Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
It felt oddly like bragging, saying it aloud to this curly-headed, innocent-looking young man. Maybe it was because she hardly ever had to say it at all. “I’m Tony’s girlfriend. Among other things. Tony Stark’s girlfriend.”
He studied her carefully, eyes narrowed, trying desperately to understand. “And tha’ has ta do with wha’ the bot does….?”
“Oh, nothing. Just, I don’t like to take little things like this to him … ” She touched a fingertip to one of the loose wires, face a dull red.
Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
“No, sorry, Boris is the otter, and Kronos is one of my cats. Um, Tony Stark?” Summer flushed a little, feeling stupid and half-awake. “I’m not explaining this very well?”
He looked up at her again, hands stilling, a clear question on his face. “They do…Tony Stark?” he looked puzzled (and a bit concerned). “I’m…I don’…I don’ understand.”
It felt oddly like bragging, saying it aloud to this curly-headed, innocent-looking young man. Maybe it was because she hardly ever had to say it at all. “I’m Tony’s girlfriend. Among other things. Tony Stark’s girlfriend.”
Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
“Boris and Kronos happened to him,” Summer sighed, folding her hands inside her druid-grey cloak with a shiver. “I don’t like to take something so little to Tony,” she added, embarrassed.
He looked up at her from the toy-like thing. “I’m…jus’ going ta pretend who those firs’ two people are,” he told her. He took a few loose wires and tested them quickly for a live current, making sure they still worked. He crossed one over the other two and plugged it back into a socket. “Wha’ does he do?”
“No, sorry, Boris is the otter, and Kronos is one of my cats. Um, Tony Stark?” Summer flushed a little, feeling stupid and half-awake. “I’m not explaining this very well?”
Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
Uncurling a little more, she showed him the jumbled pieces of a little robot in her lap. “Can you fix him?”
He frowned at the little bot, feeling sorry for it. “Ah, les’ see,” he took it gently from her, examining it in his hands. “Yeah. I think I can ge’ him back in order.” He helped her to her feet and then led her inside to the lab, putting the robot gently down on the table. “Wha’ happened ta this little guy?”
“Boris and Kronos happened to him,” Summer sighed, folding her hands inside her druid-grey cloak with a shiver. “I don’t like to take something so little to Tony,” she added, embarrassed.
Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
She frowned and stretched a little, blinking up at him. “Fitz … ? I was waiting for you … “
“Ah, yeah…yeah, I can see tha’…” he extended a hand in an offer to help her up. “Why exactly are you doing tha’?”
Uncurling a little more, she showed him the jumbled pieces of a little robot in her lap. “Can you fix him?”
Fitz froze on the path before his first step, frowning. “Ah…” he circled around one way awkwardly and then back the other. Finally he wound up kneeling down on the middle step and nudging her once. “Ahm, S-Summer? Hey, ah…you’re blocking my door.”
She frowned and stretched a little, blinking up at him. “Fitz … ? I was waiting for you … “