you're not fooling me, howard

[madenough]

Honey, this affair just isn't going to work. We're no good for each other. I've got a roaming eye and you're a sadist, picking me up and throwing me away, picking me back up again when you're bored. I can't be a kept man, I've gotta' have my freedom, you know?

It's breaking my heart, it really is, but it's for the best.

.. Besides, I don't know what to do with myself if I'm not working. The hell is a vacation, anyway?

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[tasteslikecoconut]

A vacation is when you drive a stock car and get it cut in half by half-assed arc reactor whips. Never take a vacation. Ever. It ends terribly.

[madenough]

Sounds like my day-job, really. With more unnecessary mutilation of expensive vehicles, maybe, but everyone's gotta' have a hobby.

[therealgenius]

[WOW YOU'RE SO HUNG UP ON THAT GOD]

[tasteslikecoconut]

[therealgenius]

[keywords]

[ex_mygenuinepleasure660]

So get them to put you somewhere you can work. What I'd like to see happen though my odds are slim to none.

[madenough]

[ oh, hello. ]

Not many places around that have much reason for me to work. And if there are reasons, there aren't facilities or equipment. It's a sad state of affairs, really.

Can I guess what you do? It's something action-y, isn't it?

[ex_mygenuinepleasure660]

Boy is that sounding familiar. Has to be better trying to build things up to that than doing nothing though. Might be I just don't like being stagnant though.

Am I that obvious? Does the leather give it away?

[madenough]

I'd have to keep busy somehow. I'm a Stark, we don't do idle well.

I have a discerning eye for dames that can kick my ass.

[ex_mygenuinepleasure660]

Stark, huh? No, from what I've seen they don't. Or subtle. Or logical. Get the job done though.

Yet you don't let that knowledge slow you down. Good to know.

[therightpartner]

[There's a faint hint of a smile curving her lips even as she tries to to keep her expression serious.] I could find you a dictionary if you need one, Howard.

[madenough]

Wouldn't do me any good. It'd just be an abstract concept. And anyway, Agent Carter, don't you know by now that I redefine words?

[therightpartner]

Of course I do. But you did ask for a definition and I was offering to provide one.

You do realize that there's more to life than work.

[therealgenius]

They're all sadists, you'll find.

Sir.

[those may be fanboy eyes, Howard]

[madenough]

You know, normally I'd encourage a dame to be a little kinky, but there's a point where even I've gotta' draw a line.

[therealgenius]

Oh, no, sir, don't start talking about kinky. They'll find all sorts of things to throw you in that you'd never imagined before.

Just to watch you "flail" or get feels.

[madenough]

Yeah, she's already started it. I'm not big on this whole 'feelings' thing, but some of the sex is interesting, at least.

[ shame? what shame. ]

[therealgenius]

[HOWARD STARK WAS/IS HIS IDOL

IT'S OKAY TO HEAR THAT HE'S GETTING GOOD SEX not at all awkward okay they were talking about kinky and also he's Howard Stark it kind of...goes hand in hand.]

Yeah, it's—it can be that, certainly.

[madenough]

You say 'that' like it's a bad thing. Just gotta' be open-minded to new experiences, my friend. Occasionally, they're not too bad. Of course, I wish she'd focus more on those than the other stuff, but you win some, you lose some, right?

[therealgenius]

[My friend

From Howard Stark aaaaah Justin can't. He literally cannot even can right now. All he needs is his Howard Stark wristwatch in its super pristine case for him to sign, but that's a bit creepy. It is, isn't it? Howard probably still thinks it's the '40s...]

The other stuff? You mean...anything but sex?

[Because he's apparently a one man alcoholism support group for your son, Howard. Well, and JARVIS. Can he get your autograph!?]

[madenough]

Anything but good sex. [ because there's also the bad kind, of course. but, you know, howard's the kind of guy to take things in stride. ] I do not, for instance, need to be kidnapped by HYDRA. It sounds boring. The food's probably crap and the accommodations-- [ a tut, shaking his head. ] Well, they're Nazis, right? What can you expect.

[ offers his hand. ] Howard Stark, by the way, but I guess you knew that already. You are?

[therealgenius]

A hell of a lot worse, I assure you.

[But Justin's not about to get into the methods of genocide the Nazis came up with. One, it tends to bring the mood down to misery. Two, it's Howard Stark.

Offering his hand.

He tries not to look giddy, he really, really does, but he can't help it as he shakes his hand. He looks like he's about to burst, really.]

Justin Hammer. I'm—I'm a weapons designer.

[madenough]

[ it's not that howard doesn't have fanboys, of course, but generally other weapons designers give him dirty looks, not giddy ones.

huh. ]

Yeah? [ brow.. climbing.. ] Gonna' take a wild guess and say you're from my kid's time.

[therealgenius]

You talking about Anthony? Yeah, we're...rivals. We were. Healthy competition. He had some troubles, went to clean energy instead. [Jeez, Justin, just make it all the more obvious you're the inferior one in the field, why don't you?] I supply for the Department of Defense.

[wwii]

Another girl falling at your feet, Mr. Stark? [ swag points, man. you're an inspiration to us all. ]

[madenough]

All day every day, my friend. I have to be careful to use my powers wisely.

[wwii]

Where's the fun in that?

[not_enough]

You always struck me as the kind of fella who's usually on the other end of the heart-breaking.

[deadlydelicacy]

Isn't being picked up and thrown away a freedom of it's own? It rather implies no commitment.

/someone's gotta defend the sadists of the world./