Tamsin's Office, Town Hall, Thursday Afternoon

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"Didn't I give you the day off?"

Tamsin could distinctly remember giving Bright Eyes the week off, actually.

"Oh, no, no no no," Bright Eyes said, enthusiastically picking through stacks of paperwork. "No, no, no, we can't have that."

Tamsin pulled a face. "Well, can you at least have a day out of my office? Shoo. Go work at home."

Bright Eyes clutched the paperwork to her breast. (Several sheets of it fell to the floor.) "... Can I keep this?"

"Just get out of my sight," Tamsin sighed, and sank further into her chair.

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[imafuturist]

"You're sharing that story sometime," Tony replied, leading them through the god awful maze of hallways to both avoid people as much as possible and get them where they needed to be.

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"Maybe," Tamsin said. It was like two hundred years before his time. Long story. "So how long do you need these people distracted anyway?"

She followed along, paying close attention to their surroundings as they went.

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He hung out with people from the 40s. It was almost normal.

"There will be people guarding the room," he said, sounding a bit strained.

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"And...?" Tamsin prompted.

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"I... I don't know. I just need to make sure." He exhaled heavily, frustrated by his own lack if foresight here.

Look, it'd been a kneejerk reaction to go.

"If you can keep their focus elsewhere for a minute, I can get past them. Come in after if you want."

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Tamsin sighed. "Eugh," she said. "Can you stop jittering already? You're stressing me out."

Right. A distraction.

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Tony nodded, trying to regain the chill he never had. No chill at all, Tony. Don't front.

"Just--if it gets dangerous, JARVIS can pull you out. A little rougher ride back that way, though."

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"If it gets dangerous, I'll just break a few bones, don't worry about it," Tamsin said, shaking her head. "C'mon."

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"That's what I'm worried about," he muttered, holding up a hand. "Around the corner. There should be two SHIELD--"

He huffed in annoyance.

"HAMMER. Whatever agents outside a room."

And yeah, they were wearing the ridiculous blue bodysuits with the white gun holsters. Oh, classic Marvel. Never change.

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"Right," Tamsin said skeptically. She peered past him. "Anything I need to know about these guys?"

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"Low level. Probably just doing their job." Which Tony was going to mess up, but he felt bad about it! "The mess I'm in is above their pay grade so try not to break them."

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"Ugh, they're just mooks," Tamsin said. She straightened her shoulders.

... and marched forward. "What do you think you're doing?"

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Tony stayed where he was, watching through cameras and trying very hard not to laugh at their faces.

"Ma'am?" the braver of the two ventured.

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"You're our security detachment, right?" Tamsin said sharply. "You heard the alarms going off, right?"

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"Yes but--" one began because he was clearly not going to end up working on anything important ever again.

And there went another alarm, further into the hospital. Tony was clearly having fun with this idea.

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"And there's another one!"

Tamsin sounded horribly offended by this, and her eyes narrowed at the guard who had started speaking. "You call this security?" she snapped. "Why aren't you over there, protecting us from... whatever that is!"

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His partner looked like he'd investigate any noise to avoid getting yelled at about now. Someone wasn't cut out for SHIELD here. "It's not like this guy is going anywhere," he muttered.

The previous talker glared over at him before looking back at Tamsin and feeling the fear of Maria Hill in his bones. "Of course, ma'am."

Awww, they were so gonna get fired.

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"Well, why are you still standing here?" Tamsin snapped. "Go! Go! Go! The hospital could be on fire by now!"

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A moment after they ran with their tails between their legs, Tony was moving past her and into the quiet room without a second glance.

Sorry, Tamsin. He'd thank you in a little bit.

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"You're welcome," Tamsin called after him, then rolled her eyes and moved to guard the door.

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In his defense, it was a trying time! For everyone involved.

"Tony," Pepper said, pushing herself up out of the awful chair provided in the room to hug him. It'd be great if he could keep from having so many personal crises so she could maintain some professionalism.

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On the bed was a man wrapped up in bandages and depending on countless beeping machines to keep him stable. Because this is what happens when you stay friends with one Tony Stark.

He hugged Pepper back, turning his gaze away from where Happy lay.

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Tamsin peeked into the room, making note of Pepper and the guy in bandages. She said nothing, though.

She also had to keep an eye on the hallway.