Bethany Cabe (ironclad) wrote,
@ 2010-10-22 20:15:00

Bethany Cabe looked over her morning reports with a glare firmly affixed to her face. From just the few seconds she'd glanced over the pages in front of her she could tell that this was going to be one of Those days. Her blood pressure was already threatening to rise and a curse of I haven't had enough coffee yet to deal with this shit had already passed from her lips. As per the usual there was only one person who could infuriate her so much before ten in the morning and she knew precisely where to find him.

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She yanked the sheet off of the bed, not caring that a model-esque young woman fell out and hit the floor with a weak little thud. The anorexia queen probably broke a rib; Bethany didn't care nor did she care that Tony Stark, her boss and primary Pain In Her Ass, was well stark naked. He was nice to look at, a considerable perk, but it wasn't the point.

"Out." Bethany threw the skimpy things that passed for the model's clothes out into the hallway and the tone of her voice kept the girl from protesting. Her eyes never left Tony even as she crossed her arms over her chest, delivering unto him the same glare she'd given her reports not even an hour earlier.

"So let me get this straight one more time, for the record. That crazy woman from Kalamazoo who claims you are Jesus and also the father of her unborn child--which doesn't exit--and has not only threatened to kill you so you can rule Heaven together but has tried to make it so resurfaces in the city and you decide to respond to this threat by ditching your personal bodyguard, aka me, so you can go party and bring home a twig-sized Friday night fuck?" She arched a brow. "If you were really that desperate for horizontal entertainment we might have been able to work something out."

She pulled a small device from her pocket and tossed it onto the bed. It landed near Tony's bare thigh.

"Buffy who just skulked out of here up until two months ago worked for Hammer. Worked for, not serviced so either she has a taste for men in your particular line of work or she might have been up to no good. I know the company you keep, Tony. You should know by now a set of tits doesn't equal a lack of espionage skills. We're already checking internal security. Pepper's re-working your itinerary. You might want to consider some pants."

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stark_resilient
2010-10-23 03:15 am UTC (link)

All Tony could hear was a thud, and then and irritated voice. His head snaps up from the pillow, then scans the room looking for who or what doesn't belong.

It takes him a long look at Bethany, followed by an even longer, slower set of blinks before he connects her harpy-like nagging to him.

"Good morning, Bethany. Yes, it's lovely to see you, too. I'm just fine, thank you! Oh, you brought be coffee so that I'd be awake while you were yelling at me? Thank you /so/ much.

By the way, I don't know who that woman is, because I went to bed alone last night...I think. I'm pretty sure I did, at least. Oh, you brought something for me to read, too? Bethany Cabe, you might be the best bodyguard /ever/ except when you're completely cramping my style." Tony finishes.

"I'm sorry, were you saying something?" he asks with a bleary look in his eyes.

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ironclad
2010-10-23 03:20 am UTC (link)

"I'm sorry, I missed the memo where it was determined you actually have style, Tony." When he mentioned going to bed alone tonight, but not being one hundred percent certain of it concern traced through Bethany's synapses. She had an urge to force a blood alcohol test on him but thought better of it. He was naked. She had some standards. Even for her concern, though, her face remained unchanged.

"You think. Tony, were you drinking last night?"

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	stark_resilient 2010-10-23 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"No, I was not, but I was dead tired when I got in." he says, reaching for the information pad near his leg. "She works for Hammer? Great. I need this right now I like need another hole in the head. Isn't that a song?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-23 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. She was on his official payroll until about a month ago and I'm not convinced she's not being paid on the side now. She didn't slip anything into what you were drinking instead of 'drinking' did she?" It was a possibility. "Do you recall her at all?" Beth was working on getting security feeds but was getting unusually stonewalled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-24 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"I know that I was talking to Christine Everhart last night, getting the usual earful of how crappy I treated her. The Governor spoke to me...I think Mayor Rossum did, too." Tony says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-24 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll check their memories. I've got a bad feeling you were drugged, Tony. Which is yet another reason why it's a bad idea to ditch your bodyguard. I can put on a party dress and seem totally inconspicuous." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-25 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"Bethany, you and inconspicuous go together like words Tony Stark and monogamy." Tony says, shaking his head. "Look, I'm fine. Have the woman followed if you need to and make sure she didn't try to steal anything of value." he says. "Aside from that, I need coffee in a major way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-25 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"Seeing as how you didn't get drunk and bring home a floozy, I suppose you can have coffee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-25 12:53 am UTC (link)
	"Aw, Beth, you sound kind of jealous. It would be sweet if I didn't know you were just worried about your paycheck." Tony teases. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-25 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Bethany shoots him a glare. "Do you want coffee or not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-25 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, dear." Tony smirks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-25 07:43 am UTC (link)
	"Tony, I wouldn't give you this much shit if I didn't care about you. But please, put some pants on. There is a time and a place for me to see you naked and it isn't after I've thrown Twiggy the Spy out of your bed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-25 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, the pants thing. Okay, please leave me be so I can change." Tony says, wrapping his blanket about him and going to the bathroom. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-25 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll be in the den. With your coffee. Please don't try to sneak out." Bethany shook her head and left the bedroom. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_resilient 2010-10-25 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Twenty minute later, Tony comes out of his bedroom dressed in jeans and a gray t-shirt, looking much more refreshed. He enters the den and takes up a mug to get coffee. "Okay, what's the word?" he asks, adding a little cream and sugar for taste. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ironclad 2010-10-25 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing abnormal in the various networks yet. I'm still getting stonewalled on external video, though. And people are in 'meetings'". Bethany was perturbed. "You looke better." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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