
664. Recover
Natalie McDonald returns to the bus with Lila and Cooper Barton, carrying 2 steaming cups of instant noodles. She gives one to Tony with a small – but still there and genuine – smile. `She's recovering nicely,` Tony thinks. Still, `It's hot! Will it be poisonous for me? How can I refuse?`
665. Fight
It's good for internal unity for the sprogs when they're willing to fight on behalf of their own, namely the dinosaur-hybrid children. It's bad for the atmosphere of the already impatient queuers, though. Fortunately, Týo's there to cool down the atmosphere… rather literally…. Then Neuolvir broadcasts their peaceful, friendly intentions.
Bali, Indonesia, End of February-Middle of March 2016
666. Mansion
One of Tony's new milaða-friendly hotels is a modified mansion plus private surfing beach in a remote, hilly area away from the touristic hubbub. He's got his own pavilion somewhat removed from it, though, and directs his folks there. Unfortunately, HYDRA catches up with them, just then, seeking the hybrids.
667. Pall
A pall of fear permeates not only Tony's folks but also the guests of the hotel. It makes him mad. Ordinary, good people should feel safe with him, about him, in his properties. Not even his before-Afghanistan self would tolerate any deviation from this policy. So Iron Man acts.
668. Quick
Tony's quick action earns well regard from the hotel guests, but displeasure from the government. "Well, you should clean house and police your borders better, then. I'm here for a vacation, not your jobs," he snipes when the Governer of Bali confronts him. "Now, either you skedaddle or we're gone."
669. Die
Tony's folk's enthusiasm has died with the HYDRA attack and subsequent government-type whining, apparently. They're just sitting about, looking tensely at everything, instead of surfing, playing in the sand, or chatting with the guests. It won't do! So Tony searches for simple-but-fun games for everyone to play in the beach.
670. Reconcile
"You know, Mister Stark, it's… hard, to reconcile the image you presented to us in 2012 with… this," Cap admits when evening grows late and people litter the sand, porch deck and tideline, happily tired and sated. "Can we… start over? For peace? I don't want to upset the children…."
671. Quarantine
The Indonesian government argues that some of the midgets are more dinosaurs – animals – than humans, therefore they have to be quarantined and examined for diseases before they can have – limited – access to anywhere in Indonesia. Tony argues that they are human enough not to be jailed, experimented on and shunned.
672. Concentration
"My apologies, Aslakonnar, but Aslakonnar does not possess enough concentration at present to safely learn about viewing a stranger's memory," Ovrekka, Týo's teammate-spouse that's reputedly good at viewing memories, says when Tony requests a lesson from them. "Aslakonnar should learn meditation first, probably moving meditation. Ðolukonnar is good at it."
673. Unstable
Unstable situations aren't good for the development of children, parenting books claim. But Tony thinks differently. The only constants of his life growing up were old-man Jarvis, Anna Jarvis, the absence of Howard and Maria Stark, and an overflow of money. These children are already much luckier than he was.
674. Queue
Watching the various children – family and guests alike – queue to get a few scoops of ice cream is so very fun, Tony finds. The sharp differences that some of them sport only make it funner. Then Týo and Rústla team up, teasing them into laughing and making snarky words/sounds/moves. `Bestest.`
675. Alacrity
Apparently, periodically but in random places on Earth, Fié's been acting as tour guide, area search assistant, design consultant and many more, throughout the centuries after the war. Someone whose grandfather was helped much by them recognised how they instructed the midgets, and now catches them up with all alacrity.
676. Pernickety
"Mister Nalla was most pernicketty with the number and conditions of our supplies," Douglas "Doug" Homer, the Fié-fan, reminisces grinningly over a cup of Fié-made iced chocolate. "Grandpa's most irritated with that, since they also had to start the hike pre-dawn, in thick fog. But then he turned pernickety, too!"
677. Crack
Pepper's smart, mature, composed persona cracks horribly when Doug posts to his social-media groups, one of which is for Fié-fans, including her, boasting about meeting "the famous Mr. Nala." Clinging fast to Fié, she tearfully claims she's Nia, whose hatred and fear towards wintertime he helped erase when she's eight.
678. Over-Bright
"Afaaaa. Too bright!" Fié whimpers when Tony clicks on the light in their nest in the morning, when they're still asleep, with eyes half-open as usual. They spent all night catching up with Doug, "Nia" and lots of other Fié-fans in an impromptu reunion, and now Tony wants his due.
**679. Shall
"Promise me you shan't give too much of your time again to those people?" Tony asks when, after Fié's been dragged into wakefulness, however grumpily, he manages to coax them into the cusp of ecstacy. Unfortunately, though arching up to chase completion, trapped in his hold, Fié still says nothing.
**680. Quit
"I won't quit till you promise," Tony gasps after he's brought Fié to ecstatic completion seven times more, in various ways. Unfortunately, Fié seems to be good under torture, however sweet… or maybe they're just knackered. Either way, they're still silent, promise-wise. `You're not a quitter either, huh? Damn.`
