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Tony
smiled softly hearing the question. He was always happy to give a
review and he nodded a little hearing the want for advice. He tilted his
head a little as he looked over to the other.

“Well, you need a new suit, as soon as you can afford it. I might
have you a tailored suit for events if we end up hiring you. All my
staff need to be able to attend at least one event a year with me.” He
smiled playfully and chuckled lightly. “You were great, you were smart,
showed your understanding very quickly and I’ll be honest, you seemed
awesome like this, I wouldn’t mind maybe seeing a little more
confidence. You know it so don’t worry, just talk through it and you’ll
be good.”

Carlos looked down at his sleeve a little sheepishly. Of course the suit… he outta start saving up money for it then, he supposed. Man, he was probably going to be cringing at the fact he wore it to a Stark Industries interview for years to come. And he of course had trouble owning it because, like Stark pointed out, he needed to be more confident. But it was definitely a little hard when someone had something like “Hammer Industries” on their resume.

“I hear you, Mr Stark,” Carlos said. “Thank you so much. Honestly, I feel like this interview was one of the best one’s I’d ever had. So I feel like it’ll help boost up my confidence for a little while.” He smiled at Mr Stark. He glanced at Ms Potts, wondering if she had anything to add.

“Of all the people here, why me?”

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“Why not you?” He tilted his head a little with a soft frown.

“It’s
more just a social gathering of us business owners, you know name
sharing, business building, connection strengthening.” He smiled softly
and waved it off as if it was nothing. “It will be fun, drinks and food
are all sorted, have as much as you want drink wise and food is a menu
you can pick from but don’t worry about any cost.”

“Ah, a sort of networking thing,” Carlos said with a nod. Okay – for some reason that put him a little more at ease. Since this wasn’t a charity event or something he felt better about being the plus one.

“I’m certainly not planning on going crazy with the food though,” Carlos then told Mr Stark. “I’m pretty boring when I drink, heh.”

Tony rolled his eyes and sighed softly hearing Carlos’ words. “You go as crazy as you want with the food, you want to try something then you can try it, just go for it.” He replied before looking through his phone quickly. 

“You’ll be fine there, I know you will, you’re damn smart kiddo so I don’t expect you to do anything. You know a lot about SI too so you can promote me if you want.”

Promote Mr Stark? Carlos could certainly do that. But him calling Carlos ‘kid’ still threw him … Carlos was 35. Stark was older, yeah, but… 35 wasn’t a kid, in Carlos’ opinion.

When Carlos reached his locker he pressed his hand to the thermal detector screen on the front and waited for the release. Once the locker was opened he quickly pulled off his labcoat and goggles to stow them inside.

“I don’t think I’ve been to one of these sort of events,” Carlos commented. “At least, not in this scale. Is there a level of decorum that I need to know about?”

Taking a Chance (closed w/dont-do-anything-i-would-do)

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Both
were impressed by the presentation and the depth he went into to
describe the device and why he chose it. It was a great idea and he
smiled seeing it feeling it struck close to home as it would have been
how Rhodey had to get around had he not had the stark tech legs.

“Well Carlos it seems you have some great concepts and an amazing
mind there. I’m thinking we take him in as a staff member as soon as
possible. I’m liking his attitude more and more. Shocking how hammer
spoiled it.”

“We will look into it but if Tony is liking you then I think you might just have an edge over everyone else.”

Carlos looked between the two with surprise, but also with no small amount of hope. “Re-
uh… really?” he asked. “I, um, well,
thank you! Thank you very much. If nothing else, that – that’s so great to hear
and I appreciate that.” He smiled at them, deciding he didn’t need to bother
with hiding how much that made him happy.

If they ended up not choosing him over someone else (and
honestly, he wouldn’t blame them if they did), then he would at least have a great
interview in his mind to help him move forward.

Tony smiled seeing his reaction and chuckled softly at just how surprised he was. “Well yeah I don’t say stuff I don’t mean unless I’m joking and I wouldn’t joke about this.” He smiled sweetly to the other hoping to calm him and ease him to relax. “You’ve done amazing work here and it would be something we would want in our staff, plus the idea, yeah we won’t use it without you.”

He was looking at where else he could use the other seeing how fast he came up with the idea and how well he managed to explain it all. “Pep, make serious thoughts about him, he’s got something interesting about him I can’t place.”

Carlos took a breath, but was still smiling happily. He was already thinking about how he was going to tell this story to his dad and brother – he was sure they’d love to hear about it.

A thought then occurred to Carlos. He was sitting in the room with one of the smartest people in the world and his CEO. He had an opportunity that not many people had.

“If I might ask,” Carlos began carefully, “do you have any feedback for me? I mean critically, regarding my portfolio or how I interviewed, or… with my mock-up here?” He gently pat the design he’d made in front of him and looked to the other two adults with attention.

“Of all the people here, why me?”

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“Why not you?” He tilted his head a little with a soft frown.

“It’s
more just a social gathering of us business owners, you know name
sharing, business building, connection strengthening.” He smiled softly
and waved it off as if it was nothing. “It will be fun, drinks and food
are all sorted, have as much as you want drink wise and food is a menu
you can pick from but don’t worry about any cost.”

“Ah, a sort of networking thing,” Carlos said with a nod. Okay – for some reason that put him a little more at ease. Since this wasn’t a charity event or something he felt better about being the plus one.

“I’m certainly not planning on going crazy with the food though,” Carlos then told Mr Stark. “I’m pretty boring when I drink, heh.”

Taking a Chance (closed w/dont-do-anything-i-would-do)

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Both
were impressed by the presentation and the depth he went into to
describe the device and why he chose it. It was a great idea and he
smiled seeing it feeling it struck close to home as it would have been
how Rhodey had to get around had he not had the stark tech legs.

“Well Carlos it seems you have some great concepts and an amazing
mind there. I’m thinking we take him in as a staff member as soon as
possible. I’m liking his attitude more and more. Shocking how hammer
spoiled it.”

“We will look into it but if Tony is liking you then I think you might just have an edge over everyone else.”

Carlos looked between the two with surprise, but also with no small amount of hope. “Re-
uh… really?” he asked. “I, um, well,
thank you! Thank you very much. If nothing else, that – that’s so great to hear
and I appreciate that.” He smiled at them, deciding he didn’t need to bother
with hiding how much that made him happy.

If they ended up not choosing him over someone else (and
honestly, he wouldn’t blame them if they did), then he would at least have a great
interview in his mind to help him move forward.

“Of all the people here, why me?”

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“Why not you?” He tilted his head a little with a soft frown.

“Yeah
if you want to. I was hoping you would but I get it if you don’t.” He
ran a hand through his hair a little and chewed on his lip. “I was
hoping we kinda could now.”

“Uh – um, yes, sir, sure,” Carlos said. “We can go now. I’m… I’m at a stopping point here anyway.” He turned and quickly saved the changes on the design he was working on before closing it up.

“You want to get changed? Maybe borrow some more casual clothes of mine? I’m sure they would fit.” He smiled softly to the other and stepped back to let him get out of where he was sitting.

Carlos chuckled – not because it was funny, but to him the idea seemed ridiculous. Borrowing Tony Stark’s clothes? Who did that?

“I’ve got a flannel in my locker I can trade out for my labcoat,” he told his boss as he stood up. He pushed the chair back in and rolled his shoulder to get any kinks he had out of his back.

Tony frowned a little hearing the chuckle before he nodded at the reply he got. “Alright, I just thought to offer you know? You’ve been in those all day so wasn’t sure what you wanted to do. Never hurts to offer.” He smiled and stretched out a little himself before looking at the design on screen. “This is looking really good.”

Carlos would’ve made a quip about himself smelling bad, but decided to drop it in favor of not sounding gross in front of his boss. He instead responded to the second comment.

“You think so?” Carlos asked, genuinely curious about any feedback. “You think it’s going in the right direction?”

Tony smiled softly as he looked over the design taking his time to look through everything that was there. “Yeah I think it looks really good. I’d need to see it finished to know fully but it looks good.”

“Now then, let’s get you changed.” He stepped back and began to head towards the locker rooms.

Carlos followed beside him. “So, uh… what’s this appearance going to be about?” he asked. Carlos didn’t usually pay attention to where Stark was going in events, as his concern was more about when Stark was available to regarding work.

“Of all the people here, why me?”

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“Why not you?” He tilted his head a little with a soft frown.

“Yeah
if you want to. I was hoping you would but I get it if you don’t.” He
ran a hand through his hair a little and chewed on his lip. “I was
hoping we kinda could now.”

“Uh – um, yes, sir, sure,” Carlos said. “We can go now. I’m… I’m at a stopping point here anyway.” He turned and quickly saved the changes on the design he was working on before closing it up.

“You want to get changed? Maybe borrow some more casual clothes of mine? I’m sure they would fit.” He smiled softly to the other and stepped back to let him get out of where he was sitting.

Carlos chuckled – not because it was funny, but to him the idea seemed ridiculous. Borrowing Tony Stark’s clothes? Who did that?

“I’ve got a flannel in my locker I can trade out for my labcoat,” he told his boss as he stood up. He pushed the chair back in and rolled his shoulder to get any kinks he had out of his back.

Tony frowned a little hearing the chuckle before he nodded at the reply he got. “Alright, I just thought to offer you know? You’ve been in those all day so wasn’t sure what you wanted to do. Never hurts to offer.” He smiled and stretched out a little himself before looking at the design on screen. “This is looking really good.”

Carlos would’ve made a quip about himself smelling bad, but decided to drop it in favor of not sounding gross in front of his boss. He instead responded to the second comment.

“You think so?” Carlos asked, genuinely curious about any feedback. “You think it’s going in the right direction?”

“Of all the people here, why me?”

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“Why not you?” He tilted his head a little with a soft frown.

“Yeah
if you want to. I was hoping you would but I get it if you don’t.” He
ran a hand through his hair a little and chewed on his lip. “I was
hoping we kinda could now.”

“Uh – um, yes, sir, sure,” Carlos said. “We can go now. I’m… I’m at a stopping point here anyway.” He turned and quickly saved the changes on the design he was working on before closing it up.

“You want to get changed? Maybe borrow some more casual clothes of mine? I’m sure they would fit.” He smiled softly to the other and stepped back to let him get out of where he was sitting.

Carlos chuckled – not because it was funny, but to him the idea seemed ridiculous. Borrowing Tony Stark’s clothes? Who did that?

“I’ve got a flannel in my locker I can trade out for my labcoat,” he told his boss as he stood up. He pushed the chair back in and rolled his shoulder to get any kinks he had out of his back.

Taking a Chance (closed w/dont-do-anything-i-would-do)

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Tony
smiled softly hearing him cover himself and he just chuckled. “It’s
okay, I’m never good with wording things, I’m more a man of action
rather than discussion so yeah I get that a lot.” He hoped Carlos would
get to meet him, he was sure the pair would get along great.

“We can do this however works best. I think it might be best if we
let you talk about this plan, why you chose this plan, just have you sit
and explain it. We like to know why ideas were used in a certain way
and would like as much detail explained as possible. Doesn’t matter if
you came up with it after you finished drawing it but we would like you
to explain this and why you think Stark tech might want to produce
this.” Pepper spoke calmly and softly to him hoping to ease his worries.

“We will go over any extras after, anything you think we need to see
can be seen after all this after all so just focus on the product you
designed first and then we can talk about your portfolio.”

Carlos listened to them closely and nodded. “Okay,” he said.
Then again, more to himself, “Okay…” He took a breath. Carlos then turned the
design around and pushed it toward the middle of the table so he could still
reach it, but Miss Potts and Mr Stark could see it. He’d have liked an easel,
but meh… maybe next time. Hopefully next time. Gosh, he hoped there was a next
time.

“Well, as I’ve mentioned before, my brother’s paraplegic,”
Carlos said. “In his case, it’s not something that can be cured, so he is bound
to a wheelchair. But he’s not the only one – The last statistic I recall was
that there were 3.6 million people who use a wheelchair for mobility. Which
includes not just paraplegia, but also cerebral palsy, severe arthritis,
paralysis, and other states that require assisted mobility. However, so much of
America and the world isn’t ‘wheelchair accessible’. These facts are what inspired me in this design of a sort
of ‘all-terrain’ wheelchair.”

Carlos began to explain his draft piece. He put special
emphasis on the seating, which would have a mechanical equilibrium device in it
to prevent spills from the chair, and on the wheels themselves, which were
designed to flex and break apart to aid in varying terrain and even climb up
small ledges and stairs. Carlos was in ‘Engineer Mode’, and had fell into the act of
presenting with relative ease – a skill he’d developed from his past career. He
was surprised at the relative ease he fell into it.