Cal Chandler (
americas_son) wrote2010-11-21 04:54 pm
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Sunnydale AU: such an old-fashioned word
Three days after Stane's death, the worst of the work is over. The fake death is set up and scheduled for tomorrow; all that remains is the execution.
So to speak.
Cal is at the desk in his room going over it all one last time, just to be sure, when Danielle knocks and tells him he has a visitor.
"Tony Stark to see you, sir."
Cal kind of saw this coming, sooner or later. He sits back and stretches. "Okay, yeah. Send him in."
So to speak.
Cal is at the desk in his room going over it all one last time, just to be sure, when Danielle knocks and tells him he has a visitor.
"Tony Stark to see you, sir."
Cal kind of saw this coming, sooner or later. He sits back and stretches. "Okay, yeah. Send him in."
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"Hi," he says as he steps inside. "Nice setup. I mean, I knew you were commander in chief around here, but damn."
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"Thanks, Danielle. Could you bring us some coffee?"
She goes to do so and Cal gesture to a chair by his desk, saying,
"Nah, if I were really in charge, I'd have a separate study."
There is one he could use, and eventually he will, but - not yet.
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"So," he asks casually, "who's watching us right now?"
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It's not so much respect for privacy as it is the fact that some things don't need to be filmed and inflicted on the security staff.
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He leans back, thinking how to word this.
Cal is welcome to interrupt.
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He has a feeling he knows why Tony is here, and it doesn't have much of anything to do with Stane.
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"You haven't talked to Sherry since he told you."
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He already knows that there's no real excuse. It's pathetic to direct all his messages through Jarvis - he knows it and he can tell even Jarvis thinks so, though he hasn't said anything.
None of that stops him from getting ready to go on the defensive anyway.
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"Yeah," he says, "that was very clever."
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It's always come back to that; everyone is happier when Cal doesn't think.
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"Anything else, sir?" If she notices the tension in the room, there's no sign of it. Not noticing things that shouldn't be noticed is a prized quality in a Chandler employee.
"No. Thanks."
She nods and leaves. Cal turns his outward focus to fixing his coffee.
"I'm not going to," he says, not looking up from the sugar he's stirring in. His tone is milder than before, though; the interruption has given him a chance to get that much under control. "It hasn't been that long."
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It probably shouldn't surprise him into silence, given that he knows he's the first friend Sherlock has had (one of countless little things he's had to reconsider in a whole new light), but it does anyway.
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"I - hadn't really thought about that," he admits.
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Cal turns back to his mug, adding cream.
"I do know that."
Just because it's a surprise doesn't mean he thought they shouted it from the rooftops, or something.
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He takes a sip of his coffee.
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"I told him I'd need some time," he says finally.
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