Tag: tony stark

“Mr Stark,” Carlos began, his tone casual and conversational. “I have a hypothesis that I think I should run by you.”

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the-perfect-scientist:

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Tony’s eyes widened with instant curiosity.  “Okay,” he said with an encouraging smile, “what’s your hypothesis?”

Carlos offered Stark a small smile back.

“It’s about you,” he said. They were alone in the lab at the moment – it was later and it had been a long day for everyone who wasn’t Carlos or Mr Stark – so Carlos felt like now was a good time to bring this up.

Now his face winced with a slight frown of puzzlement, but it relaxed again and Tony was smiling pleasantly.  “Was there someplace you felt would be more suitable to discuss this?” he asked with growing curiosity.

“This is fine,” Carlos assured him. Carlos hoped that Mr Stark wasn’t too nervous. It wasn’t anything bad. “Mr Stark, you’re probably one of the best employers out there. You treat everyone with the same amount of respect and regard. That is… except for me.” Carlos dropped his gaze then, his nerves starting to waver a bit but he still smiled a bit. “I mean… not everybody has one-on-one coffee with you. Nor do I think you make it a habit to let employees fall asleep on you in meetings.” Carlos glanced up at him again. “So, uh… I get the idea that I’m different? Somehow? That’s – that’s my hypothesis.” Carlos hoped to God that he wasn’t reading things wrong.

“Mr Stark,” Carlos began, his tone casual and conversational. “I have a hypothesis that I think I should run by you.”

stilltakingmetoschool:

Tony’s eyes widened with instant curiosity.  “Okay,” he said with an encouraging smile, “what’s your hypothesis?”

Carlos offered Stark a small smile back.

“It’s about you,” he said. They were alone in the lab at the moment – it was later and it had been a long day for everyone who wasn’t Carlos or Mr Stark – so Carlos felt like now was a good time to bring this up.

Tony slid his hands onto Carlos’s shoulders and started kneading gently. “You worry so much about impressing me, he said in a conversational tone. “It kind of makes me think you don’t trust my judgment,” he confides with a hint of sadness in his voice. “I know you didn’t see what Hammer was when you were hired onto his shitfest, but do you really feel that I don’t appreciate the value of your mind and human empathy?”

Carlos’ shoulders were tense the moment that Stark touched them. This really seemed out of the blue. At first. Carlos supposed he had been working especially diligently lately, but he didn’t think anyone had noticed. Was today really going to be the day they had one of these sort of conversations?

It wasn’t that Carlos didn’t appreciate that Stark was concerned about him, but… it was just one of those things that Carlos wasn’t entirely comfortable talking or even thinking about (during work time, anyhow). And it was made worse if Stark was thinking about Carlos when there were other, more important things that Carlos thought he should worry about.

Carlos tried to let out a breath and relax, though despite Stark’s intention Carlos was anything but put at ease.

“I… I do trust your judgement, Mr Stark,” Carlos began slowly. He paused in his work for the moment, but didn’t turn to look at the other man. “I’m… I guess I’m just trying to be the sort of guy you think I am.” Which was true, because the absolute last thing Carlos wanted to do was disappoint Stark.

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cas-kingdom:

this man

has gone through

so much

and lost

so many people

and yet

behind all that pain

there’s a man

who has flaws

who has made bad decisions

but who’s still able to love

and help

and father

and care 

and save 

because he is tony stark

the man who gives everyone the things he never had

and he is our hero

[MSG:] I vaguely recall putting a toaster in the freezer. -Carlos

stilltakingmetoschool:

the-perfect-scientist:

stilltakingmetoschool:

[MSG:]  That’s okay.  I loved it, so I put frozen toaster struddles from the nearest grocery store next to it!:laughing:

[MSG:] Lol I guess so? I think I might have had it confused with the Xbox 360. lol

[MSG:] Why would you put an Xbox 360 in the freezer?😱  There wouldn’t be anything else in there that was compatible.

[MSG:] Because the Xbox is silly and thinks it’s overheating. It wasn’t one of Microsoft’s finest pieces of equipment. lol