http://behisgirlfriday.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] behisgirlfriday.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2009-11-07 05:08 pm

[ I've come home ] [closed log]

WHO: [livejournal.com profile] behisgirlfriday and [livejournal.com profile] iron_liver
WHERE: Starting at the top of Pepper's apartment building
WHEN: 3:00 am, 11/06/09
WARNINGS: NO IDEA. Will update as necessary.
SUMMARY: Tony busted himself out of the hospital, almost got kidnapped, and stared at a liquor store for a while. Of course Pepper is worried.
FORMAT: Para?



Even at three in the morning, the City wasn't really asleep. Pepper stood on the edge of the rooftop, mittened hands stuffed in her armpits for warmth and a heavy trench belted around her waist. November was getting colder with each additional day, and she wouldn't be surprised if snow was on its way in the next couple of weeks. The City could use a blanket of snow, just to slough off some of its dirtier edges and corners. The stars were hazy with light pollution from all the neon and streetlights below, but she still found herself trying to pick out patterns in the constellations.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Flight)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
He couldn't feel the cold of the night inside his suit. Inside, despite the climate-controls, he felt hot. More than hot. He'd been fighting the one urge he couldn't afford to fall to all week. All week he had caught himself on the way, or standing across the street from liquor stores. He'd been able to enact other desires, but that one, the one he held back with every ounce of self-control he had, it was more than difficult.

He arced near Pepper's building, already knowing that she would be there waiting. He slowed on the landing, coming around to land a few feet away.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Iron Stare)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
He approached her, nearing her, and already feeling the swing of Desire's influence over him. He released a shaking breath from in his helmet, but didn't let his faceplate flip up. He couldn't afford the loss of that shield. Not right now.

"Pepper, are you ready?" he asked simply, holding out his arms for her.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Savior)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
When she took his hands, he slid one underneath her legs, picking her up into his arms. "Just up," he said, the synthesized voice echoing some of the wistfulness, the desire to be up above everyone and everything.

He took off, not fast, but instead up leisurely. It was still very fast, but not nearly as fast as he usually went. He knew Pepper didn't like to go fast, or at least as fast as he did. If he were by himself, he would have simply looped the planet, over and over, wandering aimlessly, sticking to International airspace.

He had the suddent wistful thought to still fly overseas.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Suiting Up)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Tony was rarely in an exactly stellar place mentally, especially since all of the things that had happened, but he had been making do with his flaws. Everything had been alright. There were, of course, up weeks and down weeks, some that he wanted to drink so badly, and some that he felt invigorated by the things that he was able to do.

This was one of the former weeks. He felt as if he was slowly being pulled, and he couldn't fight against it much longer. His fingers tightened around Pepper's body, holding her tight to the cold metal.

"I haven't," he mentioned out of the blue. He didn't know if she had believed him before, but he wanted to reassert it now.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Singin' in the Rain)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
There was a sigh that came through his vocalizers, and he looked up to the sky overhead. Some days, he thought it would be nice to just fly up, and keep going. He could go out there. Not with Pepper in his arms, but he could.

Go to the moon. Just stay there until all of this was over.

It was indeed tempting. Looking down on the Earth.

It hurt that it wasn't his home.

"It's normally only passing. I can..." he trailed off. "I can hold off, keep it from my mind," he sighed again. "This week, it's been worse."
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Encased in Carbonite)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
There was a moment of silence from Tony. "I've taken care of it. Or I've tried to. It was Desire. It wanted us to respect it, despite the fact that I do, and it knows that I do, I was pulled into the boat like all the rest," he sighed inside his suit.

He was bitter about it, yes. He had made concession after concession for the Endless, he knew the games it played, and that it wanted to play with everyone, but he was also...annoyed that it had decided that Tony had to suffer along with everyone else.

He had hoped that it wouldn't have done that. Amplifying them the way it had, Desire had sent Tony into a tailspin of hour after hour trying to keep himself from taking the 5 minute walk down to the gas station for cheap liquor.
liverletdie: (Iron Man | Flight)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2009-11-08 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
He shook his head. "No. It's not about the fulfillment, or even about having them," he explained. "It simply rules over the aspect," he tried to explain. "Desire isn't...it's not something that can really be explained, or even quantified."

He arced out over the city, heading for the ocean.

"It wants to be recognized for what it is. That's why it's doing this. Showing all of us the control it has over us, how much it could hurt," he paused, "or even help us."