Avengers Imagines

Talking to the Moon - platonic!CarolTony

A/N: ok so technically i googled it and apparently rhodey is born in 1968 and tony is born in 1970 which only sets them two years apart? but if tony went to MIT at 15, that only puts rhodey at 17 ?? makes no sense (unless rhodey also went to college early y'all idk)

so for the sake of my headcanon, rhodey is 3-4 years older than tony thanks :)

my roommate hadn't seen captain marvel so i saw it for the second time the other night and this is the result :)

i swear this was going to be a short fic but i got a bit carried away

Description: at night when the starts light up my room // i sit by myself talking to the moon, trying to get to you // in hopes you're on the other side talking to me too // oh, am i a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?

Warnings/tags: i'm fighting for my caroltony friendship rights, carolrhodey, language, young!ceo tony, BAMF carol danvers, stony if you squint, hurt tony stark, endgame spoilers, all the feels, not really a happy ending

Word count: 4777

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It's pure chance that allows them to meet for the first time. In nothing but jeans, a t-shirt and a pair of sunglasses, Tony looks all of his young 19 years of age, only two years removed from college and more than happy to watch his best friend try his hand at the air force. After all, Rhodey is 23 and has not only graduated from MIT, but completed the mandatory training that secured him a starting position with the weapons sector of the military.

Of course, they're none too happy with a kid walking around the base like he owns the place, but he's Howard Stark's Son™️ so they let it slide. Everyone always lets it slide.

So that's how Tony finds himself walking around the base, answering questions on tech when asked and generally being a pain in his friend's ass as necessary.

"Mark! Looking great today! Obie and Howard send their best, of course! Amber! Nice to see you back from maternity leave, how are the twins? Damn, Benjamin, you been hitting the gym, my man?" Tony grins at everyone who passes by until Rhodey tugs harshly on his arm and pulls him to the side.

"Tones, you need to cut it out!" He hisses under his breath but he has his 'Tony-Don't-Do-That' frown on instead of his 'Tony-You're-Fucked' frown so Tony takes it more as a suggestion and not a demand. "I'm still new here and I can't have you messing it up."

"Oh, come on, honeybear! They love me here! If anything, my extraordinarily handsome face and smooth talking has worked in your benefit..." Tony means to start one of his well-known rambles, but is cut off by a much louder voice and someone throwing a casual arm around Rhodey's shoulders.

"Well, look what we have here. Who's your friend, Jimmy?" The voice belongs to a tall blonde woman, no shorter than two inches in comparison to Tony himself.

She screams confidence, all smug smirks and glinting brown eyes. And the fact that when she places an arm around Rhodey's shoulders he immediately tenses up in the awkward way he does when he has a crush has Tony's genius mind whirling happily.

"Carol, this is Tony-"

"Tony, Tony Stark, his best friend," Tony smirks wickedly. "Rhodey, you didn't tell me you had a girlfriend!"

"Tony-"

"Girlfriend, hah! He wishes."

Tony likes her already.