Age Of Magneto

Tony Can Be Sneaky Too

Tony woke up to the sound of keys tapping on his laptop, and it only took a moment longer for him to wake up enough to turn over and then frown when he saw that K was awake with a cup of coffee at her side and a flashdrive in between her fingers like a cigarette as she worked. That ... that was more than enough to get him sitting up and even reaching for the laptop to get it away from her and cursing. "What the hell are you doing?" he blurted out, though she shifted and turned her back to him to keep the computer away.

"If I was going to steal your work, don't you think I'd do it when I knew you weren't around? Not ... bring the computer to bed so I can work?" she challenged. "I would have asked but you were so peaceful ... I didn't want to interrupt."

"What's with the drive then?" he asked looking positively furious for a moment before she relaxed and handed it to him as a show of trust.

"It's all the data on the servers from that camp in Kentucky," she said as she tipped the computer so he could see it. "This is the first that I've been around a computer since then and I'm not going to miss the chance to see what the alternate locations are." She rested her hand on his knee. "I am not going to give or sell any of your secrets, Tony. I'm not even looking for them. I thought you'd figured that out. I'm not like the spies. I wasn't sent here to get in your pants, remember?"

Tony let out a breath as he weighed it out. He knew that much was true. She wasn't supposed to be anywhere near him. And as far as the drive in his hand ... Cyclops had been very clear that she wasn't going to give him the intel, but he didn't know why she was being like that with him. And he really didn't want to wreck the fun they'd been having, so instead of pointing out what he thought was obvious, he slipped behind her and put an arm around her waist. "I could ease your mind a little .. take it to Cyclops and let him handle it," he said as he reached out to take over the keyboard. But when she turned her head to give him a dry look he rested his chin on her shoulder and put the drive into place - once he'd double checked to see if she'd done anything other than get set up to open the drive. "If you have to talk shop though, then I'm gonna be a lot less twitchy if I handle the computer."

"I'm fine with that." K kept her hands out of his way as she leaned back slightly. "Are you sure you don't want me to just ... give it back to you?"

"No, this is fine," he said with a little chuckle, though he had to laugh when she rested one hand on his wrist so she could stop his scrolling down the list. There - in black and white was the full list of the facilities that were tied in to their operation.

She straightened up and reached for the pad of paper and pen that was sitting on the bedside table ... just out of her reach with Tony keeping a decent hold on her. "Ah ah ah," he said as he simply closed and then picked up the computer to set it aside with one hand and held her tight to keep her from slipping away with the other. "You were the one that said no shop talk. So if you're not going to let me talk you into going back with me, I'm not going to let you take a breather just to get your next assignment for the megalomaniac."

He managed to get the computer well out of her reach, though she didn't exactly fight him on it either. "You've made your point, but I still need that information," she said. "And I'm not getting an assignment-"

"No, you're trying to do it on your own," Tony replied. "You keep saying you're not a hero, so let the heroes handle it."

K let her shoulders drop and she slumped slightly. "You can't use that as an argument to go back to fooling around."

"I seem to recall someone telling me to shut up and drop my pants to change the subject, this is kind of the same thing." He smirked crookedly. "The only difference here is that I'm happy to talk with you about being a hero the right way and play around." K relaxed a little further and shook her head.