fandomhighdorms | Kappa Kappa Gremlin, Monday, The Gym

Sometimes, Fandom's fraternity leaders liked to have nice, easy, low-key frat meetings, like the ones with the video games or the zombie movie marathon.

Sometimes, they liked to do more exciting things, like that one week with the go-karts.

And then there were weeks like this one. Weeks where both leaders had found themselves punching the crap out of things, and the mood kind of had a weird way of carrying over. That was why the frat boys were meeting at the gym today. That was why there was padding set out for all and sundry. That was why there were lanes marked off around the periphery of the gym. And that was why each boy who came in for the meeting today was being sized up for rollerskates and helmets.

Tony still had a colorful, but fading bruise covering half his face, but was grinning like a loon over the rollerskates. Because someone had weird likes. “Today we’re going to give a shot at a roller derby,” he said cheerfully. “Which, for those who don’t know what it is, is a little like bumper cars without the safety of the car.”

Why yes, yes he was insane.

"Essentially," Warren chimed in, also blissfully insane, "you skate around the track and try to knock people off of it. So, if you're going to be participating, you had better be wearing the safety gear. I mean, I am." And he had a healing factor. The rest of you probably weren't so lucky. "This is supposedly mostly a girls' sport. But I'm willing to bet that we can handle it too, huh?"

Yes. Yes, he was totally appealing to manly ego. Warren was a cheater like that.

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"Tried that," Topher reminded him, still clinging to that hand like a clinging thing. "But we could do it again if I could play in the lab afterwards!"

"One time running doesn't count as 'tried that'," Tony informed him. "I've been running since spring."

"Yeah, 'cause you're all buff," Topher pointed out.

Oooooh.

Ton looked down at his arms, frowning for a moment. When you hung out with Ben and Mr. Rogers, it was difficult to consider oneself 'buff'.

"Or, I'm that way because I run and work out."

But when you hung out with Topher, on the other hand...

"But if you weren't buff, you wouldn't be able to run and stuff," Topher reasoned. Logically. As you do. "Heh. That rhymes."

Tony shook his head. "You're hopeless."

"Am not," Topher said maturely. "But you saw how I ran last time. You think I could do better?"

It would be the hardest challenge in the world. Don't even try, Tony.

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"If you did it every day... yes." YOU CAN DO IT, TOPHER.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't just get up and do it every day," he pointed out. "It'd be boring."

"And good for you in case you need to run away from danger."

"Like those alots that time? But that weird colorful flying girl came and saved us. And you needed her to save you too, so."

"Because you wouldn't leave me to use the suit," Tony replied with a sigh.

"So see? Running wouldn't have helped."

That made sense in his head, anyway.

Tony stared for a moment before patting him on the shoulder. "Sure, Topher. Sure."

Topher sighed. Dramatically.

"Just teach me?" he asked wearily.

"Wake up occasionally and maybe you can join me for a run," Tony countered. "It'll help your balance."

"And you won't make fun of me if I suck?" he asked, to check.

He knew the answer to that but kind of wanted to hear it anyway. So sue him.

"As long as you try, you have my word."

That prompted some tingliness. Shut up.

"'Kay," Topher said, almost managing to sound shy about it. "Yeah. Um, Friday? Or, um, whenever?"

Tony shot him a look out of the corner of his eye. "I go every day, so you can meet up with me anytime."

A beat.

"Other than Sundays. I'm working with Mr. Rogers then."

"Captain America?" Yep, Topher had looked him up after his talk with Billy. How could he not, when Billy had mentioned that Tony might have a crush on this guy? "What's he like? Is he cool? Is he smarter than me?"

Topher, really now.

"Um." Topher. Breathe.

"Right, sorry." Breathing now. Mostly. "Can I come with you?" he tried instead. "To learn stuff?"

You know, where learn stuff was defined as scope out his crush's potential love interest. Standard definition, really.

"You'll have to ask him if it's okay," Tony replied. Because someone had given him the talk about how people interested in him romantically tended to be crazy and/or evil. "Do you have a Captain America where you're from or something?"

"Nope," Topher replied ~~even though now there was at least director overlap~~. "Looked him up."

That wasn't sketchy. Really.

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