Stark Industries [Sunday]

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Sam staggered into Stark Industries on Sunday morning, under the weight of the groceries. Once those were dumped properly stored upstairs, he started wandering around, poking at stuff, since hey, the boss didn't seem to be here and what was the AI actually going to do, anyway?

Sam was kind of dim.

But Stark Industries was open!

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Not too long after Sam's arrival, Tony was wrapping up his test flight. He hovered just a few feet over the roof for a moment before, "Jarivs, just power."

He dropped like a stone through the ceiling and second floor down into his lab.

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Several feet away from the crash scene, Sam froze, then slooooowly turned around to see what the hell had just happened. He really really hoped it wasn't a Decepticon.

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"Ow." That would be when Dumby decided to make sure he wasn't on fire.

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Sam knew that ow. That wasn't a Decepticon. It was just his boss, in a weird suit, covered in fire extinguisher foam. Sam walked over slowly, trying not to laugh. A few snickers escaped anyway. "Are you okay?" Snicker. "Look, I know you like my car, but trying to turn yourself into him probably isn't going to work."

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Flopping a few times before managing to sit up in the suit, Tony toughed the side of his helmet so he could glare at Sam more clearly. "I just dropped two stories. What do you think?"

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"Well, you can sit up and talk, so you're obviously not dead," Sam observed. "I guess your tin can protected you?"

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"It's a titanium alloy," He corrected absentmindedly. "Help me out of this. Jarvis, start calculations on a less--shakey landing."

Of course, sir.

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"Whatever." Sam eyed the suit warily. "Where do I start?"

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Tugging on the neck piece, Tony looked down and...

"I'm not actually sure."

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"Well...you designed it, didn't you?" Sam pointed out.

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Wiping more flame retardant away, he looked down at the chestplate. "I might need to get over there," He said, waving over toward Dumby and the other robots.

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Sam blinked at him. That suit looked really heavy. "Okay, can you like stand up?"

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"Yes I can stand up," Tony snapped. And then stayed where he was for a moment. "You can help any time now."

Early Evening

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Toward the end of the day, when Sam was thinking about closing up and heading home, a message about a party in California popped up on his PDA. Which was all fine and getting to be pretty routine at this point, except for the part where Sam then couldn't figure out how to get it off his PDA so he could go back to his game of Tetris. So he went to find Tony. "Uh, boss?" he called pitifully pitifully. "Little help, here?"

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Tony turned away from his computer, ice pack still firmly attached to his head. "Did you wash it?"

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"No," Sam said defensively. "No, I'm not stupid." Even if that had been the fate of his first iPod. What, it was small and he forgot to take it out of his jeans pocket. It wasn't going to happen again. "It's just stuck." He proffered the PDA to Tony, looking kind of like a hopeful puppy.

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Taking it, Tony frowned and looked the schedule over. "This is today's?"

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"Yeah," Sam said. "Why, is something wrong? Besides that it's stuck."

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"No. Nothing." He hummed and pushed a few buttons, clearing the screen. "I just remembered I have something to do tonight."

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"Oh," Sam said. "Okay. Do you need me?"

Wait. That sounded wrong somehow.

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Tony actually considered that. "No, you have school." Or something. "And Pepper will be there, so you don't have to worry about me marrying Lindsey Lohan or whatever she told you I do."

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Someday, Sam hoped to actually meet Pepper.

Hell, a tiny part of him maybe wanted to be Pepper when he grew up.

But for now, he just said, "Yeah, don't--don't do that."

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Patting him on the shoulder, Tony nodded. "I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself for an evening, Sam."

Re: Early Evening

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"Right. So I guess I'll go home and...start my homework." Stupid homework. "Have fun with your thing."

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"Good. Good." Tony looked off, wondering if his tux was clean.