Steve Barton (swashbuckler) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-16 22:51:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, inactive - swashbuckler, plot-"avenging angel"

Not Exactly the Day Envisioned
Occasional doubts about his relationship aside--a small part of her would have preferred things be, well, smaller, really, but hey, Starks did things big--Steve truly loved his girlfriend. Which meant that he absolutely had to make her birthday as special as he possibly could. He had scrimped and saved from his Avengers salary for several months in order to be able to take her out to dinner at what he had hoped was a nice enough restaurant. Not his usual world, but hers. A way to show her world was something he could at least try to operate in.

He studied the menu thoughtfully for a moment, before looking over to her. "You look beautiful."

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	anyastark 2010-08-17 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Anya smiled and heat touched her cheeks. "Flattery, sir, will get you everywhere. Thank you, Handsome." Anya knew this was out of Steve's comfort zone and she really appreciated it all. Just when she thought she couldn't love him more than she did, he went and did something like this. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-17 03:22 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I mean it," Steve insisted, with a small grin. "And more good things later. Hope you'll like your present." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-17 03:32 am UTC (link)
	"I know," she said. "I love it. You shouldn't have gone to all this trouble. Time with you is the best gift I could ever get." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-17 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"Wait, really?" Steve asked, but with a grin. "Well, I'll just take it back then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2010-08-17 03:52 am UTC (link)

Anya laughed. "In all seriousness, yes. Time with you is the best thing I could ever get." Starks knew about the importance of time. Sure her father could have bought her anything she wanted when she was growing up, but time with Dad was always better than any material item. Anya learned the importance of someone's time and to appreciate it. Time with Steve wasn't any different.

"But it is nice to get out and I appreciate the setting. I know you're not entirely comfortable in places like this."

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swashbuckler
2010-08-17 04:08 am UTC (link)

Blame that mostly on Clint. Steve's mother, ever the spy, could fit in absolutely anywhere, from a science lab to a boardroom to a superhero team. But Clint? Clint had grown up dirt poor, with almost nothing, and very little in the circus. Living in Avengers Mansion for various stretches had been the closest he'd ever really come to accepting extravagance into his life.

"Trying to get used to it now, so I don't embarrass you some day in the future."

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	anyastark 2010-08-17 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"You will never embarrass me," she said. "I can manage that one on my own well enough. Clooney still brings up the time I spilled salsa all over him. That is probably my most embarrassing moment to date." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-17 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"...Wait, you know George Clooney?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-17 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. I met him a few years ago at a charity benefit and I promptly spilled a thing of salsa all over him. Thankfully he's a nice guy and didn't get upset about it. He brings it up every time we see each other." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-17 04:17 am UTC (link)
	"Good grief," Steve said. "Is there anybody famous or important you don't know?" It's part curiosity, part amazement, part genuine disbelief. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-17 04:20 am UTC (link)
	"Quite a few," she answered. "I've always wanted to meet Sean Connery. It's all the Bond movies I had to watch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-17 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Steve's grin was a silly one. "Dhat's wat yer muther said, Trebek." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-17 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Anya giggled. "Mom is a Bond movie nut. Her, Misha and I would curl up on the couch when Mom was home and watch movies. I've seen every Bond flick and Casablanca too many times to count." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 02:33 am UTC (link)
	They'd been taken to a SHIELD facility, quickly shuffled off to an interrogation room. For two hours now, they had waited, without word. Steve let out a grunt of frustration. "This is insane," he said, again. He'd been saying it a lot. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Yes," Anya agreed. "It is." Anya had already tried to get into computers but they had put a low level EM field around the room which prevented Anya from accessing the computers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Wish we had some clue what this was about," Steve muttered. "I mean, they can't possibly still be sore about the break-out and everything..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later nextgen_shield 2010-08-20 03:10 am UTC (link)
	The door opened and an agent entered, followed by a pair of armed guards. "Well, Mr. Barton, Ms. Stark," he said. "It seems you've had quite the evening." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"Well we were having a nice night out to celebrate my birthday until the S.H.I.E.L.D. goons showed up and ruined it. You have about two seconds to explain why you brought us here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

nextgen_shield
2010-08-20 04:02 am UTC (link)

"I'd lose the attitude, if I were you, Ms. Stark," the agent said.

"At approximately 0700 hours this morning, an intruder penetrated the facilities where Temujin, the would be Mandarin, whom I am certain you are familiar with, was being held. Said intruder attempted to murder him, but was fortunately stopped by our security forces. After the fact analysis confirmed the presence of Stark technology, including nanomachines found only in a few places.

Further analysis confirmed that the intruder was one Steven Barton."

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	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 04:04 am UTC (link)
	"...Well," Steve said, trying to mask his surprise. "That's a new one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Hours Later

anyastark
2010-08-20 04:21 am UTC (link)

Somehow she was not surprised. The more absurd something was, the easier it was to accept. The attitude was totally going to stay right where it was.

"Yeah, about that. At seven am we were both asleep. In the same bed. In the Avengers Mansion. I could give you the number, but I'm sure you have it. There are at least eight people, including Jarvis, who can confirm our whereabouts at that time." Anya suspected that Jarvis still checked up on her like he had done all of her life.

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	Re: Hours Later nextgen_shield 2010-08-20 04:33 am UTC (link)
	"All of which can be determined now that we have you in custody," the agent told her. He turned to the guards with him. "Take them to separate holding cells." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Ah, the discretionary powers of multi-governmental paramilitar organizations. Due process? Who needed that? "You are so hearing from my lawyer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later anyastark 2010-08-20 04:41 am UTC (link)
	"My mom's going to kick your ass," Anya warned as they started to lead her out of the interrogation room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Hours Later swashbuckler 2010-08-20 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	As they were being led down the hall, Steve had just enough time to spare a look for Anya. "Kind of reminds me of the last time I visited SHIELD," he said. It wasn't much code, of course, but the last time he'd paid a visit, it had been for a break-out. Hopefully, she could pick up on that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)