Sunnydale AU: let's try that again

[americas_son]

The Milliways vacation was, Cal thinks, exactly what they all needed. He definitely came home to discover that things seemed a lot more manageable than they had before he left for New York, and not just because Obadiah Stane will officially never be his damn problem again.

(Peter, he knows, suspects that something happened while Cal was away, but Cal calmly ignores his less-than-subtle hints for an explanation. What would he even tell Peter?

Although he does kind of love imagining the look on Peter's face if he found out exactly how far Cal was out of his reach, and for how long.)

There's more time for life beyond the household now, and so it is that Cal is resuming something resembling regular visits to the Stark residence once more.

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[toblameforit]

"See, now you're getting the picture."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"- well, even you have to be right sometimes."

A stopped clock is twice a day!

Or once, on military time. But it still counts.

[toblameforit]

"See? And I'm right about that other thing I don't remember, too."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Nope," Cal says. "Sorry.

"Nice try, though."

[toblameforit]

"No, that was kind of half-assed, actually."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Cal agrees, "I was just being nice."

[toblameforit]

"Well, thanks."

Beat.

"You're still wrong."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"You're still wrong about me being wrong," Cal says. "That is not gonna change."

No matter how many times Tony claims otherwise.

[toblameforit]

"It's gonna change when Sherry gets bored and makes us talk about something else."

[if_inconvenient]

Dryly: "On the contrary, this is fascinating. Do carry on."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Cal laughs.

"Sherlock getting bored doesn't make you any less wrong."

The things Tony is wrong about are really stacking up.

[if_inconvenient]

"It does if you consider me the final arbiter of all questions of correctness in the world."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

". . . okay," Cal concedes, "but I don't."

Which is, he feels, a fairly major flaw in that particular piece of logic.

[if_inconvenient]

"I believe this is the point where I ought to tell you you are wrong."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"I believe you're wrong about that."

What else was he going to say?

[if_inconvenient]

He laughs.

"Well done, well done."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Cal grins.

"You take care of the logic, I'll take care of the bullshitting."

Together, they'll - fight crime?

[if_inconvenient]

"Brilliant."

[toblameforit]

"Should I be scared now?"

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Why?" Cal asks. "What have you done?"

[toblameforit]

"Nothing."

Beat.

"Probably."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Don't think we won't find out."

By "we," he mostly means "Sherlock."

And by "find out," he mostly means "already know."

[if_inconvenient]

"Oh, I believe he knows."

[toblameforit]

"If I ever commit a crime," Tony says cheerfully, "Sherry'll probably know about it before I do."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Cal laughs.

"Good, he can tell me first."