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The interior of Tony's lair had seen a few makeovers as of recent. Wherever he'd set up his workspace had been the most intimate space possible--a macrocosm of his mental world where everything was happening at once, decipherable to only him. However, the space had undergone a shift ever since he opened it up to the littler ones. He suddenly found himself having to make the space accessible to other people. Inviting, even. It was...exhausting.
And this next venture was, too. But the exhaustion brought the promise of reward. It always did.
Tony lounged on the sofa (the one piece of the room he still had the most affection for) as he awaited Thor's knock. He nursed a cup of warm rum as he lounged about in a robe, having indulged in the longest bath in ages. The snow was exciting, but it sucked the life out of him.
And this next venture was, too. But the exhaustion brought the promise of reward. It always did.
Tony lounged on the sofa (the one piece of the room he still had the most affection for) as he awaited Thor's knock. He nursed a cup of warm rum as he lounged about in a robe, having indulged in the longest bath in ages. The snow was exciting, but it sucked the life out of him.
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Date: 2018-12-19 07:19 pm (UTC)And that's precisely what Thor is doing now. He taps his knuckle against the door in a gentle rap-rap.
"It's me." It is indeed Thor Odinson, in dry, newly-changed clothes.
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Date: 2018-12-19 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-19 11:10 pm (UTC)"You look comfortable," he remarks as he briefly verifies no errant Stark feet are in danger of being sat upon, then plops down on the unoccupied third of the couch.
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Date: 2018-12-20 01:37 am (UTC)“Thanks. For today.” Tony laid his calves over Thor’s lap.
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Date: 2018-12-20 02:08 am (UTC)He didn't shape the weather often, but he had to say, he was pretty good at it.
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Date: 2018-12-20 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-20 02:58 am (UTC)"You smell nice, by the way," he mumbles against Tony's head. He plants a quick kiss there, then shifts Tony's face with his free hand so he can give him a proper kiss on the lips.
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Date: 2018-12-20 03:57 am (UTC)“Before I get ahead of myself...wait here for me.” Tony murmured as he pulled back.
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-20 04:10 am (UTC)“Merry Christmas.” Tony held it up—a single, red box wrapped with a golden bow, just bigger than his palm. Opening it would be a simple task, simply tugging the knot free. Tony preferred the sleek and elegant.
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:12 am (UTC)"But it's not Christmas yet," he says.
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-20 04:21 am (UTC)Then, hesitatingly, he slowly pulls at the ribbon, then lifts open the lid to reveal two circular broaches.
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:30 am (UTC)“May I?” Tony offered, nodding from them to Thor.
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:43 am (UTC)"Certainly."
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Date: 2018-12-20 04:52 am (UTC)“Come on.” He smirked, rising as his robe shifted back into his warm peacoat. “The best part awaits.”
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Date: 2018-12-20 05:10 am (UTC)Instead, he rises to his feet after Tony.
"What's the best part?"
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Date: 2018-12-20 05:31 am (UTC)After orienting himself, he nodded upwards and took off towards the midpoint of the long stretch of flat roof.
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Date: 2018-12-20 05:43 am (UTC)There are no blankets here, though -- just Tony, his newly-materialized scarf, Thor, and his newly-gifted pendants.
Thor wordlessly follows after Tony, up to that fixed point on the roof and wonders -- knowing he'll never guess -- what Tony Stark has planned this time.
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Date: 2018-12-20 06:00 am (UTC)"I can't stand being one-upped." He admitted with a remnant of a chuckle in his voice. "I give you the starry sky, you give me the snow, and now I've gotta up the ante."
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Date: 2018-12-20 06:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-20 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-20 06:17 am (UTC)"Not unless we want to continue going to ridiculous extremes to attempt to one-up the other."
It would probably happen.
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Date: 2018-12-20 06:24 am (UTC)The runes sparked to life in a shock of electric blue, pulsing through Thor's clothing and forming a billowing cape of dark crimson.
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Date: 2018-12-20 06:43 am (UTC)It's thick and textured and real.
He lets go of it, letting it drape heavily behind him, then spins around, as if testing it. When he finally stops, he's facing Tony.
Thor didn't think anyone would understand why he was so moved by the gesture. He's pretty sure if he had tried, he couldn't explain it to anyone's satisfaction. He'd started losing things one after the other when he started dreaming of Ragnarok: his father who dissolved into Odinforce, Mjölnir which had been destroyed by his sister, his cape which had been torn moments after he landed in Sakaar, his hair which was shorn off, his eye, his friends, brother, Asgard, most of its people, half of those that survived Hela's culling, and half again when Thanos snapped his fingers.
He had been given replacements for some of what he'd lost: Rocket had gifted him with an eye and with Eitri helped him to forge Stormbreaker. Though he appreciated both of them, neither could replace what had been taken from him. If given the choice between a synthetic eye and a real one, he'd choose having his own eye without hesitation; Stormbreaker, for all its strength was no Mjölnir and had not been his steadfast companion in over 1000 years of battles across the Nine Realms and beyond.
This, though --
This was the first thing that was better than the original it intended to replace.
"Thank you."
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