Through The Atmosphere - for justintelligent

[starkingenuity]

"Hey."  It was actually pretty common for all of the lights to go out, but usually, after Tony Stark tripped a breaker or caused a fire or crashed into something in the R & D level of the Avengers Tower, the emergency lights came back on.  But not today.  And that was a shame because he was almost sure he'd perfected grilled cheese without Pepper

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[justintelligent]

The lights didn't turn on. In fact a lot of the systems weren't working as efficiently nor at all actually. It was all a tiny bit dead, at first it looked like a malfunction but usually JARVIS would chip in and explain it. Instead, there was silence. Then a long clang of metal and a small bash, followed with familiar voice cursing.

There was a figure standing there among broken fallen pieces, looking admittedly rather confused. And lacking anything resembling clothes.

"Erm, Sir, we seem to be experiencing some slight technical difficulties."

And that had to be the understatement of the month.

[starkingenuity]

Tony's eyes weren't the best in low light conditions but he did know a person when he saw one and that was a person. Wrong shape to be Rhodey, wrong gender to be Pepper. Way too small to be Happy. "JARVIS, intruder alert."

His bet was on Barton. The man hung out in air ducts for a living and frequently attempted to break in on Tony. Systems were down. Lights were out. And now he'd broken in. Probably with stolen SHIELD technology and ooooh. Tony was so not happy! He was already thinking of new and clever ways to redo his security system when he realized that it wasn't Barton either.

Barton didn't walk that way, stumbling along like a foal.

[justintelligent]

"You're not very observant today, are you sir?" Jarvis counter as he stumbled, unable to work out how this stupid body worked. It was like driving a new vehicle with no prior lessons. He knew the basics, he knew human biology to near perfection. But being one was a whole new ball park.

He gripped the side of the work table, keeping a balance as he finally found the overhead light and flipped it on, shining it enough for Stark to get a better look at the very naked blond man squinting in pain at the light and holding up his hand to protect himself. It was a lot less of a bother to his senses when he was a robot.

"I can't be hundred percent certain, what with the lack of mirrors, but I believe I'm human."

[starkingenuity]

"Uh. Yeah." Tony wasn't staring, he was trying his hardest not to stare actually which was doing almost no one any good because he would need to look to figure out what happened.

To create the biological from the artificial was beyond even him, which was saying an awful lot. He stroked a finger down the side of his mustache and shifted his weight from one foot to the next and jutted out a hip and crossed his arms and--

Tony's eyes scanned what they could of the darkened room. Cameras. Had to be.

JARVIS was speaking through...a filter...somewhere.

None of this was actually possible.

"Turn around."