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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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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"He's still my best friend. I haven't - that hasn't changed."
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Tony isn't that subtle, not now, not on purpose. Tony just manages, once in a while, to shut up when he has nothing to say.
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But he's strained, and tired, and quietly angry in ways he can't or won't quantify, and it's affecting his thinking.
"I - I know I should . . ." He trails off for a moment, then leaves the sentence incomplete in favor of a new one: "I just - I can't, right now."
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He nods.
"All right."
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Cal's not okay. Tony's doing badly. They both know it. And Cal definitely knows that Tony doesn't need to hear his real, unvarnished answer.
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He shifts his hold on his coffee, cradling the mug in both hands.
"There's nothing new to do right now, anyway."
And he's sick of looking at that goddamn list. He's spent so long staring at it that half the words don't even make sense anymore.
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If he sees the list, he's not at a good angle to read it and he's not in the habit of spying on other people's paperwork. That's Sherry's job.
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"You ready for tomorrow?"
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"Good," he says. "The press conference sucks the most. Just - don't take questions. It's easier."
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