IRON MAN THEME?

[stabbywheelfeet]

[This is the most exclusive ski resort in ALL OF SWITZERLAND. Or something like that. It's expensive, exclusive, and full of crazy-rich people. Including this one. Look at him smoozing around the bar one evening. He seems to know everyone here, and he's greeting them all. And he may or may not have a fantastic bruise on one cheekbone, care of a snowdrift that was hiding a rock. A few people give him sidelong looks, but for the most part, he's a familiar, and apparently popular, face.]

[... Really, he came up here to relax. With his secretary -- but no one needs to know that part. So far, everything's been quiet. It's a good vacation.]

[After making his routine sweep of the bar, he wanders back over to one of the huge couches by the fire. They're so big, they make their own sort of privacy screen. And he flops down onto one. And since this is in Switzerland, and the author is totally winging this, there's totally a box of chocolate open on the side table, next to some wine.]

I have the best vacation ideas.

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[electrowhipit]

Easy, easy. He wrenched my neck a bit, and I'm going to have some bruises, but I'm fine.

[ He pauses only a moment to pluck his gun from where he dropped it before standing fully. ]

What are we going to do with him?

[stabbywheelfeet]

[He goes to check Jolt's neck before letting him stand -- only doing so when he's satisfied the damage is minor.]

Leave him to rot, for all I care. He hurt you.

[electrowhipit]

Stop being melodramatic. Eventually someone's going to find us in the hall with a dead body, then what?

[stabbywheelfeet]

... Oh. Right.

[He looks at the body again.]

Toss it off a balcony. If he lands on his face, then... he had an unfortunate accident.

[electrowhipit]

You're impossible.

Stand watch for a second- I have someone I can call. [ and he does so, whipping out his phone and having a brief conversation in hushed tones.

When he hangs up, there's a flash of white light, and the body is gone. ]

[stabbywheelfeet]

I'm trying --

[He does as he's told. Usually it's a matter of stabbing things and then leaving the scene. Granted... he's usually in armor before that happens... but still.]

[He sort of gapes at the vanished body though.]

Um. Do I want to know?

[electrowhipit]

There might be a hero or two out there who owe me a favor.

Now come on, let's get out of here.

[stabbywheelfeet]

... You're like the mafia. The adorable, electric mafia.

[He nods, and slips an arm around him, starting to lead him away.]

That guy wasn't... familiar to you, was he?

[electrowhipit]

[ He follows gladly. ] Not at all.

[stabbywheelfeet]

That's what I was afraid of. I didn't know him either.

[electrowhipit]

I guess we'll never know why he was here.

[stabbywheelfeet]

Nope. Not unless he has... friends, anyway.

[electrowhipit]

Please don't say that.

[stabbywheelfeet]

You know it's true. They always have friends.

[electrowhipit]

Maybe we should cut the trip short and get out of here.

[stabbywheelfeet]

Jolt... it'll be fine. You already took one of them down. How hard could more be?

[electrowhipit]

I shot him and he got back up, Sideswipe. That's not "taking him down".

[stabbywheelfeet]

Then we took him down together.

[electrowhipit]

... Let's just get back to the room before we discuss this further.

[stabbywheelfeet]

Sure. Sure.

[he'll just take Jolt by the arm then, and lead him on up to the room.]

[electrowhipit]

[ he just goes along with him silently ]

[stabbywheelfeet]

[He just leads him inside -- it's a super nice room, with everything you could possibly want in a hotel room. Including a super awesome view of the mountains. And a hot tub. Outside.]

[electrowhipit]

[ Once they're inside and the door is shut, he turns to the other ]

... Hey.

[ come here ]

[stabbywheelfeet]

Hey.

[This kiss? This is one hell of a kiss. He's never been happier to be able to kiss someone in his life.]

[... Jolt may have scared him, back there.]

[electrowhipit]

[ He may have been scared himself, so he's okay with this kiss. He might even be clinging a bit. ]