Iron Love - Tony Stark X Reader

Chapter 4 - Dancing

I had the old device turned into something nicer, well I had something engraved in it and put into a glass box. I had wrapped it and was going to give it to Tony when Obadiah showed up.

When I go into his workshop he was messing with something. "I've been buzzing you. Did you hear the intercom?

"What?"

"Obadiah's upstairs." I say to him.

"Great!"

"What would you like me to tell him?" I roll my eyes.

"Great. I'll be right up."

I place the wrapped gift on his table. "Okay. I thought you said you were done making weapons."

"It is. This is a flight stabilizer. It's completely harmless." The stabilizer shoots, flinging Tony backwards and scaring The shit out of me. "I didn't expect that."

"Oh my god Tony." I roll my eyes and walk up the stairs. I take my seat on the couch and start doing my work.

Luckily Tony finally came up so Obadiah could stop asking me questions as he was playing the piano. "How'd it go?" I point down at the pizza. "It went that bad, huh?" Tony asks.

"Just because I brought pizza back from New York doesn't mean it went bad."

"Sure doesn't. Oh, boy." Tony sits next to me.

"It would have gone better if you were there." Obadiah says.

"Uh-huh. You told me to lay low. That's what I've been doing. I lay low, and you take care of all..."

"Hey, come on. In public. The press." Obadiah walks over and sits next to Tony. "This was a board of directors meeting."

"This was a board of directors meeting?"

"The board is claiming you have post-traumatic stress. They're filing an injunction." I raise my eyebrow as I sign some paperwork.

"A what?"

"They want to lock you out." Obadiah sighs.

"Why, 'cause the stocks dipped 40 points? We knew that was gonna happen."

"Fifty-six and a half." I correct him.

"It doesn't matter. We own the controlling interest in the company."

"Tony, the board has rights, too. They're making the case that you and your new direction isn't in the company's best interest." Obadiah says.

"I'm being responsible! That's a new direction for me, for the company. I mean, me on the company's behalf being responsible for the way that... This is great." Tony stands up, taking the pizza box with him. Obadiah follows him.

"Oh, come on. Tony....Tony."

"I'll be in the shop." Tony nods.

"Hey, hey! Hey, Tony. Listen. I'm trying to turn this thing around, but you gotta give me something. Something to pitch them. Let me have the engineers analyze that. You know, draw up some specs." I start to pack up my work as I listen to the two.

"No. No, absolutely not."

"It'll give me a bone to throw the boys in New York!" Obadiah says.

"This one stays with me. That's it, Obie. Forget it."

"All right, well, this stays with me, then." Obadiah takes the pizza box back. "Go on, here, you can have a piece. Take two."

"Thank you."

"You mind if I come down there and see what you're doing?" He asks Tony.

"Good night, Obie."

"Well goodnight sir." I smile and grab my purse. I take out my car keys and head for the door.