Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-06 16:49:00

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anya stark, inactive - swashbuckler, npc - tony stark

America's Favorite Pastime
The week had been a busy one for Anya and she needed some major downtime. Classes had loaded her down with homework and she had personal projects that needed to be done. Upgrades for Darlene, upgrades for Darwin and Schrodinger and upgrades for the computer systems in the Thunderbolts Headquarters. She still had to find time to take a trip to the West Coast to upgrade the computers at the Defenders' Headquarters. All of this translated into a week with very little sleep. She was in dire need of that downtime.

The best way to spend downtime was with her amazing boyfriend.

Anya had made arrangements earlier in the week and when classes were over on Friday, she rocketed to New York. The game started at 7pm, but they had to be there quite a bit earlier than that. Anya grabbed a quick shower, dressed in a shirt and jeans and slipped on her pair of Doc Marten boots. She had told Steve they had plans for the evening, but she hadn't elaborated on what those plans were. Starks could be devious.

With a smile on her face and a bounce in her step, she went to find Steve.

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	swashbuckler 2010-08-06 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Steve could be found coming out of his room, his hair still slightly damp from the shower, a necessity after the workout he'd put himself through. His overall scores in the training facilities were a little lower than they had once been a couple of months ago, but he had little doubt he'd be exceeding those in no time. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-06 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	Anya wrapped her arms around him and gave him a deep kiss. "Hello, Handsome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-06 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Steve's response was no less enthusiastic. "Hello yourself, Gorgeous." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-06 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Ready to go?" she asked. Now that she was here, all the stress and sleepless nights of the past week were forgotten. Everything else disappeared when she was with him and she could forget about the rest of the world for awhile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-06 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Always," he said. "But you said you had plans for us." The last part was added with a wink. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-06 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Later, my love," she said and added an eyebrow waggle to it. "You know I have that planned, but I have something else planned that I think you will enjoy." Batting practice, meeting the team, dinner while watching the game, and then back to the penthouse. Maybe a stop for ice cream on the way home. Mom would probably appreciate some. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-06 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Lead on then," Steve said. "You've never let me down yet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-06 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	Anya smiled and kissed him. Forty minutes later she was smiling as she watched her boyfriend talking to the Boston Red Sox and taking batting practice with them. Sure she could easily buy him anything he wanted, but things like this were much better than material items. "Swing batter batter swing!" she called to Steve. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

swashbuckler
2010-08-06 11:40 pm UTC (link)

Times like this, as amazing as they were, also had the habit of leaving Steve feeling badly out of his depth. That Anya could so casually arrange all of this was just insane.

Not to mention it left him with even less than a zero clue of what to do for her birthday. There was little she needed and he certainly couldn't arrange anything of this caliber.

In more immediate matters, however, Steve's hand-eye coordination was second to none, even with a certain hot Yankee's fan's attempts to distract him. His bat connects solidly, sending the ball flying.

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	anyastark 2010-08-06 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Anya clapped and cheered loudly. "Maybe you should play for the Sox! They could use the help!" she taunted. Anya was a die hard Yankees fan. She had been coming to games with her father since she had been in diapers. She was just glad she could do things like this for Steve. He made her happy and she wanted him to be happy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-07 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Steve stuck out his tongue at her and made a face. "Yeah, we'll see if you're still saying that after today!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-07 12:09 am UTC (link)
	She of course stuck her tongue back out at him. "Oh please! The Yankees are going to kick some Red Sox ass!" she called back. "You want to make a bet, Mr. Barton?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-07 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Steve had been smart enough not to do a victory dance when the Red Sox won. It would have been impolite, really. And put a real crimp in his sex life. "Thank-you, for all that," he said, "in case I haven't said it enough." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-07 03:15 am UTC (link)
	Anya shut the door and wrapped her arms around him. "You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it. It was the least I could do for the most amazing man I know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-07 03:28 am UTC (link)
	The least she could do was get them down on the field for batting practice with the Red Sox, plus a private box for the game itself? That was a bit much. "Eh, I'm not that amazing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-07 03:32 am UTC (link)
	She looked up at him. "Yes, you are. I think you're pretty damn amazing and my opinion is the only one that counts on this subject matter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-07 03:43 am UTC (link)
	He smiled and shrugged. "Well, who am I to argue then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-07 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"Smart man," she said and kissed him. "Let's get this ice cream in the freezer before it melts. We can grab some and then go celebrate your team winning." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-08 01:29 am UTC (link)
	Steve, after the kiss, was hoping for some kind of definition of "celebrating." Because, you know, parents in the house. And one of the other times they'd done that, he'd been fairly certain Natasha was going to kill him at some point during breakfast the next day. "Sounds good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-08 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Anya led him into the kitchen where she grabbed some bowls and an ice cream scoop. Of course she wasn't going to elaborate on 'celebrating'. Anya liked action better than talking. She started to scoop out ice cream for the both of them. "So I think I have about two weeks off before fall semester starts," she put out there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-08 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"Mine don't start until after Labor Day," Steve said. "But we should do something," he agreed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-08-08 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Anya got ice cream in bowls in no time and put the containers in the freezer. Amazingly enough there were no fires and not one appliance committed suicide. She slid onto a stool at the breakfast counter. "We should. So that begs the question, where do you want to go for a week or two?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2010-08-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
	A lack of fire was a good thing. Steve slid onto the stool across from her. "Beats me," he said. "I'd probably never leave New York except for Avengers stuff if not for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2010-08-16 06:32 pm UTC (link)
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