Streets of Fandom, Sunday Morning

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Tony was on his usual route through the town, vaguely wishing he was back in Rio again if only for the promise of a swim after he was done with his morning run.

Because who wouldn't want to go back to Rio right now anyway?

For now, he'd just think about it. And wait until the weather warmed up a bit more and spring finally hit. Mostly, however, he'd just continue on his run. It was actually kind of nice at this point.

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One thing Bruce learned in his own time in Rio was how important the mind-body connection was. Which meant being in good physical health.

Which meant running.

Bruce hated running. But it helped keep his body in shape which made it easier to stop his transforming.

So there would be Bruce jogging through the streets of Fandom.

And when he saw a young man also jogging, it seemed appropriate to nod and wave in acknowledgement of someone else trying to stay in shape.

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"Hey!" Tony said, smiling and waving back.

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"Hey," Bruce said falling alongside the kid. "Kind of early for a run for someone your age, isn't it?"

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Tony laughed at that. "Yeah, tell that to Mr. Rogers."

Who this guy probably didn't know.

"Are you new in town?"

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Actually they had met...

"You could say that," Bruce replied as he checked his pulse monitor. "And are you talking about Steve Rogers?"

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"Yeah," Tony replied, watching him warily for a moment before nodding. "He's training me. Kind of."

If only to keep him from getting his dumb ass killed.

He offered a hand. "I'm Tony, by the way. Tony Stark."

And then he waited to see if there would be a reaction. Because he was getting used to this from people who seemed to know other folks from home.

[longislandiceme]

"Maybe we should-" blink, double take as he actually got a good look at the other guy, "- start some sort of club," he finished.

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Oh boy. Another double take.

"Let me guess," Bruce said to the other kid. "You know me from someplace?"

[longislandiceme]

If by 'someplace' one meant 'a variety of battle-like encounters, some where we were on the same side and some where we were trying to stop your alter ego from destroying everything in his path', then yes.

"One of my best friends has a trading card with your face on it," he offered. Well, and also that.

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That made Bruce do a double take. Seemed to be a lot of that this morning.

"Wait. A trading card? Of me?" Bruce asked looking a bit shocked. "What kind of sick person would do that?"

He sighed. Again.

"Well you know me as Bruce Banner. I'm afraid I'm not sure who you are."

[longislandiceme]

Well, Bobby was perfectly happy with this weather, thank you very much.

Although, okay, the parties in Rio had been kind of awesome, he was willing to admit.

In any case, it wouldn't do to make a liar of the narrative in another post, so here was Bobby, intersecting Tony's path during his own run.

"Hey, dude," he greeted, altering his path slightly to fall in step alongside Tony.

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"Hey, man," Tony shot back with a grin.

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"You're getting better at this running thing," Bobby observed. There was a distinct lack of wheezing and falling over, for one. Unlike some people. Topher.

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Oh, Topher.

"Been at it for a year now, I'd hope so." And there was the added bonus of having Captain America there to keep you in line.

[longislandiceme]

"Well, some people have a slow learning curve." Not that 'slow learning curve' was a term that could ever be applied to Tony Stark.

[wwiii]

Some people had morning jogs.

Warren had morning flights, thank you very much. He'd save the running for people who didn't have wings.

Which wasn't going to stop him from swooping as low to the ground as he could get without smacking his wings against the fronts of buildings, and circling around overhead when he spotted the familiar shape jogging down below.

"Morning, Tony!"

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"Oh, now you're just showing off," Tony called back, shaking his head as he tried not to laugh.

[wwiii]

"What, this? Nah, this is showing off."

A full-body twist in mid-air, ending in a somersault on the way down, just before a smooth landing at Tony's side that transitioned nicely into a run to keep up.

See? There was a difference, Tony.

"Good morning for getting out and enjoying the fresh air, huh?"

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"Better than the air in New York," Tony replied, looking back to watch how the wings functioned as he slowed the run. The drag aspect was interesting, shut up.

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Warren was actually pretty okay with having his wings checked out. If he'd already been accused of showing off, this was just part of the package, really.

"Way better than the air in New York," Warren agreed, letting his feathers stay fanned out for a moment more before setting his wings against his back. "But I think there's probably more than pollution to thank for that. It's nice to get out without having to worry about being mobbed, really."

Warren never wanted to go home again. Just throwing that out there.

[dollpocalypse]

Topher? Topher, unlike apparently everyone else in the game today, was not exercising. No, he was just on his way from picking up a small mountain of junk food and a milkshake when he encountered Tony on his run.

"You're running," he observed loudly.

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"I run every morning," Tony reminded him with a grin.

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And a very attractive grin it was!

"Um," Topher said, flailing about for something to say that didn't involve Tony's arms. "Milkshake?" he offered.

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His arms couldn't be helped!

"Maybe after?" Tony said, eyeing it with longing.

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Topher nodded. "Okay!" he agreed. "Um. Also I have curly fries!"

Topher, he'd already agreed to hang out with you. Stop this madness.