Song comes for later in the chapter. Also this chapter is kinda short, sorry 😬
Word count: 1543
Bold = Authors Note/Opening Sequence/Place
'Italic' = Thoughts
Normal Italic = Emphasis
Underlined = POV Change
(Y/n) = Your Name
(M/n) = Middle Name
(L/n) = Last Name
(N/n) = Nick Name
(D/h) = Dominant hand
(N/d/h) = Non-Dominant Hand
(E/c) = Eye Color
(S/k) = Skin Color
(H/c) = Hair Color
(H/l) = hair length
(F/c) = Favorite Color(s)
(F/f) = Favorite food
(F/r) = Favorite Restaurant
(F/s/a) = Favorite Stuffed Animal
(S/a/n) = Stuffed Animal's Name ^^
(F/o) = Favorite Outfit
(B/m) = Birth Month
(B/d) = Birth Day
(F/b) = Favorite Band (or artist)
(F/s) = Favorite Song
(D/n) = Dad's Name
(D/h/c) = Dad's Hair Color
(D/e/c) = Dad's Eye Color
(M/n) = Mom's Name
(M/h/c) = Mom's Hair Color
(M/e/c) = Mom's Eye Color
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Malibu, California
Your POV
"Good morning, (Y/n). It's 7:00 am and the weather in Malibu is 72 degrees with scattered clouds. The surf conditions are fair with waist-to-shoulder high lines. High tide will be at 10:52 am."
"Good morning to you also." I yawned out as I stretched. I got up and put on some clothes. I went and ate something, then I went downstairs to my workshop. I turned on my favorite song, (f/s), and continued to work on my car. A couple of hours go by, I was still working. I took a piece off and set it to the side.
"Give me an exploded view, please." I say and Jarvis does exactly that.
"The compression in cylinder three appears to be low." Jarvis tells me.
"Log that."
My music suddenly stops and I hear the lab door open.
"I'm gonna try again right now. I'll keep you posted." I hear Pepper say before she hangs up the phone.
"Please don't turn off my music when I'm in the mood. I'll loose motivation." I say with my back still turned.
"You are supposed to be halfway around the world right now." She scolds me.
"Why are you trying to hustle me out of here?" I ask.
"Your flight was scheduled to leave an hour and a half ago." I took off another piece of the car while she was talking, and set it to the side.
"That's funny, with it being my plane and all, that it would just wait for me to get there." I smirk, but she can't see.
"(Y/n), I need to speak to you about a couple things before I get you out of the door."
"Alrighty then." I say as I wipe off my hands with a rag. I turn around and sit on the wheel facing Pepper.
"Larry called. He's got another buyer for the Jackson Pollock in the wings. Do you want it? Yes or no."
"Should I get it?"
"I think it's a good example. But, I also think it's incredibly overpriced." She looks at me and I smile.
"I need it. Buy it. Store it." I got up and started walking over to my lab fridge.
"Okay. The MIT commencement speech-"
"Is in June." I interrupt. "Please, don't harangue me about stuff that's way, way, down-"
"Well, they're haranguing me, so I'm gonna say yes." Pepper says as I reach the fridge. I open it and grab a can (or bottle) of (f/d). I open it and take a sip.
"I also need you to sign this before you get on the plane." Pepper opened up a folder and grabbed a pen from her pocket.
"Why are you trying to get rid of me so quickly? What, got plans?" I ask as I take the pen.
"As a matter of fact, I do."
"Wait, really?" I ask.
"Yes, because I am allowed to have plans on my birthday." She says as I sign the paper.
"That's today?" She nods. "Happy birthday! I'm assuming Jarvis told you where the box was?" I ask and she nods.
"The dress is beautiful. Thank you." She smiles so I smile back.
"Okay, well, I better be off. Bye, Pepper!" I say as I give her back the pen and jog over to my car, the one I wasn't working on. I get in and drive out of the slope garage. Along the way I meet up with Happy and he drives behind me in his car. We get to the airport and I park my car in my private stall, Happy still behind me. I get out and meet him at the back of his car.
"Oh, you're good! I thought I lost you there." I joked as I grabbed one of my bags.
"You did. I had to cut across Mulholland!" Happy smiles at me as he grabs my other bag.
"And yet you still caught up to me!" I said as we walked towards the plane.
"What is wrong with you?" Rhodes scoffs.
"What?" I ask.
"Three hours."
"I got caught up doing working on my car!" I said as I climbed up the steps.
"For three hours you got me standing here."
"Well, we're waiting on you now. Lets go." I said as I entered the plane. "Wheels up! Lets rock and roll!" I exclaim.
Time skip
It's been a couple of hours on the plane, and I've already taken a nap.
"What you reading, platypus?" I ask Rhodes.
"Nothing."
"Come on, sour patch. Don't be mad. Ooh, now I want some sour patch kids."
"I told you, I'm not mad. I'm indifferent, okay?" He looks up at me.
"I told you I was sorry." I said as a maid came up to me.
"You don't need to apologize to me. I'm your man!" Rhodes smiled.
"Good morning, Miss (L/n)." She smiled.
"Hi!"
"Would you like anything to drink?"
"Uh, yes. Do we have (f/d) on here?"
"I believe so. I can go get some." She walked off.
"Thank you!" I called after her.
"Dude, why do you drink (f/d) all the time? Seriously, do you drink anything else?" Rhodes asked me in disbelief.
"I drink water when Jarvis reminds me to." I replied nonchalantly.
Rhodes eyes widened. "Okay."
Time skip - Bahrain Air Base, Afghanistan
I put my sunglasses back on as I walked out of the plane and down the steps. I walked up to the army men standing on the sidelines.
"General." I greet as I shake his hand.
"Welcome, Miss (L/n). We look forward to your weapons presentation." He smiled.
"Thanks." I say as I reach over and greet everyone else in a different language.
Time skip
"Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?" I take a deep breath. "With that in mind, I humbly present the crown jewel of (L/n) Industries' Freedom Line. It's the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsor technology. They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it. That's how America does it. And it's worked out pretty well so far. Find an excuse to let one of these off the chain, and I personally guarantee you the bad guys won't even want to come out of their caves." I looked over and gave the signal.
The man turned on the weapon and they aimed to a pre-set spot. One missile went shooting into the sky, leaving a cloud behind it. As it was in the air, it split up into a whole bunch of little missiles, with the big one still in the middle.
"For your consideration, the Jericho." I said as I spread out my arms with a smirk. The missiles hit and exploded, sending a wave of dust towards us. It blew off the men's hats and blinded them for a moment. The gust was kinda strong so I took a step to steady myself.
I went and opened one of the crates and some different types of wine came up, along with some cups and some ice and one (f/d). I, of course, took my drink.
"I'll be throwing one of these in with every purchase of 500 million or more. To peace!" I took a sip. I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket, so I took it out and flipped it on. Obie came on the screen.
"(Y/n)."
"Obie, what are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep 'till I found out how it went. How'd it go?"
"It went great. Looks like it's gonna be an early Christmas."
"Hey! Way to go, my girl! I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"
I got into a military Jeep. "Why aren't you wearing those pajamas I got you?"
"Good night, (Y/n)." Obie hung up so I shut my phone.
"Hey, (Y/n)." Rhodes said as he came up to my window.
"I'm sorry, this is the "fun-vee". The "hum-drum-vee" is back there." I joked.
He smiled. "Great job."
"I'll see you back at base." I said as the vehicle started.
No I wouldn't. But I didn't know that.