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Tony spat out the rum in his mouth and started coughing harshly.
"Come now mortal," Loki taunted as he walked towards Tony, "I know I have a great presence but there's no need to choke yourself over it".
"I'm coughing in pure disbelief, not pure amazement," Tony managed to say once he recovered from his coughing fit.
Loki smirked, "Close enough". He strolled passed Tony and picked up his glass of rum.
The God brought it up to his face and took a deep breath before he quickly pulled away with a scowl on his face, "Oh yes. Do tell why you put this repulsive liquid into your body. Surely you are smart enough to know this fluid is not good for your body. Or is your race that stupid that they do not know they are slowly killing themselves?".
"We know what we're doing," he took the glass from Loki before throwing the remainder down his throat, "It dulls our emotions and feelings. Makes life easier to deal with it".
Loki stared at him with a blank expression, "And you demonstrate that so well".
"It's better than crying," Tony flopped down on a couch and poured himself another glass of rum.
Loki sat down on the couch opposite him and studied his movements, "You're reacting a lot calmer than I thought you would've".
"The wonderful creation of alcohol! It dulls feelings, emotions and after you've had enough...you just don't care!" Tony took a sip of rum.
Loki stared at him, "And why is it that you want to...dull your humanity?". Unfortunately for Tony, he was very, very drunk and did not realise exactly who he was talking to.
"Why not?" Tony took another sip, "Life is crap anyway. They say money buys happiness, which in some cases is true, but sometimes it's not worth all the crap you go through with the media or the government or the...I forgot but whatever it is...it's annoying".
The bottle of rum appeared in Loki's hand and he poured Tony another glass, "Do tell more".
"Tony? Tony? Are you here?" a voice called out. Tony groaned loudly and rolled over, tried to block the voice out. He couldn't remember anything from last night. All he could remember was he was drinking, again, and then Loki appeared...in full form. Oh crap. He heard his bedroom door open and the sound of high heels could be heard walking into the room.
"Tony what are you doing? We have the Stark ball tonight! You can't rock up looking hung over," Pepper sighed in annoyance. Any thoughts of the God disappeared from his head as he tried to address the new problem standing in his room...how did he even get to his room in the first place?
"Loud noise...why are you so loud woman?" Tony muttered as he rubbed his temples, trying desperately to get ruin of his pounding headache.
"So you would probably hate me if I did this," Pepper trailed off as she pulled something out of her jacket pocket.
"If you did wh- HOLY CRAP!" he shouted as Pepper shook a dumbbell.
Tony stared at her in disbelief, "Why the hell would you bring a dumbbell?".
"I had a feeling you had...several drinks last night so I decided, being the wonderful sectary I am, to bring something that will make you think twice about getting so drunk again," Pepper declared proudly.
"Pep, you know I love you but there are times where I really hate you and this is one of them," he said as he lifted his pillow up and placed it over his head.
"Sure, sure. Now, you have an hour to get ready for the ball. The car's picking us up at 4:00pm so we can go to the hotel and make sure everything is perfect before the guests arrive at 6:00pm," Pepper explained, "I have your black tux and tie already set out for you.
"Why do we, more like I, need to be there two hours before?" Tony asked.
"Because if I need to be there for two hours, I'll drug you along with me," she smiled.
Tony removed the pillow and stared at her before muttering, "Sometimes I don't know whose worst, you or Boney".
"Who?" Pepper asked confused.
"No one".
"Welcome! It's good to see you again John," Tony said as he shook some man's hand. He and Pepper were standing at the entrance of Moonlight Hotel, one of the most experience resorts in New York. Pepper had designed everything so the guests would have to walk up a set of stairs where Tony and she would greet them at the top before they went inside. According to her, it made the event feel more personal as he greeted each of his guests. However, after what felt like the millionth guest, Tony was starting to disagree.
"It's good to see you too Tony. Ever since we partnered up with your company, business has been booming," John explained in excitement.
"I'm glad. Enjoy your time tonight and remember to donate big. It's all for charity," Tony grinned and the man nodded before walking off.
He turned to Pepper, "I swear if I have to do that one more time, I'm going to lose it".
"You'll be fine," Pepper looked at the elderly couple walking up the staircase before she whispered to Tony, "That is Edward Grey and his partner Rebecca Grey. Their company has a contract with us".
As the couple stood in front of them, Tony smiled and shook Edward's hand, "Edward! It's wonderful to see you again. How are you Rebecca? I swear you look even more beautiful than last time".
The old woman laughed, "Oh stop it Tony! Always the charmer".
"Only to you Rebecca," he turned to Edward, "How's the business going?".
"Brilliant! We've made enough money that we can take the world trip we've always wanted," Edward smiled.
"Glad to hear. I'll talk to you later tonight," Tony said before the couple walked inside.
"Please tell me that was the last one," he begged once the elderly couple was out of hearing range.
Pepper sighed, "Yes Tony that was the last couple".
"Thank the heavens. Now I deserve a glass of champagne for that," he said as he walked over to the waiter standing at the front door with a tray of glasses filled with champagne. Tony picked up one of the glasses, quickly drunk it all before placing it back on the tray and picking up another one.
"Tony, let's try to keep the drinking to a minimum tonight," Pepper pleaded.
Tony took a small sip of champagne, "Define...minimum".
"You're really unbelievable sometimes, "Pepper sighed but looked to the stairs when something caught her attention, "Who's that?".
Tony, who was taking another sip of champagne, turned to look as well and almost choked. He started coughing harshly before he quickly managed to get himself under control. Walking towards them was Loki. Tony had spent the last several hours conniving himself that he didn't actually see Loki but that he was so drunk that his mind was playing tricks on him...however, that was clearly not true. The God was dressed in a tux but instead of having a bow or a tie, he had a silk green scarf around his neck.
"Pepper, go inside. I'll be there shortly," He told her as he passed her his champagne glass, "Make sure no one drinks it". Pepper hesitated for a few moments before slowly nodding and walking inside.
"I have decided that I will no longer drink any expensive alcohol around you. I find myself either choking on it or spitting it out. Either way it's a complete waste of perfectly good beverage," Tony chuckled before his face turned serious, "Why are you here? How's it even possible?".
"I told you everything last night my sweet pet. I can do things that will make your mind question everything you know," Loki bragged as he lent towards him.
"P-Pet? When did this happen? No, we are not having this conversation here. Follow me," Tony clenched his teeth and led Loki into an empty room, "Start talking Boney".
"Watch that tongue of yours pet. I would hate to cut it off because you disrespected me," Loki hissed.
"Why are you here? No first off, what happened last night?" Tony demanded before muttering to himself, "This feels like The Hangover...I wonder if I have a tiger in my apartment".
Loki ignored his second questioned and Tony's rambling about a tiger, "I thought I'd come and see what my mortal does in his spare time".
"I'm sure you did," Tony scoffed, "I'm not your mortal. Anything I said last night doesn't count as I was too drunk to recall what I was saying. Anyway, now that you've seen what I'm doing, you can go".
"To drunk to remember you told me all about your little problems? Even the one considering a woman called Pepper?" Loki mocked him.
"You leave her out of this," Tony growled at him.
You don't order me around tinman," Loki said in a threatening tone.
Tony rolled his eyes, "This is what I don't understand. What happened last night? What do you want from me Loki?".
Loki slammed Tony into the wall, grabbed his wrist and pinned them on each side of his face, "What do I want? I want to be the first man to kiss you, to bed you, whether you come willing or not. You will be mine and mine alone. Do you understand?".
So there we are my dears! I hope you all enjoyed it! The last quote (slightly changed) of the story is by Fredie Page (our beloved Tom Hiddleston plays him) from The Deep Blue Sea. I heard it and I just had to add it!
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