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[What does an insomniac superhero do at night? They wander off the pool house and build their own working area in the underground labs]

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[Tony doesn't register anything wrong until about forty seconds in and by then it's too late to stop it. He turns around and just sort of watches Steve.]

[ he's paused with the pencil in hand, apparently forgotten, just listening with a furrow between his eyebrows.

— after a few moments he catches Tony watching and clears his throat, immediately looking back down at the sketchpad. ]

Who did you say they are?

The Beatles. Uh... sorry about that.

It's just a song, Tony.

[ gives him a brief smile and returns to the drawing with renewed determination. ]

I like them.

... uh. Okay... good. I'll get you an ipad.

...

Or a turntable. If that's more your thing.

[ not looking up ]

It doesn't matter.

[WHY DO I DO THINGS]

Why not?

. . . I don't have a preference?

[SO UNIMPRESSED WITH YOU RN MISTER]

...

[JUST. JUST GOES BACK TO WORK]

. . . but you don't have to take out any songs.

[ still drawing~ ]

[ughhhhhh god you suck]

Sir, shall I restore the playlist?

...

I don't like either of you.

Leave it how it is for now, Jarvis.

[ still looking at the ceiling when he does that. ]

Edited 2013-09-01 07:25 (UTC)

[half-hearted because UGH STUPID STEVE]

He's not actually on the ceiling.

Yeah, I know.

You keep looking up whenever you address him.

Well, I gotta look somewhere.

No you don't. I don't.

Are you done yet?

Yeah, think I've got it.

[ hops up from the chair to bring the sketchpad to him. they're both fairly simple, solid bands that don't require a clasp, nothing noticeably matchy about them aside from the similar aesthetic. ]

... maybe I'll give you a job for whenever we're not superheroing.

[he takes the sketchpad and sets on the table]

JARVIS, try scanning it. About time we tested the new sensors anyway.

[a light comes from somewhere on the ceiling and a minute later there's a reproduction of the drawing on Tony's monitor]

[ smiles a little, watching the process. ]

See? He is in the ceiling.

I got sensors on the walls and the floor too, Rogers.

Yeah, but then I'd just look crazy.

But talking to the ceiling is sane behavior?

Compared with talking to thin air?

[ nods at the monitor ]

Will those work?

Yeah, they might be a bit thicker than you drew them— I do have to fit stuff in it. But it should be fine.

Any thoughts on the materials? The only stuff I have around is the alloy my suit's made of...