IronStrange Week 2020

Day Five: Worst Hangover Ever

Ironstrange Prompt #5, Friday
Soul/Forget
Forget was filled.

Summary:
Tony and Stephen run into some pirates that have been tracking them for a while as they have a reputation for carrying expensive items and Tony gets a little hurt. Just a little......

Notes:
I had plans to make this prompt angst from the beginning, but this morning I was informed one of my dogs had gotten out and was hit and killed by a car(as of the original posting), so angst was a definite. I know it isn't great, I love angst but boy is it hard to write. I hope you enjoy the Tony whump.

Tony only noticed how much time he and Stephen had been travelling together when Stephen asked to stop somewhere for his third haircut. That drew Tony short. He needed a haircut as well. 

 

He frowned. “Stephen?”

 

“Hm?” came his distracted reply.

 

“How long have we been travelling together?” 

 

There was a thoughtful pause. “I’m not sure. Six, seven months?” He sounded unsure.

 

“JARVIS, how long has Stephen been with me?” Tony called.

 

“Seven months, six days, sir,” he replied.

 

They both sat there in befuddled silence. “ Really?” Tony said incredulously.

 

“Wow,” Stephen said, seeming surprised himself.

 

“Er, I’ll set the coordinates for a station to cut our hair,” Tony finally said.

 

“Alright.”

After their haircut later, they were wandering around curiously, as Stephen rarely got to go with Tony on stations, but Tony had made sure Stephen could come with this time. When they turned a corner Tony caught sight of a familiar insignia on another man’s coat that made him freeze. It was one of the pirates that had been tracking them a few weeks ago that they had lost.

 

“Stephen, we need to get to the ship. Quickly,” he said lowly, his hand straying to the small of Stephen’s back. He knew Stephen had seen the man as well and nodded minutely and they both slowly backed up, trying to go back around the corner. But almost as they were about to be out of sight, the man happened to glance over and first caught sight of Stephen, and then Tony. His eyes narrowed and his lips turned to a sneer. 

 

They didn’t stick around much longer to see what else he did, as they both turned fully around and bolted off. They were about halfway there when Tony glanced back and saw several more men with the insignia following them, blasters in hand.