Obsessions ⇢ Tony Stark

11 | Hypocrates

The drive back into Stanford was admittedly disappointing in Eleanora's eyes. She couldn't remember a time when she had felt as carefree as she did throughout the entirety of the road trip with Tony and Rhodey. Not to mention, she still hadn't spoken to Tucker since their argument over the phone and she was not looking forward to his reaction. 

However, she did feel incredibly guilty over the whole thing. Of course her boyfriend wouldn't be happy about her sharing a suit with two other guys. She only did it because she was quite shaken about the break-in but maybe she was just being dramatic, it's not like anything actually happened (thanks to Tony, anyway). 

"Where are we dropping you off?" Rhodey asked from the front of the car. 

Eleanora paused. When Tucker agreed to let her go, he had done so under the condition that she got picked up and dropped off at his place, however, she wasn't sure if that still stood after their argument. She supposed they needed to talk anyway, though, and it was probably better to get it out of the way. 

"Tucker's house," she answered. 

"So you guys are cool now?" 

Eleanora smiled slightly and gave a casual shrug. "I'll find out, I suppose." 

Tony craned his neck around to look between the two. "Wait, what? What did I miss?" 

"We just had a bit of a fight, is all," she shrugged it off. 

"When was this?" 

"Thursday night. You were shit-faced." 

"Ah," he nodded. "So... what happened?" 

A part of Eleanora didn't want to tell him. Frankly she was embarrassed, ashamed that she couldn't be the girlfriend Tucker wanted her to be. She'd prefer for them to not even know they were fighting in the first place, it was humiliating. But they knew now, and she knew that Tony and Rhodey would be the last people to judge her for such a thing. 

"He just wasn't really happy about the room arrangements," she explained, glancing out the window. 

"You mean us all being in the same room?" Tony asked. 

Eleanora nodded. 

"Did you tell him someone broke into your room?" 

"Yeah, but he's just..." she trailed off and made a vague gesture with her hand. "I mean, I can see why he'd be upset, it's fair enough." 

"Uh, no it's not," Tony frowned. "I mean, I get why he'd be jealous of my beautiful face, but we were just making sure you were safe. Would he rather-?" 

"Don't finish that, man," Rhodey interrupted. 

While a part of her was relieved and grateful that Tony was backing her up, it also worsened her guilt. It didn't feel right to talk about Tucker like that behind his back, what kind of girlfriend did that? He hadn't even been doing anything wrong, he had just been expressing his feelings about Eleanora's own actions. And she encouraged that, she encouraged honesty and communication about these things. 

"Would he feel better if he actually met us?" Tony suggested. "I'll even turn off my natural charm so he feels less threatened." 

Eleanora's lips quirked upwards and she rolled her eyes slightly, despite the fact that Tucker would indeed be more likely to actually like Tony if he was less... Tony-like. "Uh, probably. I guess the fact that he has no idea who you two are has made him a bit antsy, but maybe if he met you he'd... calm down." 

However, when they turned onto Tucker's street, she caught sight of a sleek red Alfa Romeo in the driveway and her heart sank. "Oh, fuck." 

"What's wrong?" Rhodey asked.