fic: tony/river

[amezri]

See. Now if you guys won't write it, I'm going to have to! I still can't decide if it's Tony & River or Tony/River. But anyway. Here's some Iron Man/Firefly crossover fic. It's rough and I haven't written in ages. So. Feel free to boo and hiss and whatnot.


She stares at the metal suit, tilting her head from side to side, watching the light catch on the polished surfaces. "Tin man," she says before correcting herself. "Iron man." She frowns. "No. Incorrect." She scrunches up her face and leans forward, sniffing the metal plating. "Unknown alloy. Can't exist." She takes a quick swipe of the surface with her tongue.

"Hey," a voice says loudly, startling her. "River, don't lick the suit." Tony Stark walks over to her with a slight scowl. He grabs a cloth off the workbench and buffs the surface dry.

"Sorry," she says, looking at the floor. "She could not identify the material." River frowns as she steps back from the suit and off the dais.

"Gold-titanium alloy," Stark mutters. "Anyway, not important. What is important," he says, pointing at her, "is that we don't lick the suit." He turns away, heading back up to his living space. He's fairly certain she'll follow him and doesn't look back.

She watches him leave, still puzzled. He had answered her question, yet he had not. Earth-That-Was is so different from what she had imagined and she's still trying to work through the data. It was good that she was here; that she was with him. He would look after her, even if he didn't know it yet. With a final glance at the suit, she turns to follow him up the stairs.

"So, River, tell me about the future," Tony says when she emerges.

Seeing that he's pouring himself another drink, she scowls. "No good will come of it."

"Oh come on, nothing serious. What's it like in space?" he laughs.

That isn't what she had meant and she suspects he knows that. He is very smart. "Cold. Dark. Can be lonely in the black. Given adequate vacuuming systems the human body..." She stops, remembering that the Captain had called her morbid and creepifying.

"Can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds," Tony finishes for her. He smirks, genuinely amused, and takes a sip from his glass.

"Not having a 'bad day'," River says quietly.

Tony nods, but doesn't understand her meaning. "Yeah. Been okay so far."

Comments

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

.. You are insane and I love you. :D

[amezri.livejournal.com]

:D

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen Ironman yet, but you sure got the flavor of Firefly. River's voice is very good. And this line made me smile: "Anyway, not important. What is important," he says, pointing at her, "is that we don't lick the suit."

[amezri.livejournal.com]

You must see Iron Man! And, thanks! I wasn't sure if I could write River at all... she's tough to voice.

[lizhume.livejournal.com]

More, more, more! I read this little snippet and I hear Tony Stark and River's voices in my head. Good stuff.

I'll put my thinking cap on and see if I can't come up with ideas for you. You're off to a good start with this Tony/River or Tony & River!

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks! ^^ It's just a silly thing. I might have more...

Cool :) I'll try to write any ideas you might have!

[fyrdrakken]

I think I've reached the point of realizing that I've missed the window in which I might have hauled myself to the theater to see Iron Man and am now just waiting for it to hit Netflix. Because I have better things to throw $9 at this month. But I loved this anyway.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Heh. See... I love this movie so much I want to see it as many times as I can in the theater before it's gone. And then get the DVD and watch that and all the extras! ^__^

[arysani.livejournal.com]

i know i haven't even SEEN iron man yet, and as if i didn't ALREADY want to see it like crazy, i do even more, because this is rather amusing. i love that someone could realistically interact with her like that :)

[amezri.livejournal.com]

You have to see it! OMG. So awesome.

Thanks ^^ I committed three more acts of fic yesterday :x This one is still my favorite, though.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks again :) I'm glad someone else is enjoying my random crossover pairing XD

[amezri.livejournal.com]

They're very much alike. River can be pretty damn sarcastic and she's smarter than Stark, but because of her time in the Academy, so doesn't really have that human interaction thing down. Occasionally, she behaves like a machine, you know? So I think he'd take a shine to her instantly.