The Random Scenario Meme v. 3.0

[merlymrys]

THE RANDOM SCENARIO MEME 3.0


- Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
- Go to RNG and enter 1-7 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.
- Have fun!

TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!



ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honor → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.



ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.



CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.



FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?



GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.



SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hate sex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knife play, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?


[ Taken from HERE ]

Comments

[cutdown]

[ It's for ease of movement okay she has no ulterior motives!!!!!!!

Her expression right now is kind of hilarious. She is glaring at Kuzuryuu in a 'DARE U TO FUCKIN TRY ME YOU LITTLE ASSHOLE' way. Don't judge. Even with him she can't help but feel extremely defensive after what Hanamura said. ]

...

[ Still glaring at him as she pulls her nylons off. ]

[babyfaces]

[He's not even judging he's still trying to let his brain catch up with his mouth, as he kind of just stares with an embarrassed look on his face. Oh god and she looks pissed off.]

--Aahaha...um...

[He swallows and closes his eyes, trying to collect himself. Ok, stay focus here.]

Sh-Shit...

[Yeah he's really terrible at this, sorry Peko. He just opens his eyes and starts removing his collared shirt. He isn't judging her, he just thinks it's easier to retreat under his shirt than face that glare.]

[cutdown]

[ YEAH RUN U LIL SHIT

She does relax a little when he's not staring, and she feels sort of bad for turning the death glare on him but it's actually helped lighten the mood a little for her.

While his head's stuck in the shirt maze she reaches down for his belt, and she has it undone before he's even pulled his shirt off. Ah yes yakuza ninja skills indeed this is exactly what she learned them for. ]

[rotiskenhrakete]

The forests here may be beautiful, but they can be just as dangerous. There are bears, wolves, mountain lions... [Judging by his tone of voice, he's encountered all of them.] And soldiers like the ones you saw, too.

[He takes a broad route around the trees, only once stopping to gesture for Serah to duck behind cover when a patrol went running by. Besides that, they were alone, and soon the looted wagon came into view.]

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[heorot]

[ James grins triumphantly when Peter finally agrees, getting his arm around his shoulder when he stands back up again. ]

Brilliant!

[ He laughs a little when they get closer to the common room, shrugging a little in that 'are you really surprised?' kind of way. ]

Longbottom challenged him to a game. But he's been getting better at it, I think - [ even as he says it there's the sound of a snap, and then yelling. Whoops? ]

[rotiskenhrakete]

[He shakes his head.] You do not have to. If you are lost, you should focus on finding a way home.

[But then again, he is heading to the sea, so maybe she can get back to Kilarria from there...?]

[babyfaces]

[He feels his belt coming off when he's just about done taking off his shirt, but doesn't really comment on it and instead throws off the shirt to the ground. His body is...well not nearly as impressive as Peko's. He works out and there are some signs of muscles, but it's nothing compared to Peko. It makes him feel inferior in all honesty.

Ignoring those feelings he grabs onto the sides of his pants and does his best to move out of them without breaking Peko's position on top of him. He succeeds after a short time of trying and is now only clothed in underwear, much her like.]

...

[He averts his eyes, still not quite sure what to do. Just looking at her is making him embarrassed. What a failure he is.]

[cutdown]

[ Yeah oh. God. Okay. There is seriously no turning back now.

It's not that she doesn't know what to do. She does. She might not have done it before but she gets the gist of this whole thing. It's just that her mind feels like a total blank slate right now, paralyzed by anxiety. That much is evident in her rigid body posture.

After a moment she permits herself to look at him, and she catches his gaze and tries to smile, although it's so uneasy it's kind of pathetic. But it's sincere, and so is the way she leans in to shyly brush her lips against his again. Her hands reach up behind her back to undo her bra, because she's not sure if she'd have the nerve to do it if he were watching directly. ]

[ferreum]

[ By the time Steve speaks again, Tony's laughing. Her nose is bleeding — surprise, surprise — and she looks rumpled, but damn is she fucking lit up. She swipes her nose with the back of her hand, trailing a burst of sharp red down her arm and she thinks: yeah, alright. This is way better than drinking. Everyone else seems to have taken the hint to not rush in, and it's not that that makes Tony smile; it's the adrenaline. There's a couple guys on the floor, one in particular holding onto his groin like he's going to fucking die, and satisfaction is so clear all over the cut of Tony's jaw. She's not in her element, hand-to-hand, but growing up a woman in a man's world? Self defense is one of the first things she invested in. (After hookers and strippers and drugs and god knows what else.) ]

You think? [ But it's not wholly meant to atagonize, not exactly. She's still smiling, picks up her jacket and slings it back over her shoulders even though everytime she swallows there's that taste of pennies and copper at the back of her throat. ] Let's get the fuck outta here.

Don't worry, I'll pay for all— this shit.

[recruited]

[ The smile on her face is downright scary for Steve. Dum Dum always found fights to be a good source of entertainment, but Steve never found the fun in it. Fighting was never something that pumped Steve up. Steve did what he did to protect people. He picked up a shield because he wanted to keep America safe. There was never anything glamorous about fighting and Steve understood that. Maybe that was why he was so perplexed by Tony's reaction to the bar brawl. He didn't understand how pumped something like this could make her. He was probably going to chalk that up to a generational gap again. Probably more personality than anything though. Steve just found this all to be very disorienting.

Before Steve can really protest she's already started to pull her jacket on and leave. That means Steve should probably bow out of this brawl as well. He has no desire to stick around and fight. He didn't start this and he was certain that Tony in her own weird way had just finished it. ] I'm very sorry. [ Steve has already made his way to the door and pulled it open for her. His jacket has been on since the moment they arrived. No need to make any unnecessary stops.

Once they were relatively safe and sound outside he sighed heavily. No more threat of having to explain a drunken brawl incident to Fury. Steve paused midway down the sidewalk to turn to look her over. He wrapped a strong hand around her arm quickly. ] Let me look at your nose. [ He's almost certain she'll shove him away and mutter something about being fine, but he's a worrier. He's always been this way. ]

[ferreum]

[ Generational — yeah, maybe. But Tony sees it as a fundamental difference in fucking being. Steve's idealistic, and noone blames him for that because that's part of Captain America's schtick, but fuck all if Tony gets it. There's no value in holding out for better — you do it, and you don't stop to make speeches about it. (She doesn't say anything about Howard or about the way he was so goddamn disappointed he ever had a daughter. She doesn't say anything because it's none of Steve's fucking buisness.)

Tony frowns, slaps his hand away with a noise that's equal parts annoyance and defiance. ] Fuck off. [ She turns her head to spit, all pink film and saliva and blood. Maybe it's the laughter that makes her stumble — no, scratch that, it's definitely the alcohol, and the stumble is the only reason she momentarily curls a hand around his arm.

Again: laughter, and this time what she says is meant to push his buttons. ]

Ever really feel like having sex after a fight, Steve?

[recruited]

[ He was expecting to have his hand slapped away and to have a little more resistance, but she's drunk. He isn't a hundred percent sure what to expect when she's drunk though. Though the sudden grabbing of his arm is somewhat alarming to Steve. He didn't expect for Tony Stark to lose her balance. Didn't handling her liquor run through her veins? He was familiar with Howard, but oddly enough he was getting to know Tony a little more than her old man.

Steve immediately reacted by grabbing hold of her other arm to keep her upright. His brow crinkled when she spoke. He looked more annoyed than awkward about the comment. ] Not really. No. We should get you home. I don't think you're in very good shape right now, Tony. [ He was fairly certain she was going to argue with him over this as well. Ever since the drinking started things had been going a little less than smooth. ]

but but....

[skickpowered]

[His... head?

By the time Spider pulls out that card, Alata immediately senses danger from the wind's breeze. And it's coming from the guy in front of him. Alata takes a step back, and shifts to a defensive stance.]

Wha--Who are you?

[ferreum]

Because you know what's best for me? [ She's drunk and that means she's angry, or about to be, and god— the way Steve frowns at her is enough to get her blood boiling. Who does he think he is — what does he think he knows, if fucking anything, about who she is and what her life is about and what's good for her?

She pushes him away, stumbling again a little on her stilettos but too proud to take his arm. Pushes him away like she wasn't the one to hang on to him, the dim glow of the reactor shining through her shirt. She inhales deeply — the taste of blood, again, and something inside her churns.

(Some part of her knows that Steve's right — that just drunk would have been okay, but drunk and in public usually means she's going to wake up to something she regrets. But like fuck if she's going to listen to Steve because of it.)

Abruptly (loudly): ]

Why the fuck did you invite me out in the first place?

[godsent]

Really? You're "Arata"?

[She seems surprised, but...

Kyrie, though being an angel, is mainly a messenger angel for God, one who is sent on missions to deliver messages from God to certain humans that have been chosen to receive that message. However, she's not as omniscient as the almighty one. Unless it's directly related to her mission, she's not meant to pry into the lives of the people on earth.

However...she's heard the whispers of other angels, ones that speak of a "heroic angel of sorts" that was on earth. Ones who fought monsters and helped humans.

The only name she overheard was "Arata" (or was it "Alata"? It looks like maybe the first one was correct) when the others gossiped about this...so Kyrie decided to go down to earth to meet him. To see if he really was as "heroic" as she heard them say he was. But instead of saying all this, Kyrie takes a step back, before bowing her head towards him.]

Um...I-I'm sorry, this must be really sudden, but...it's nice to meet you, Arata-san.

gen 6!

[ferreum]

[ Some things become more routine than others.

After Obadiah, Tony falls apart then puts herself together again. That much is nothing new — she's always been not a reinventor but someone who fucking rises from her circumstances, and so maybe she loved Obadiah and maybe she fucked him like it meant something, but in the end he watched her die and sold her weapons so who fucking cares. Obadiah Stane dies in a plane crash, or so the story goes, but Tony Stark is stll locked out of her company — the injunction, his last parting gift.

So she spends her days working on the suit. Others, she takes meeting after meeting after meeting — the only thing she seems to eat or drink are the mints Pepper keeps in her bag and scotch from the nearest minibar.

She's on the sofa by the time Pepper does come home. Tony's heels are a pile on the floor, followed with her suit jacket; the top two buttons of her blouse are undone, showing the curve of the reactor. She's on her fourth, maybe fifth drink, so the day is still young. Even if it's two pm. ]

Pepper! Managed to convince my own fucking shareholders I'm not a mess yet?

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[heterophobe]

[recruited]

Tony, that's not what I meant. [ If anything he's just worried that she'll hurt herself out here somehow. She's already got a bloody nose and he's not looking to get her anymore wounded. Steve just exhaled slowly and let her shove him away. If he really wanted to he could have stood his ground and she would have been the one pushed back, but tonight he doesn't feel like engaging. He's pretty sure he still has glass in his hair and honestly the whole nights just been a giant blur that he's not sure how to react. He's not going to engage her just yet. Right now he's going to keep his cool and let her say her peace. Whatever it may be.

He swallowed hard and looked across the street at the young couple making their way wherever. They seemed to be quite engaged by the yelling Tony Stark. Steve forced his gaze from them back to Tony. ] I thought we could--find common ground. When I served it was one thing to stand shoulder to shoulder, but sometimes you had to spend your down time with them. I thought it'd help. I also really don't understand why you're even yelling at me. I didn't sock you in the face or hit on you.

[hitfromthehill]

"Thanks," she told him, staying on the line as she walked into the lobby of her hotel. She headed back to the elevator, not eay to let him go until she was in her room. "Were you at least sleeping well before I rudely interrupted?"

[ferreum]

[ She follows his line of sight quickly enough. Tony's used to it by now, even between the years where she'd tried to toe the straight and narrow line between Stark and buisnesswoman. She raises two fingers to her temple and gives them a lazy salute — there's enough sense that Tony doesn't continue until they're a little further away. Because the thing is — that's the whole point. She doesn't need his worry, or his friendship, or his understanding — they have nothing in common. Steve is a soldier; she isn't. She doesn't understand why he keeps trying, why he thinks it's worth any effort at all. Iron Man will happily follow Captain America to the ends of the fucking earth. The same can't be said about Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. ]

So, what— [ She swipes the back of her hand under her nose again, that streak of red drying up into a darker brown. ] You just want me to like you? [ A laugh, sharp and abrasive. ]

I fucking doubt it, Rogers.

[doggedly]

You're mental.

[He holds up his free hand, as if in surrender, and turns to wave his wand. There's a slurping sound, and then a pop-- and the floor is free and clear again, and Sirius turns to fix her with a scathing look.]

Happy?

[But before she can answer, he's waved his wand again--a little jab, really--and there's a gust of wind that slams into her, hard enough to--hopefully--knock her over.]

They're so mad and I love it.

[recruited]

You're getting real good at making your words come out of my mouth, Tony. [ He's getting more than a little exhausted by how she seems to push her own ideas onto him like they're just going to take root. Steve worked long and hard to be his own man and he's not just going to let it slip away because Tony has a mountain of issues that still need resolving. Steve will give you a million and one chances, but it's not because he's Captain America or a soldier. It's just because he's Steve. It's in his nature to want to give people another chance and that's what he's going to continue to do for Tony even if she insists on throwing them all back at his face.

His head tilted and a heavy sigh escaped him. He's getting tired of the outbursts, but he's gotten better at not flying off the handle around her. Bruce has given him more than a few pointers when it comes to handling her. He's still bad at it though. ] But maybe I do want you to like me. Would that be so horrible as to be friends with Steve Rogers? Or am I gonna ruin your too cool exterior? [ His expressions are dated, but the meaning is still there behind him. Now is not the time to mock "too cool", Tony. ] I don't know what you want, Tony. Do you just wanna continue hating me? Is that the point?

[adpatres]

[ That first moment of silence, he calls on to understand her. 'Commodus.' His name. His name, alone, as if it holds meaning. Stricken little glances wash over her fingers, searching for more stain, scar, blood. Well, what is it? Coin? His seals? She wishes to have something of him - what is it? The slave's blade? But he's cast it. Surely, she must know how such things are done. They will suffocate rumours like inconvenient babes at their mothers' chests, before word might spread that dissent has reached such height that summons conspiracy, that the Emperor, too, is within reach. He cannot give her the blade; once the make's gone inspected to identify the owner, it will be melted, and with it, any trace.

So it must be she wants -

He lends her his unburdened hand, barely balancing his wine precariously, before, frowning each way, it occurs to him.

Oh. Oh, of course.

Finally, he cedes her the cup. ]

It awes me. I am constantly awed. [ His voice kindles, from dazed murmur to passion. ] Have I not done as they have wished of me? Have I not given them, as the gods themselves would not give them? Am I not generous? Am I not kind?

team antagonism!!!

[ferreum]

[ Tony laughs again, too sharp and too loud. Her lipstick's smudged but still there, hotrod red at the bow of her lips and in the dark her mouth looks impossibly red. When she speaks, there's bitterness and venom laced in the fall of her voice. ]

Yeah, Steve. That's the point. [ Because the truth is that Tony does know. It's resentment and it's jealousy and it's all the things that have absolutely nothing to do with Steve Rogers — if anything it's mostly mild annoyance at the way he is, always toeing the line between polite and politicaly correct, but it's not this. That still doesn't mean she's going to tell him. (That still doesn't mean she's willing to give him an inch, nevermind a mile. Tony's good at a lot of things, but not sincerity, and that's all Steve keeps trying to give her. There's no version of this that ends well, not like this.)

She sounds uncharacteristically tired for a beat, stopping to lean against a streetlamp to take off her shoes, carrying them as they're hanging from two fingers instead of wearing them. Fuck, her feet hurt. ]

I'm going home, [ she says finally. ] You can do whatever the fuck you want. I'm walking this way.

[recruited]

[ Steve's very limited experience with the opposite sex did not prepare him for Tony Stark. His experience with Peggy did however prepare him for working alongside Commander Hill and Agent Romanoff. They were both very similar to Peggy and Steve was a lot more familiar with her. Nothing about Peggy was similar to Tony though. Nothing about any of the other women he had met during USO tours was preparing him for Tony Stark. She was a new breed and Steve had no idea how to even be around her. He still was unsure as to what would set her off so sometimes he felt like he was toeing some sort of damn invisible line when trying to carry on a conversation with her.

He watched curiously when she chose to use the streetlamp as support instead of Steve. She didn't want anyone's help and it was frustrating as hell for Steve. All he wanted to do sometimes was help and she was constantly rebuffing him. He wasn't expecting anything romantic out of the deal, but Tony seemed to be handling him with these protective gloves. Protective gloves she used to clock him in the jaw sometimes. He couldn't read her at all.

There's a slight groan heard under his breath, but he quieted it and followed after. He'll be damned if he's just going to let her walk away from him. Steve managed to dodge around her and block her path. ] Why don't you ever want my help? When I tried to help in the bar you damn near popped me one and when I tried to help with your nose--you shoved me away. Why don't you want me to help you? Ever.