st_arkravinghazelnut (
st_arkravinghazelnut) wrote2018-08-24 02:20 am
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Entry tags:
Lunch Date With Disaster
"Did you partake? When you were in New York." Tony spoke up from across the infirmary desk, having been mostly occupied with his own journal. "Food, that is. Not wanton mayhem."
True to his cavalier word, Tony had been consistent with his follow ups for part-medical/part-cosmetic/entirely-snoopy visits with Loki, who was still repaying his debts to society. They ended up settling on lunchtime (or breakfast in Tony's case, depending on what he got up to the night before) to do the "procedure" and "enjoy" an "amiable" back and forth. Today had been rather unremarkable--a few jabs, but a lot of quiet time in between.
Maybe it was desensitization to Loki's presence, but Tony's countenance was unremarkable. Vigilant, but passively so. In an odd way, the trickster's focus on his work had a mirroring effect that prompted Tony to focus on his own. None of that excepted some "polite" conversation, however, especially over food. Pleasing Thor had become a priority, whether he wanted to put it that way or not. Consuming genuine sustenance and playing nice with the little brother simultaneously was just efficiently used time.
True to his cavalier word, Tony had been consistent with his follow ups for part-medical/part-cosmetic/entirely-snoopy visits with Loki, who was still repaying his debts to society. They ended up settling on lunchtime (or breakfast in Tony's case, depending on what he got up to the night before) to do the "procedure" and "enjoy" an "amiable" back and forth. Today had been rather unremarkable--a few jabs, but a lot of quiet time in between.
Maybe it was desensitization to Loki's presence, but Tony's countenance was unremarkable. Vigilant, but passively so. In an odd way, the trickster's focus on his work had a mirroring effect that prompted Tony to focus on his own. None of that excepted some "polite" conversation, however, especially over food. Pleasing Thor had become a priority, whether he wanted to put it that way or not. Consuming genuine sustenance and playing nice with the little brother simultaneously was just efficiently used time.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
Sometimes especially when, depending what the words were. “Though in this case I’m just practicing, not attempting a sale.”
no subject
Tony heavily doubted it, but that was practically a requisite question in a situation like this.
no subject
no subject
"Why not take it further?"
no subject
no subject
"Like make me believe we're actually friends."
no subject
no subject
"You got me hook, line, and sinker with that one."
no subject
no subject
"And zero of that was for anything other than practicality."
no subject
no subject
Tony slid the menu over, tapping the designated item for Loki to see. "This right here, Eggs Benny? New York creation. Wars have been waged over who masterminded its creation. Rumor has it that it was created by a stock broker looking for a hangover cure. 'Buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise.' Mankind's glory, achieved after praying to the porcelain gods."
no subject
Loki looked at the menu, willing enough. “It seems like the kind of thing someone looking for a hangover cure would create, yes.”
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
But the spine-cracking hugs were a constant, at least whenever Thor forgot that was how thunder gods ended up stabbed. "No worry required. I'm just surprised."
no subject
"Marking me as relationship-material already says some unfortunate things about his judgement, but I'm keeping an open mind."
no subject
But that didn't mean he understood it or knew what Thor saw. At all.
no subject
no subject
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)