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Tony Stark ([personal profile] runs_on_batteries) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-04-17 10:53 am

Finding a New Normal

Who: Tony + Gladio, Tony + OTA
Where: His office, the gym, anywhere but the kitchen
When: Egret 22-24
What: Tony dealing post-breakup

[For Gladio: Egret 22, evening]

He left the quiet room they'd been talking in and headed down the hall. It was late enough not too many people were around but not quite so safe as the middle of the night. His expression was hard. Anger and hurt were turbulent inside him for however long they'd been in that room. Now things were starting to just feel numb. He paused at the door to his office before he shook his head and continued on to the standard car where the store was. Damn party draining him of all his- what had Ignis called it? His vices.

Just as he picked the bottle up, he straightened and inwardly cringed as he stood face to face with Gladio. He took a ragged breath. "You should go find Ignis. He's going to need a friend."

[OTA]

There had been friction often in his relationship with Ignis. There had been many high points, but also some impressive lows. None so much as the other night. He sighed as he poured himself another glass. The details didn't matter really. He still cared deeply for the younger man and that wouldn't change. The simple fact that it became apparent they couldn't agree on some very fundamental things made them realize this wasn't working. So now he had a fresh bottle of bourbon and his ring back.

The first day was mainly spent in his office drinking and watching the Void till it gave him a headache. The second, he hit the gym. Wrapping his fists, he pummeled one of his dummies he'd made till his knuckles split and then switched to a sword.

That evening, he requested from one of his friends to get dinner delivered to his office so he wouldn't have to deal with Ignis' domain (i.e. the kitchen).

[OOC: Come bug him anywhere along this timeline.]
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[personal profile] hashtagparkerluck 2020-04-18 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Peter blinks as the news registers. "Oh. Uh.. are you okay?" What exactly did you say to someone after a huge break up like that? Peter's had exactly one break up in his whole life and he mostly just felt guilty about putting her dad in jail.

"Um... yeah. I-I really think so. I mean I've been doing mostly research since I offered um... that what.. all this is." He lifts his arms a bit to indicate the notes and books. "I'm uh... gonna see if I can get my dad's old chemistry set-it was in storage before." He shakes his head.

"Uh, anyways-I've been reading over the notes the past few weeks-that's the thing I was working on-and I think I know how they made the original poison so I have some ideas on where to start for making the cure."