#TONI ISN'T MARTHA'S RESPONSIBILITY

[aurumacadicus]

Pairing: Hmmmm. I’m being my trash-self and kindly requesting some SuperIronBat 👀

Title: “Well, this is awkward.”

We can be our best trash-selves together <3 I haven't written much SuperBat interacted with the Avengers so I think I'll try that 🤔

Well, This is Awkward

Bruce and Clark had learned that if they dressed the same, Tony had trouble telling them apart.

He could figure out who they were if he watched them move. Clark moved delicately, trying to be as small and unobtrusive as possible. Part of that was that he didn't want to hurt anyone with his super strength, but the other part was that he was a fantastic undercover journalist when need be, so if he wanted to be unnoticed, he was. Bruce moved--how it suited him, really. When he was being Brucie, he swanned through the room the same way Tony was trained to, liquid movements and charming smiles. When he was in what Tony liked to refer to as "Batman Mode," he moved with all the blunt force of a brick, solid and dangerous. It kind of reminded Tony of the Winter Solider, almost, but both Bruce and Bucky had leveled him with flat, unimpressed stares when he said so.

So. Bruce and Clark had learned that if they dressed the same and stood in one place, Tony couldn't tell who was who until he was almost right on top of them, because Clark had a dominant foot he leaned most of his weight on and Bruce kept his weight planted evenly on both feet.

"I'm this close to going to Martha and Alfred because I feel like they're bullying me," Tony complained, stealing the skewer of olives from Lois's martini. "Or--could I sick you on them?"

"Unfortunately, Bruce isn't intimidated by me," Lois deadpanned. "And to my chagrin, Bruce has somehow found a way to wheedle Clark onto his side without much effort. I really think your best bet is to tell Martha and Alfred. Tony, you don't even like vermouth."

Tony sighed and set the skewer of olives back into her drink. "I just feel left out sometimes because I can't come see them as much as they can see each other."

Lois saw Clark's face fall across the ballroom before he turned to whisper to Bruce. Bruce's face did nothing in response, but his stance shifted ever so slightly. She turned back to Tony. "Personally, I think you should just cry the next time they do it to you. Bonus points if Martha and Alfred witness it because I know they would make Clark and Bruce suffer because you're an orphan with no one to look out for you."

"I can't cry on demand," Tony complained. "And it's not that big of a deal. I'm just being sensitive."

Bruce and Clark were making their ways over. Clark looked distressed. Bruce's jaw had clenched a smidge. Lois took a long sip of her martini, staring at them, before a familiar face came close and she turned toward him instead. "Captain Rogers."

"Ms. Lane," Steve said in surprise, coming to a stop. He had what looked like a vodka cranberry in each hand. One was deep red. The other was faintly pink. "I was just on my way to talk to Natasha."

Ah, that explained the faintly pink one. "Tony's sad," Lois said simply.

Steve jerked his head to frown at Tony in concern. "How could you possibly be sad? You were laughing ten minutes ago."

"What," Tony asked, bewildered, as he looked back and forth between them.

Natasha appeared a moment later, almost out of thin air. "What's going on? Why is Steve's face doing that unattractive thing where he gets concerned?"

"You think I'm unattractive when I get concerned?" Steve asked, but luckily he seemed more aghast than offended.

"Tony's sad," Lois said simply.

"Oh. Steve, go blow something up with him then," Natasha replied with a blase shrug, plucking the faintly pink vodka cranberry from him. "It'll save you from having to talk to that five star general again."

Steve wordlessly threw Tony over his shoulder, ignoring his squawk of offense, and hustled from the ballroom with nothing but a vague "Avengers business" to anyone who tried to stop them in concern.

"Oh no," Clark said, watching them go.

Bruce tried to wordlessly turn on his heel to return from where they'd come from, but suddenly Natasha was there, lips spread in a sickly sweet smile. "Tony was right," she said simply. "You do walk like the Winter Soldier on a mission."

"I think Ms. Hilton wants my attention," Bruce began, ignoring Clark's whimpered 'no don't leave me with them Bruce please I'm pretty sure Natasha can get Kryptonite.'

"I think Ms. Hilton will understand if I tell her what you've done," Natasha said, voice as sweet as ever.

"Lois," Clark began nervously.

"I'm telling Martha and Alfred," Lois told him.

"No," Clark wailed, and crumpled to the floor.

Bruce, Natasha, and Lois stared at him for a moment before Natasha carefully took Bruce's arm to lead him away to threaten somewhere else. It just felt weird kicking a man who would probably have his ass whooped by his mother in a few days while he was down. Bruce let her, unimpressed. He would take Alfred's lumps as he always did. He didn't know why Clark got so upset when pranks went wrong like this. It's not like it was worse than the time Tony had accidentally blown him out of the fucking mansion.

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[thatsgay-writes]

Day 16

PREVIOUS

"Here they are, the brave young women whose tale of struggle and survival has gripped the nation." The host says as she sends the camera a smile. "The unsinkable nine, as we have come to know them. Ladies, you must have dreamed of coming home for so long. Now that you're here, what do you wanna do most?" She questions as she turns towards you and your friends. "Honestly, smoke about a hundred cigs, you know? Like, really rip through a carton or two." Dot starts as she leans forwards on the couch. The host gives her a slightly awkward smile, "Okay. How about the rest of you?"

"I don't know; Maybe hit up the OG for a never-ending pasta bowl and just... I don't know... Get back to our real lives." Toni says next followed by Nora. "I'd like to read the Odyssey again, rather than, like, live it." She jokes awkwardly, causing some of the girls to laugh in response. "Leah, what about you?" "Oh, um, I just wanna reconnect with certain people... People who may have been worried and-or felt like we had unfinished business. And if that person is watching right now, I just wanna say that I did not not miss you every day." You cringe at Leah's little monologue, still not feeling 100% about her after her fight with Shelby.

"My turn, Brooke, and I've got a nice, straight answer for you. I'm going to fuck the rowdiest guy with the biggest dick as soon as I fucking can." Fatin says, causing everyone to pause the fantasy you all shared and look at Fatin. Fatin turned to look at you, since you were at the end of the couch, and you couldn't contain your laugh. "Holy shit!" You belt out as you roll onto your side, "I don't think you can say that." You tell her after you finally catch your breathe. Fatin rolls her eyes, "Okay, make it more media-friendly. I am going to fornicate with the healthiest penis I can find ASAP." You let out a laugh at her newly formed answer.

After that, Dot changed her answer and Fatin got on Leah for her "emo shit show" answer and how Romeo's would be in everyone's DM's, before they finally started cheering over the fact that there was a chance to return home. "We're going home, bitches!" Martha yells as she holds up the bottle of vodka, causing all the other girls to cheer. You go to celebrate with them but notice how Shelby stays silent and slowly pulls away from the group. You watch her go, debating if you should follow her, as Toni helps you stand. Her face holds a large smile that slowly falls as she notices how distracted you are and that Shelby was walking away.

Ever since kissing Shelby, Toni had been confused on her feelings between the both of you. She had loved you for years but Shelby just had something so attracting about her. Unknown to her, you were having the same thoughts. "I'll, um... I'll be right back." You say as you pat Toni's hands that were still holding your own after helping you up. Toni just nods her head as you hop away after Shelby.

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"You don't seem very excited..." You try and joke as you hop around the rock Shelby was sitting on, closing your mouth as soon as you see how sad she looks. You fidget nervously for a few seconds as Shelby doesn't respond to your presence. You let out a deep breathe before sitting down next to Shelby on the rock. "Are you okay?" You ask as you slowly reach out your hand to grabs hers. You move slowly so she has enough time to pull away but she doesn't. When you tangle your fingers with Shelby's, she finally reacts some and turns her head to look at you. She opens and closes her mouth a few times wanting to say something, but ultimately ends up closing it and shaking her head. You let out a sigh but nod your head. You lean forwards and cup one of her cheeks, giving her a quick kiss on the other one. Your face gains a small smile as you notice Shelby blush, "I'll leave you to your thoughts... If you ever need someone to vent to or a shoulder to lean on I'll be here." You tell her as you slowly stand up and start hopping back towards to other girls, missing how Shelby stared after you longingly.

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As you get closer to the other girls, you smile as you hear them all laughing and joking around. "Oh, Martha, you're gonna be trippin motherfucking balls dude." You hear Fatin say as you finally reach the group and collapse next to Toni. Hopping around was not fun and you were going to need to find a walking stick or something soon. "And she won't be alone." Rachel says as she holds her hand out towards Fatin. Taking what looks to be a bag of gummy bears? You nudge Toni with your shoulder and send her a questioning look. "Martha ate edibles." She whispered to you before turning back to the group and reaching for the bag. You covered your mouth in shock and laughed at the fact that Martha, sweet and innocent Martha, ate edibles. "You want one y/n?" Toni asks as she holds one out towards you. You think about it for a second. Your doctors back at home would probably advise you not to get high but you had been feeling fine the past few days. "Why not." You answer as you take the gummy bear from Toni and pop it into your mouth.

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"Marcus!?" You hear Martha yell out for the 5th time as almost everyone laid on the beach, high out of their minds. The only ones not laying down were Fatin, who looked like she was meditating, Shelby, who still hadn't returned from the rock, and you, who had taken a seat on Toni's back and kept tracing out random letters and shapes on her back. "I'm so fucking blissed out. Not even from the gummies, just from the thought that in 48 hours I can have an orgasm." Was the first thing Fatin had said in an hour, causing you to giggle and almost fall off of Toni's back. Unlike Toni, who always got more relaxed when she was high, you got more giggly, enthusiastic, and talkative. You being high rivaled Shelby's whole "Who wants to play an ice breaker?" persona.

"Wait? You haven't like self-induced?" Leah asks, seriously but still with a playful tone. "No, I can't do it with my hands actually. I have this weird cello-vibrato PTSD. It's a whole thing." Fatin responds, breezing over the subject. "So your electric toothbrush hasn't seen any action?" Dot asks causing you to laugh more and add on, "I mean we all kind of assumed." You send a wink Fatin's way before turning your attention back to Toni's back, effectively spacing out on the conversation.

When you do focus back onto everyone, it's from Toni tapping your thigh to get you to get up. "Huh?" "C'mon we're gonna go play in the water." Instead of standing up and hopping your way towards the ocean, you just roll of Toni's back and lay on your back in the sand. "I'm good... I think I'm just gonna lie here." Toni gives you a questioning look but you just push her thigh towards the water. "I'll be fineeeee, go have funnnnn." Toni rolls her eyes as you purposefully draw out words and follows the rest of the girls into the water.

You could hear the girls from where you laid, all of them letting out screams and laughs of joy. You would have joined but hopping around on one leg isn't fun and tired you out pretty quickly. You rolled onto your side once the sun felt too hot on your face and you noticed that Shelby hadn't joined in on the fun either. You contemplated going up to her and trying to talk to her or give her more space, but went with the first choice. If she had rejoined the group than maybe she would want some company now.

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"Not a fan of the water?" You ask as you let yourself collapse next to Shelby, taking note how she now had the bottle of vodka and it had a less in it than it did before. "I... Um..." Shelby stuttered out as she purposefully did not make eye contact with you. "It's fine." You say with a shrug and lay on your side. "No need to talk, just relax." You say as you suddenly get hype fixated on making shapes and letters on her back. Missing the way she tensed up before finally relaxing. You spaced out again from what was going on, a common thing that happened when you were high.

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The rest of the day blew by as everyone did their own thing. Nora and Rachel went off talked somewhere, you noticed that Toni and Shelby got into a argument, and you just chilled around with Fatin, Dot, and Leah, while Martha decided to adventure into the woods. "Guys! Guys! Guess what I just saw!?" Martha yells as she runs over the hill and back towards the group. "I just saw Marcus and he's alive!" She yells out, out of breath, causing everyone to laugh at how ridiculous she sounded. "No, guys, I'm being serious!" Martha defends and grabs the nearest person to her, Dot, and starts dragging her along. "C'mon, he's in the woods." Dot turns to give the group and exasperated look but you all decide to follow along.

You had your arm wrapped around Toni as you all journeyed through the woods. You had tried to get out of going, but Martha wanted everyone to go with her. "You're just saying that he, like, fucking pinocchio'd?" Dot asks, having not stopped laughing or joking about the situation since you all headed into the woods. "Yes. That is exactly what I am saying." Martha says in relief, missing that fact that Dot was still making fun of her. "He turned into a real boy." She finishes as you and Toni see Marcus... Who is still as fake as he was the day he was found. "I don't know, he kinda looks the same to me." Toni says as you release her arm so she can pick up Marcus. "Hey! My leg!" You say excitedly as you notice it laying under Marcus. When Fatin goes to kiss Marcus, you kiss your leg. It was all fun and games until Leah had to mention the fact that Marcus and your leg had been swept away but suddenly ended up in the middle of the forest. You had thought the same thing but hoped to just ignore that fact. "Leah. We're mellow. We're leaving."

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"Oh Shelby, you love America so much. USA! USA!" Martha cheers, trying to get Shelby to join her but the other girl is completely zoned out. "Is she okay?" You and Toni ask at the same time. Both of you sharing an awkward look with each other, neither of you had told the other about your own kiss with Shelby. Luckily, Fatin isn't stuck in an unknown love triangle and walks over to Shelby. You all watch as Shelby starts to brush her hair, it seems to stay tangled no matter what she does. Until the brush gets stuck in her hair. Fatin attempts to help her but Shelby goes into full freak out mode. "It's all ruined." She says as she grabs the scissors out of Fatin's bag. Fatin attempts to stop her but Shelby was inconsolable.

"I don't' fucking want it! I don't want it!"

NEXT

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