[It starts small and slow at first, enough that Tony thinks it's a string of hangovers. He's getting older (god, he doesn't want to think about his birthday), this kind of thing is natural. Probably. But when he quits drinking and still feels dizzy and nauseated, long enough that it can't be the flu, he starts quietly running tests. By the time the first core burns out, his blood toxicity is at 6.5%. Not great, considering it should be zero, but he can fix it, given time. He'll find a solution, because that's what he always does.
Between his health, being Iron Man, and planning the Expo, he's long since forgotten about Nick Fury showing up in his office, about SHIELD and...whatever it does. He has better things to think about, frankly.
Better things, of course, happens to include anyone he spots with a good pair of legs, and there's one very familiar set he encounters at a benefit for- hell, he can't remember who the beneficiary is right now, not when he'd much rather focus on Janet.]
Jan! [Tony flashes her a bright smile and hopes he's got enough concealer on so he doesn't look terribly wan.] You know, I was just about to leave until you showed up to brighten up my night.
[Few people know how to liven up a party like Jan does. It's strange how he'd forgotten that over the years, but he's been bumping into her now and then as he spends more time on the East Coast. It's a friendship he regrets letting fall by the wayside.]
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Between his health, being Iron Man, and planning the Expo, he's long since forgotten about Nick Fury showing up in his office, about SHIELD and...whatever it does. He has better things to think about, frankly.
Better things, of course, happens to include anyone he spots with a good pair of legs, and there's one very familiar set he encounters at a benefit for- hell, he can't remember who the beneficiary is right now, not when he'd much rather focus on Janet.]
Jan! [Tony flashes her a bright smile and hopes he's got enough concealer on so he doesn't look terribly wan.] You know, I was just about to leave until you showed up to brighten up my night.
[Few people know how to liven up a party like Jan does. It's strange how he'd forgotten that over the years, but he's been bumping into her now and then as he spends more time on the East Coast. It's a friendship he regrets letting fall by the wayside.]