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[ironteen]

[Oof. No metal present there, by the way.]

You've probably noticed by now I'm not the Tony you probably know, huh.

[mepunchgods]

[HAS NO IDEA THIS IS TONY AT ALL. BROWS FURROW, STUDY MUUUUCH CLOSER. SNIFF.]

[ironteen]

[He's just gonna... lean back a bit automatically. Wow, that is way too close for comfort.]

Y'know, I actually, uh, know a version of you! He's a little more talkative though.

[1/2]

[mepunchgods]

[SHUDDER. LITTLE STAGGER. SKIN RIPPLE.]

[2/2] (deal with naked bruce)

[aggravated]

[oh that feeling will never get any better, will it? staggers, hand over his face as he finishes the change and stands broad-stanced and well, naked.]

[ironteen]

[Oh dear god, he does not want to see naked adult men. He's just going to slap a hand over his eyes.]

Hhhhi there, Dr. Banner.

[aggravated]

I-- [shakes his head, cracking open an eye and looking at the kid in front of him] Who are you? [had to get used to 'waking up' naked in front of people over the years]

[ironteen]

[Tony's keeping a hand over his eyes for now. So much do not want.]

Tony Stark, sir.

[aggravated]

[...excuse me? Blink.] ...I don't know what kind of joke this is, but it isn't a very funny one.

[ironteen]

[He can't help the little grin that gets.]

Not a joke, Dr. Banner. Alternate earth... stuff. My name is definitely Tony Stark.

[aggravated]

But you're what, twelve? Tony's got to be pushing forty or so. [highly curious topic precedes being naked] What do you mean by an alternate Earth?

[ironteen]

Why do I keep getting that? I'm eighteen.

[He seems rather disgruntled. This has got to be at least the third time by now.]

Different universes, dimensions, something along those lines. Timeline divergences, who knows how far back.

[aggravated]

...Probably because you look twelve, kid. [definitely Stark's attitude in this kid]

Intriguing. You seem like you've been dealing with this already.

[ironteen]

I've been doing the Iron Man thing for the last two years.

[Admittedly, his model is pretty lazy. Eighteen years old with two years experience fighting and the hand to hand skills to take on professional assassins without the Iron Man suit, plus slightly enhanced strength from a drop of experimental super-soldier serum... he should probably look a teensy bit more grown up than the show model.]

Superthugs, suits based on tech stolen from me, a guy who took an experimental super-soldier serum that made him near invincible, an alien invasion led by a guy with ten rings that could alter reality itself.

And another Bruce Banner, of course, but we managed to stay on friendly terms after the first time he beat my head into a wall.

[aggravated]

[holds up his hands and gestures for Tony to slow down] Two years? The Tony I know-- nevermind. Clearly, you are either from his past and have yet to live what he did, or two completely separate people where I suppose you were born later. [definitely intriguing]

...Is the Bruce Banner you know my age or closer to your own?

[ironteen]

The latter, I'm pretty sure. From what I hear, the other Tony's dad knew Captain America, but mine isn't old enough for that.

[Tony peels his hand from his face finally to get a good look at Bruce from the shoulders up.]

Closer to you. He and dad worked together for a while on something.

[aggravated]

[the other tony's dad? Howard?]

[wait a second, looks down] Well. I see. ...I need to find something, ah, soon.

[ironteen]

[The one and only. Apparently they worked on something together that eventually got weaponized against their wishes and became the thing that created the Hulk. Go figure!]

Sadly, I don't make a habit of carrying extra pairs of pants with me, or I'd have offered already.

[aggravated]

[better to not discuss that, probably]

Got somewhere I could go to snag some, then?

[ironteen]

[Yeah, he won't like Bruce when he's angry and all that.]

It would probably be best if you just hung out here and I grabbed you something. So you're not, you know, wandering. Naked.

[aggravated]

I'd appreciate it, kid. [just sits down, doing his best to hide things]

[ironteen]

In that case, back in a few.

[That backpack he's totally been wearing? Yeah, he hits the button where the straps meet on his chest and this happens. He'll be back as soon as he's gone and grabbed Bruce a full set of brand new clothing. Which he probably just bought. From a rather high end place.]

[aggravated]

[that was surprisingly impressive. managed to get it into a whole backpack compared to the alcove it's hiding in back at the tower] Have to admit, [gratefully takes clothes and starts to get into them] that was quick.

[ironteen]

[Well, MCU Tony does manage to get one suit of armor into a briefcase, but that isn't completely automated like Tony's backpack. The armor is getting put away again as soon as he's landed and handed the clothing over, and then his attention is on the sky as Bruce changes.]

Trying to fight crime while not missing any school helps you figure out how to be fast with errands.

[aggravated]

[can't help a small chuckle] Fighting crime while in school. I'm sorry Tony, but it just seems... strange. Not the fighting crime, but being in school.