where the bosses at

[hasthekeys]

You're cute.

This is cute.

When was the last time you dusted off your Tae-bo VHS tapes? That's what I thought. If you can't keep up with Billy Blanks, you certainly can't keep up with me. I have too much to keep up with for you to keep up with all that, too. My keeping up with things skills would blow your mind.

Is that all? We done here? Good.

Comments

[ironteen]

It fits him pretty well, I think. So how long have you worked for, uh, Mr. Stark?

[Wow, that's weird to say.]

[hasthekeys]

[There's a second where he thinks this over, biting his bottom lip just so.]

I don't actually remember. It seems like forever, though—in a good way.

[ironteen]

Is he a good boss? He seems like he could go either way.

[hasthekeys]

[He's not clamming up physically; his jaw doesn't tighten, his eyes don't glaze over, his smile doesn't falter. When it comes to talking about Tony Stark, however...]

Would you devote your entire career to someone you didn't feel appreciated you?

[ironteen]

[Tony seems pleased enough with that response.]

Nah, probably not. Especially if you were good enough to get hired by someone on his level in the first place. Not like you couldn't easily find work somewhere else.

[hasthekeys]

[There's a huff of laughter, albeit brief.]

It's not like that, either—I don't work for him because he was the lesser of rich evils. I...just like him. We get along well, and as long as I do my job to the satisfaction of the company, I don't really see me working anywhere else.

[ironteen]

I think I get it. That's pretty cool, I hope I get to hire someone like you when I take over my dad's company.

[hasthekeys]

[...]

Oh yeah? What's his company, like Wal-Mart or something?

[ironteen]

Nothing like that. We do tech, mostly.

[hasthekeys]

...what kind of tech?

[Like hell Happy understands tech anything, but he knows basic words in regards to things the boss does. Clean energy is the main thing, at this point, with weapons way, way in the background.

Or Hammered.]

[ironteen]

Little bit of everything, honestly, but we tend to stay away from weapons.

[hasthekeys]

[That's good. That's really good.]

...you know, I've never heard of another Stark company. Are you based in another country, or...?

[ironteen]

Sort of.

[Okay, he's let this hilarity go on long enough.]

More like an alternate reality.

[hasthekeys]

[...

Happy isn't the smartest person on the planet, Young Tony, he doesn't get all this science talk. Be patient.]

Is this more of the alien gods falling out of the sky sort of thing?

[ironteen]

Sort of. Think of it like having two different movie adaptions, so you've got the same characters, but they're not completely the same.

[talkingtooslow]

Aw I was enjoying the awkward bit there Tony. [Where'd Pep come from right?]