Natasha Romanova (redheadspy) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-24 03:31:00

Entry tags:

npc - black widow, npc - tony stark, plot-"body swap"

Getaway
It had taken some time and a lot of hints and suggestions, but Natasha had finally convinced Tony to take a few days off and go somewhere else. Natasha was getting cabin fever and had to get out of the penthouse for a little while. She would shoot someone if she didn't get a change of scenery and she would need her husband around after the baby came.

It was nice on Martha's Vineyard this time of the year and it was close enough to New York that if something happened they could get home easily enough. The yacht was nice, but Natasha wanted dry land under her feet and places to shop. She loved the small quaint shops on the Vineyard and she would convince her husband to take her shopping.

They got settled in at Tony's house on the Vineyard after a four hour drive (and many stops to use the bathroom) and a short ferry ride over to the island. As soon as they were settled, Natasha went to find her husband to see if he wanted to go for a bite to eat. Someone was demanding french fries.

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redheadspy
2010-08-30 04:20 am UTC (link)

This is why women had the babies and the men did the pampering (if the woman was lucky) Tony had been a great sport about the whole pregnancy, but this was cosmic justice.

"You have to admit, it /is/ funny."

Then the crying started. Natasha sighed and went to help her husband. "I'm sorry," she/he said. "I shouldn't have laughed." It was still funny. "Come on. We'll get some ice cream and start thinking about how to fix this. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying the break from this, we really need to switch back." The next two-three months would be Hell if Tony had to have this child.

Natasha didn't even want to think what labor would be like. Men just weren't able to handle it.

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nextgen_parent
2010-08-30 05:05 am UTC (link)

Tony manages to sob out something that sounds like "It's not funny!" as he/she hugs Tasha.

How did women live like this? Surely, none of the women he'd ever dated had gone through this before. Even Tasha couldn't have, could she? She was always so strong, so composed, so...together. He knew how /he/ got through life without cracking, but this...this was a whole new level of Hell.

Who would do this to them?

"Okay, ice cream first, maybe a cheeseburger, too. Do you think they'd make cheeseburger ice cream if someone really wanted it?" he/she asks.

God, they have to get switched back before November. He could /not/ have this baby. He was certain it would end him.

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redheadspy
2010-08-30 05:19 am UTC (link)

Natasha hugged Tony.

"It will be okay," she told him. "It's nothing out of the normal...well okay the body switching isn't normal, but everything else is."

She smiled and kissed him...her? "Ice cream it is and I'll go out and get you a cheeseburger." A pause. "Or make one seeing how it is three in the morning."

Was she this emotional when pregnant? She honestly couldn't judge because she didn't have to deal with herself.

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nextgen_parent
2010-08-30 05:24 am UTC (link)

The sheer amount of emotions he was dealing with right now was overwhelming, but he felt like he was getting them under control. The feeling of Eddie inside him also touched him in an unexpected way.

Aside from the nausea, soreness, crying and cravings...pregnancy wasn't so bad.

"I can't wait. That cheeseburger sounds great. With pickles."

Tony blinks.

"Wait...I hate pickles."

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	redheadspy 2010-08-30 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"It sounds great until you have to eat it," Natasha said. "It is my cooking and we both know how that usually turns out." She took her/his hand and started to lead him to the kitchen. "Come on. I'll take care of you." There had been weird things in her life, but this took the top prize. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-08-31 12:39 am UTC (link)
	"Well, at least we know the frying pan will let you use it, rather than committing suicide once you walk into the kitchen." Tony says, referring to Anya's ability with cooking of any kind. He still hadn't figured how she'd made cereal catch fire. He's run more tests on that than Zero-Point Energy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-08-31 02:15 am UTC (link)
	"She came by those skills honestly. She inherited them," Natasha said. "Speaking of our lovely daughter, do you want to go up and see her before we head home?" Boston was only a short ferry ride and drive away. "She's taking Steve's disappearance pretty hard and we probably should give her a heads up on the current...state of things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-08-31 04:07 am UTC (link)

"We cannot let her see us like this." Tony says immediately. "I understand she's hurting, but this might just be too much weird for her in one sitting.

Besides, I don't want our daughter seeing me have a meltdown. She's already heartbroken and I don't want to add to it." Tony says.

Not to mention that he's /certain/ that seeing Anya in tears will open the his own floodgates.

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	redheadspy 2010-08-31 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"Tony, she's going to be more upset if we don't tell her," Natasha said. "We don't know how long we're going to be stuck like this and it's probably best we tell the kids. They're going to know something is up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-08-31 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	Great. People are going to know about this. Not on Tony's list of fun things to pursue. "I don't like the idea. We can tell Anyna, but the rest of the kids need to be on a need to know basis. Especially Misha. I don't see him taking this well for some reason. And laughing the loudest, too." Tony says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-08-31 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I know, but they are going to know without us telling them," she said. "You and I act a lot differently and we have different mannerisms." She sighed. "We'll get this figured out and get back into our own bodies. I promise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-09-01 02:16 am UTC (link)

"You're right. We'll fix this as soon as we know how it happened." Tony says, regaining a little bit of his composure now that he'd gotten out some of the tears.

"But we've still got a little more time to relax here, and now...you get to rub my feet when I ask. And feed me ice cream." Tony says.

"Has Eddie always felt like a bowling ball tied around your waist? I just gotta know, because this feeling is weird, but...it's already going on me. As long as he doesn't declare war on my kidneys and spleen again." Tony says.

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redheadspy
2010-09-01 03:30 am UTC (link)

"Yes," she answered. "That feeling is just going to get worse as time goes by and the bigger he gets. The target practice with organs isn't going to stop. Again, it will just get worse. He's active, but Anya I think was the worst so far."

She smiled. "I know this is hard for you. I will try to do everything I can to make you more comfortable. First you're going to sit on the couch while I go get that ice cream." And coffee for her. A whole pot of wonderful wonderful coffee.

"Do we dare risk dinner with the Obamas or should I come up with a reason why we can't go?"

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nextgen_parent
2010-09-01 04:05 am UTC (link)

Tony curses under his/her breath as he realizes that said dinner was supposed to be later tonight.

"No, we shouldn't risk it. Whatever you can come up with is fine, dear." he/she says, beginning to waddle his/her way out to the couch to sit down.

Sitting down, Tony turns the TV on to SportsCenter.

"Oh look, something Tasha would never do!" he says, checking the sports scores.

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redheadspy
2010-09-01 04:24 am UTC (link)

"I will come up with something," she said. "Don't quit your day job because you'd make a lousy comedian."

Natasha made her way into the kitchen and did the most important thing first. She started a pot of coffee. Extra strong. She didn't know how long this would last, but she was going to take full advantage of it. She got the ice cream out of the freezer and bowls and spoons.

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	nextgen_parent 2010-09-01 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I'm /very/ funny! Eddie thinks so. Don't you buddy?" Tony says, talking to his stomach. "Don't you, buddy?" Eddie, for once, does not respond. "You /would/ fall asleep when I'm wide awake, wouldn't you? Definitely got /that/ from your mother." he mumbles, flipping the channels. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-09-01 04:33 am UTC (link)
	Natasha smiled. "See? Nick's already agreeing with me," Natasha smirked. She carried two bowls of ice cream to the living room and sat down next to Tony. One bowl for him and one for her. "You know, I don't have to be pregnant and hormonal to want to shoot you," she said before a bite of ice cream. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-09-01 04:55 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, but you /can't/ shoot me now, since I'm pregnant!" Tony grins. "I, however, could threaten to shoot you and it would be in character!" he says. "Not that I would. I mean, I have to go back to that body." he tells her, taking his bowl of ice cream, which he begins eating with a will. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-09-01 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"What? You don't think I can hit a hand or a foot if I wanted to?" Natasha grinned. "I can easily shoot to wound you know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-09-01 05:19 am UTC (link)
	"Shoot me and you don't get any." Tony says simply, as if he's just found the Ultimate Argument of Logic for disputes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-09-01 05:24 am UTC (link)
	"Any what? Grief? Goodness knows I don't have enough of that," she smirked and rolled her eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-09-01 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Tony grumbles something about mouthy Russians, eating his ice cream. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-09-01 05:34 am UTC (link)
	Natasha leaned over and placed a kiss on his/her cheek. "I love you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-09-01 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	Despite himself, Tony smiles. "You know that I couldn't stay mad at you if I wanted to and use that to your advantage regularly, Mrs. Stark." he grins (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-09-01 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Natasha smiled. "Damn right I do." She put her bowl on the coffee table and went to get COFFEE. Sweet delicious coffee. Natasha poured herself a cup and returned to the couch. Her eyes closed as she took of a sip. A deep blissful sigh escaped her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)