The Final Frontier

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Possible Tom Hiddleston x OFC

Charectures: Ember Rain (OFC), Verious OC’s,Taika Waititi, Tom Hiddleston, Robert Downey Jr, Tilda Swinton, Maybe Graham Mctavish, plus possible other people in the future its not all written yet.

Warnings: Slight violence, mentions of abuse, Alcoholism, obsession with sweet deserts.

Rain, most people find it to be an unhappy uncomfortable thing. Which has the ability to ruin days and puts a damper on plans. For Ember however Rain wasn't anything significant in anyway, changing only the type of jacket and shoes she wore. It often fascinated people how little she complained about the weather. One past coworker at a Starbucks, reported the only time they had heard a complaint about the weather was at the height of summer in the hottest weather of the year, “it really is hot today” while fanning herself, “maybe we should turn up the AirCon”. A completely self sufficient handles everything herself kind of person.

Not that Ember worked at Starbucks anymore, having gone on to better things, a local coffee shop, in London. She had moved from the States for school. And stayed because she loved it. In her school days, she wanted to be a famous film director. To make movies like Peter Jackson or JJ abrams or the Russo brothers, however after the Success of her first book, “The plebeian society” she decided to focus on her writing. Publishing several more books, before a Taika Waititi, approached her about turning “The plebeian society” into a Film.

When Ember got the call it was what most people would consider to be a grey, dreary and depressing day, rain pouring from the sky and down the streets of London. But after that call she could be seen dancing in the rain, drenched to the bone a Cheshire grin plastered across her face.

Meetings began the next week.

Taika POV

As Taika sat in the conference room, his assistant, a potential producer Miss Rain’s Publisher and agent all sat waiting for Ember to arrive. The publisher was drumming her fingers clearly unhappy with Ember’s lateness, as was the producer. Ember’s Agent was a little frantic periodically making excuses and typing furiously on his phone trying to contact the elusive writer.

Suddenly they heard a door slam, then running footsteps, before a person in a knee length brown coat slid past the door. Then they heard someone slam into a wall.

“ow! Who put that there?!” The whole room scrambled to their feet to peak out the door. That was when Taika got his first good look at the young writer. Sopping wet hair haphazardly cut brushed the shoulders of an equity wet long suit jacket, which was splayed out behind the young woman who was rubbing her forehead. Long black skinny jean clad legs out in front of her ending in a pair of knee high Doc Martins. She noticed them looking down at her and squinted up. “Is this the right room?”

“Glasses Ember” her agent said, in an annoyed tone.

“ Oh” Ember put her finger up and pulled a glasses case from the pocket of her coat pulling out a pair of glasses. Sliding them onto her nose she looked up again. “So that is a Yes on this being the correct room than” she got up “ I am so sorry about being late. I was on time I swear but then there was a funky musician in the tube and I just had to take pictures of him for future reference then the tube was late and then I got lost”. At this long excuse The Publisher just sighed cocked a slight smile and went back to her chair while the agent grabbed Ember’s arm and pulled her to a seat as well.

“I asked one thing of you, be on time, but you can’t even manage that, do you have any idea how bad this looks!” At this point the Agent was almost yelling and the young writer was almost cowering in her seat.

“I’m sorry! I tried I really did”

“Well Obviously not hard enough”. The agent was glowering, the man was going red in the face.

“Well maybe we should look back into getting her a manager” the publisher tried to defuse the Agents anger. Which seemed to have a reverse effect.

“Does she look like she can afford a manager?!” He gestured to her cloths.

“We..”

“No she doesn’t” the agent interrupted the publisher. Taika was getting the feeling something wasn’t quite right as the Agent continued to bare down on the young woman who had arrived just a few 5 minutes late with a perfectly understandable excuse, one Taika could actually see himself using.

“Why don’t we just get on with the meeting now that everyone is here”.

Ember looked up at him with gratitude in her eyes, which was shattered when the agent spoke again.

“Fine but this conversation isn’t over young lady”

Eber hunkered down in her chair like a sulky kitten and let the meeting flow around her.

Two hours later of Taika campaigning for more and more of Ember’s input on his ideas only to be waylaid by the agent he was fed up. The Publisher had been good and obviously supportive of the production. But the agent was the one stonewalling everything.

“Well what do you think of this…”

Ember would start to answer only to be cut off by the agent’s terse “No”

Finally Eber growled at him, “ Let the man do his thing, Joseph! He is just as much an artist as me, let him make artistic changes”

“I will not let this man ruin all our work, I wouldn’t even have allowed this discussion if it had gone through me first” The agent spat out.

“ Our work, Our work?!” Taika could see that the cowering kitten from before was gone this was someone who was going to protect what was her’s, best everyone else get out of her way. “YOu work for me!” She stood to tower over her agent, “And let I remind you that you did not work for me when this book was published, you jumped onto the success train after it got going, so do not think you have any say in the artistic expression of my work” her words were still calm but there was a terrible fury in her eyes. She wasn’t a kitten anymore oh no she was the sound of the ocean crashing on the rocks. So much power behind surreal calm. “ You have been abusing my success for a very long time no More!”

“Ember calm down before you do something you’ll regret later”, the Agent said

“You fired”

The Agent’s face went blank with fury as Ember turned to Taika as if no one sat beside her.

“I have seen some of your work and I trust your interpretation of this story, however I would like to go over any changes to it with you once you have a rough script layer out, so you can explain your reasoning behind it”.

“Sounds good to me”

The meeting wrapped up shortly after, Ember still pretending that her now Ex agent didn’t exist and was talking to her publisher. Her Ex-agent was seething.

Ember finished talking to her publisher and was gathering her notes to leave. Everyone was out of the room when they heard him erupt.

“What the FUCK Ember! After all I have done for you. You were a fucking nobody when I found you. I created your persona for the public I am the person in charge here you can’t fucking fire me!”

“I can fire you Joseph, you work for me, and I am tired of your treatment of me”. Her voice was a calm counterpoint to his furious tone. Taika was lingering behind wanting to make sure everything was okay.

“You little punk”

“This discussion is not going anywhere or going to change anything, You will transfer everything back to me tomorrow”.

There was the sound of something scraping across the floor. Ember made a squeak of surprises. With that Taika started to make his way back over to the room.

“No Fucking way I am letting my cash cow get away from me”

“LLLLE-e-e-ett G-G-ooo” Ember Gasped out. Taika finally made it back to the room to see that Joseph had Ember against the wall holding her by her neck. Taika sipped out his phone and took a picture.

“Put her down”

Joseph stiffened, obviously he had thought the building was now empty, then dropped her.

Ember scuttled around him coughing and hid behind Taika.

“You can’t have knights in shining armor save you every time Ember. I will get back at you some day”.

With that he grabbed his things and stormed out. Taika turned to Ember.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine thanks” she grabbed her things and began to walk out. Taika hurried to walk with her.

“Do you need help finding a new Agent?”

“No I should be fine” but Taika wasn’t convinced. He touched her arm, she flinched, causing him to withdraw his hand as if from a hot surface.

“I’m Sorry”

Falling asleep together on a car ride, featuring everyone's favorite Downey.

Warnings: Fluuuuffffff, worrying about age large age gap. (This one is for younger Tom fans like 21), self doubt,

Reader pov

It is an amazing experience, getting to work with people you admire. And in that regard I hit the jack pot! Getting to act in a Marvel movie with all my favorite modern actors, and getting to learn from them, i mean wow!!!

However as a younger actress it's difficult to keep up with them. This is my first big break so I have to work much harder than them. Which is why at the beginning of this tale we find me laying on the couch of the Bus they were using to cart us around. It was just me Tom Hiddleston and Robert Downey Jr. for today and they were doing there own things. So I popped into the DVD player my go to comfort movie. We're going to me in the bus for a while after a long day on location and I needed to unwind. My go to movie was, The Court Jester a very old movie with Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone. As soon as the title music came on Tom perked up,

"How does a child like you know about a movie so old?" He teased gently

"Wait you know about it, nobody knows about this movie, and I'm not that young Tom"

"Could have fooled me?"

"Gee thanks" I turned back to the movie, he sat craning his neck to watch for a minute before getting up and coming over to the couch,

"Lift your legs, I'm gunna watch with you" I did just that, sitting up like a normal person on a couch and he sat.

"How do you know about this movie anyway? It is a little before your time"

"I could say that Shakespeare is before your time" I quipped back

"That hardly correlates"

"No it does", I turned to look at him "because they are both timeless pieces of art and show case great acting, to answer your previous question, I used to be obsessed with Basil Rathbone and he is the villain in this". I turned back to the scene, not noticing the look of perplexed wonder on his face.

We watched for a while in silence before I said,

"People say you remind them of Errol Flynn but that's not right he was only a gentleman in screen and couldn't sing, your more of a Danny Kaye"

"Really?"

"Ya, but its mostly the hair, 😜" I made a face at him, he stuck his tongue out right back. And we settled down to watch

Knowing the story line as well as I did was the perfect thing to help me relax, and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't keep my eyes open. I was nodding off in no time.

Tom pov

When (y/n) turned on a movie I wasn't surprised, she had worked very hard the whole day. I was rather proud of her for keeping up, even Downey and I were tired after a day like that and we had years of experience to make it easier. Her movie choice did surprise me though, The Court Jester was old, golden age stuff, and few people knew about it. She was alway surprising me like that, quoting some piece of poetry or short story that is rather obscure.

After watching with her for about 20 minutes when her head slowly slid down to my shoulder, she was fast asleep, otherwise she would never have presumed to do that, she was always so careful. Very teasing but never assuming anything. I watched her for a moment she was so cute, I instantly wished the age gap between us was less. There had been couples farther apart sure but 17 years was still frowned upon.

A few minutes later Downey got up and noticed them, "Tom what are you guys watching?"

"The court jester"

"Geez did you pick it, you can't force your old tastes on people, look you put her to sleep"

He knelt, infringe of (y/n) looking at her,

"Actually she picked it, I joined her after she started it up"

Downey tilted his head to match the angle her head was at, "that can't be comfortable"

"I know but I don't want to move and wake her up"

"Here I'll help"

Slowly we eased her off of me and down onto the couch stuffing a pillow under her head and lifting her feet up onto the other side of the couch. Downey stood up, "she is pretty cute all asleep like that.

"Ya" I agreed before spreading a blanket over her and re boxing her movie for her. I slipped it into her backpack. Downey chuckled "sleep tight kid" before we moved off to sit at the table and talk.

Readers pov

When I woke I could hear low voices.

".....are a lot alike but different enough that you don't drive each other up the wall, why don't you two date?"

"If you haven't noticed I'm 17 years older than her Robert, I'm old enough to be her father"

"Barely besides she would want someone her own age"

"Tom, you are the first person she has been that relaxed around the entire time I've known her. Plus in the past 6 months of filming have you ever once heard hr mention a boy friend?"

"No, but she could just be private"

"Well yes but Scarlet asked her like a week ago about going on a date with someone and do you know what she said? She said, 'I don't know about that, I haven’t dated I like... 3? Years"

"How do you know that" I sat up, "Downey that was a private conversation!"

"So was this!" Downey smirked

"A private conversation in another room from where anyone else was, not a private conversation 3 feet away."

"Still"

“Grrr”

“Grrrr”

The whole time Downey and I were fighting Tom just sat a little stunned looking.

Toms pov

I was rather shocked by Downeys forwardness in the conversation but I was even more shocked when (y/n) stood up-- how much had she heard? Would she think i am some kind of creep now? Would she refuse to be around me?. Her voice and hand on my shoulder pulled me out of his building panic, "...and for the record Tom I don't think your to old, my grandpa married a woman 20 years younger than him". I looked up at her, as she gazed down at me a soft smirk playing around the corners of her mouth and a playfulness in her eyes. Downey cleared his through, "I'm gunna give you two sometime" and walked to the back. (Y/n) sat across from me, and cocked an eyebrow.

I began slowly, "so you don't think I'm to old for you? I mean I'm old enough to be your father"

"No I don't"

"But people will think..."

"I don't care"

"You don't?" I wondered at her

"No... i don't" she reached out for my hand, inviting me into a great new adventure.

3rd person POV

Tom and (Y/n) dated for 1 year then had a short engagement and a small private wedding, to which Downey was definitely invited. They became a “power couple”. Which is not to say they didn’t have ups and downs in there relationship. But it was very clear they were eachother’s best friend.

Part 2 starts

Loki x OFC avengers assemble-esk (don’t like the pain of infinity war) this is kinda the conclusion of dancing on ice part 1

Ember woke in her hiding place to the sound of knocking on her door and her little alcove filled with ice. She was shivering, and crawled out from her hole. She glanced at the mirror in her room, she hadn’t aged a day since she crawled from that river. She sighed pulling on her gloves and a sweater before opening the door still shivering. Tony Stark stood there, he raised his eyebrow at her attire it was late June.

“How is it that you are always so cold even though you have ice powers?”

“I don’t know Mr. Stark”

“Well never mind kid dinner’s ready”

She followed him, after a little while “you know, I’m 25 this December, I’m hardly a kid Mr. Stark”, they were just outside the kitchen.

“25!?” He exclaimed, turning to stare as she walked past

“Who’s 25?” Steve asked

“Jeezzz I’ve been treating you like a freaking teenager” Tony groaned

“Well to be fair she looks like a teenager” Black widow offered. She knew Ember’s story, having debriefed her when she first arrived.

Tony turned to Ember who was away from everyone headed towards his bar, “ok firstly I’d like to apologize for how I was treating you, and secondly why didn’t you say something”

She opened a bottle and sniffed, restoppered it and checked another, “You didn’t exactly let me now did you” she seemed to approve of the contents of that bottle and poured herself a glass of it, a generous glass.

“Hey do you know how much that stuff costs?!” Tony exclaimed as she drained the glass and poured another.

“Do you?” She asked as she walked back to the table to sit by Natasha as Thor and Loki entered.

“Well not really! Happy buys it for me”

“Then you can afford my tastes bring the bottle over would you”

“What can Stark afford?” Thor asked, motioning Loki to sit beside him.

“Ember’s attempts to get drunk” Natasha supplied.

“I don’t believe I am acquainted with this fair lady”

“Ember Foxe” Ember introduced herself, and reached across the table to shake his hand. Loki noticed she still wore her gloves.

“This is my brother Loki”, Thor said shaking her hand.

“Yes we met earlier.” She smiled him.

The avengers all looked at each other curiously except Tony who sully brought Ember the bottle she had sampled.

“I thought Tony would have stopped that” Clint said, looking around

“I already said I’m sorry” Tony said.

Loki looked between two men, “For what is Stark apologizing”

“He thought Ember was 16, she’s 24” Steve supplied serving himself food.

“And that makes a difference?” Loki asked

“It means I am long since an adult and he has been reading me like a child” she downed her drink again and refilled.

Loki watched her throughout dinner, she finished the bottle of alcohol and seemed to show no sign of intoxication. She didn’t really in participate in conversation and ate sparingly as if just for show. He was intrigued by this strange creature.

-x-x-x-

Ember was caught more often skating in the hanger, and Tony stopped being so protective and controlling. Loki would often hang out in the hanger with her, sometimes skating but mostly reading. He was one of the few who would brave the cold for long periods of time.

One day when he was skating with her, “Ember, why do you always wear gloves?”

She paused and looked at her hands, “I’m cold”

He turned to stop in front of her, “Cold?”

She pulled off her glove, and held out her hand, he touched it, it was like touching ice and his fingers began to turn blue. He jerked his hand back and rubbed his fingers, “it is my understanding that mortals are not supposed to be that cold”. She looked down, “that is true” she slipped her glove back on. “However I can’t control my powers enough to warm myself. Ever since my change I have been freezing cold no matter the temperature.”

Loki looked at her as she turned melancholy, “I can’t touch anyone either, because I’ll cold enough to burn them. And no one wants to cuddle up to a block of dry ice” she chuckled sadly.

Loki knew he could fix that, while she felt cold to him, he was only reluctant to touch her because she triggered a change to his true form. He reached towards her tentatively.

“What would you do if someone could touch you?”

She paused, and thought, “I don’t know, it’s been so long... I guess I’d want a hug. I never really liked them before but you never know what you have till you loss it.” She shrugged, “but I’ll be ok” She turned to skate away when he hugged her from behind, She froze. “L-l-Loki?”

“Shhh, I can’t do much with my powers bound as they are, but this is the least I can do, as a thank you for how kind you have been to me” he held her tightly, his change slowly consuming his body. She wrapped her arms over his, and was shaking. He heard her sniff, “thank you Loki” she said before releasing his arms and stepping away and turning to Loki at him. His skin was slowly turning back to his pale normal complexion, he looked away in shame. She reached up to his face hovering an inch away, “Did I do this to you?” She seemed worried.

“No, it is simply my glamor reacting to the cold. It is a glimpse at my true form”.

“May I see it?” Wonder in her eyes.

“It is hideous”

“Let me be the. Judge of that”

He slowly dropped his glamor, and cast his now red eyes down.

“Stunning” she whispered, hands cupping his cheeks. his eyes shot up to meet hers.

“What did you just say?” His hands came up to grab her hands

“I said it’s stunning, like ocean ice on a pale morning, or snow on the mountains in the evening”. She stared up at him in awe, a smile playing around the corners of her lips. He raised his hands to her’s and pulled them away from his face. He reinstated his glamor.

“Thank you”, he whispered.

-x-x-x-

Winter came to New York, and Ember’s birthday drew close, but also the day she lost everything, well the anniversary of it. That day she didn’t leave her room, Loki noticed.

There was a knock on her door but she didn’t answer. The knock came again and while there was no answer again, he opened the door. The temperature in the room was 15 degrees lower outside. And it smelled like Ember: vanilla, honey and spice. “Ember?” He called “Ember I know your in here, I don’t know what’s wrong but I’m going to stay in here with you until I know your ok”.

He sat on the bed and opened a book, beginning to read. Occasionally he heard sniffs and quiet sobs from under the bed. After a few hours he went and got food. He set the tray on the bed side table, and knelt to look under the bed.

“Ember come on you must eat” he drew her out from under the bed and sat her next to him on the bed. “I brought the meal you described to me last week, the tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich. I also brought pie” she smiled sadly at him and began to eat. He slowly rubbed her back and petted her hair. Knowing how much she craved physical touch.

“Let me help you little one”

“I’m fine Loki” she set aside he empty dishes and curled up on the bed.

“Obviously not if you are enduring such sorrow”

“I’ll be fine tomorrow, it’s just seven years ago today was when I lost everything. It just hits me hard today is all”

Loki drew her to his side and held her softly, “you do not need to deal with this alone”

She scoffed and tried to pull away, “oh and I should burden others with my pain, I think not”

Loki wrapped both arms around her, “have I not shared my burdens with you when I showed you my true form and told you of my struggles. Do you think I would think any less of you for doing the same? Truly I am all but begging you to”.

So they stayed like that wrapped together,as Ember told her story. Her childhood, the deaths of her parents, the cruelty of others, her change and the loss of her grandfather, her life on the run from the mercenaries who killed her grandfather the from Hydra and anti mutant groups. Through it all Loki only listened and held her. Which was what she truly needed and the tears flowed freely for the first time in years until Ember rested peacefully in Loki’s arms at rest. Home perhaps for the first time in her life. Because true family are the people we love and who love us in return.

Loki/ OFC, Avengers Assemble-esk, (I refuse to acknowledge the pain of infinity wars)

The Avengers were not happy, Thor had brought Loki back to Earth to serve out a term of service. Apparently Odin had thought that Loki would learn his lesson if he was banished to the same planet he had tried to take over, with most of his power gone. Like with Thor’s banishment he would get his powers back when he was worthy of them.

Great parenting right?!

Anyway, The avengers weren’t happy, Loki wasn’t happy, the only person pleased with the situation was Thor who was happy to both have his brother back and to spend more time on Earth. For the most part Loki just slunk around the Avengers mansion keeping out of people’s way— unless to torment them — or reading.

One day as he was trying to find a quiet place to read he happened upon a large empty hanger. When He stepped into the hanger, instantly his feet slipped out from under him. He placed his hand on the slick surface of the floor, it promptly turned blue showing his true skin. He jerked his hand away and gazed around the hanger. Seeing a figure moving quickly and smoothly around at the far end he got up, slowly gaining his balance on the slick ice that covered the floor in a thick sheet.

The figure began moving towards him, spinning making large lazy loops or fast movements. It was a woman he could tell wearing jeans, a sweater and tall boots, she was pretty her short brown hair pulled up into a tiny ponytail with bangs hanging over her face. She seemed to have— what were they called— headphones in. She hadn’t yet noticed him but when she did her gliding movements faltered for a split second before she came to a flourished stop in front of him showering him with tiny ice fragments. Loki noticed then her skin was abnormally pale almost with a blue undertone as if she was early stages of frostbite.

She took out her phone tapping the screen before pulling her headphones out, “do you need the hanger for something? Cuz I can clean up and leave if you want”

Loki liked the sound of her voice, it sounded like hot spiced cider and whiskey.

“Who are you I haven’t seen you before?”

She stuck out her hand—Loki noticed it was gloved— “I’m Ember Foxe I’m live and work here”.

“Ah one of Stark’s pets” Loki said starting to loose interest and ignoring her hand which she dropped.

“I am nobody’s pet! Who are you anyway?”

“You don’t know who I am?”

“I’ve been a bit cut off from the world” she answered cryptically

“I am Loki”

“Like the Norse god.”

“Yes”

“Awesome, now if you are not going to kick me out of the hanger I’m gunna go back to skating” when she said that Loki looked down at her feet noticing the fine blades on her boots.

“Skating?” When he asked that she laughed

“You’ve never skated before I thought you said you were from Scandinavia”

“No”

she smirked, “Would you like to learn?”

“Sure” he was very curious at this point

“Ok I'm guessing you don’t have skates” she looked up at him for conformation and he shook his head, “ok just don’t be alarmed”

She took off her gloves and got down on one knee in front of him, reaching out her hands she touched his boots. “This is one of the first things I learned how to do, I hope you don’t mind a little cold” thin sheets of ice covered his boots and moved down ending in thin blades similar into hers. He suddenly felt very unstable, as she stood.

“Now I’m going to smooth the ice it will be easier for you if it’s clean, stay there”.

She skated backwards for a few feet before bending and touching the ice with her fingertips and the lines from her passing disappeared. She replaced her gloves and skated back towards him.

“Ok give me your hands”

“What” Loki was a little incredulous

“Give me your hands I’m going to teach you the basic principle. It is easier the first time if someone helps you”

“Right” he growled, she gently pulled his book from his hand and slide it towards the door seeing his gauze follow it she reassured him “don’t worry the ice is dry and won’t melt until I want it to your book will be fine” she took his hands.

“Ok now step forward onto your right foot and push off with your left one” he did and they glided a few feet she skated backwards in front of him. “Good now keep doing that but alternate feet” they made one round of the hanger.

“Do you think your getting it?” She asked as he began to feel more confident

“Yes” Loki replied

“Good I’m going to let go now”

“Alright” he was feeling very confident, right up to the moment that she let go and skated away, He wobbled.

“Now remember, movement helps with the balance if you stop you have to shift your weight to start again”

She began skating circles around him as he wobbled offering tidbits of advice. Once he nearly fell backwards but felt a finger between his shoulder blades just enough pressure to keep him upright until he gained his balance. Soon he could skate around confidently, nothing fancy like what she did but pretty good.

“You’re doing really well” she offered

“You are a good teacher” he said losing his armor of snark in the fun of the activity

“Well I wouldn’t say that the last person I taught fell a lot and took me down with her a couple times cracked one of my ribs” she laughed

“How inconsiderate of her”

“Nah it was fine, she just wasn’t as graceful as you”

“Thank you”

Just then a voice called out across the hanger, “Ember get over here”,

It was Mr. Stark,

“Coming Mr. Stark” She turned and skated to the door where Tony stood, arms crossed glowering. Loki slowed to a stop then the ice disappeared and she trotted to Tony, he grabbed her and started scolding her, as he pulled her out of the hanger, but not before casting a glare over his shoulder at Loki. Loki got his book and went to sulk because the one person who had treated him kindly in the mansion would no longer after Stark talked to her.

-x-x-x-

Tony pulled Ember along,

“You need to stay away from him”

“But he’s kind to me, didn’t judge me at all”, her eyes were big. “Can you stop pulling my arm”

He didn’t let go nor did he stop pulling, “I don’t are how he treated you Ember, he is a villain and if you want to keep your place here and my protection you’ll stay away from him.”

She looked down, “yes Mr. Stark”

“And what have I told you about using your powers so frivolously”

“I’m sorry Mr. Stark I just missed skating”

“Boo fricken ho! Kid keep your power to yourself and keep your head down. Now I need you to clean the lab.” He stopped at the door to his lab and opened the door to her. Once she entered he closed the door and left.

-x-x-x-

As Ember cleaned the lab all alone, she began to wonder about Loki and what Tony had said. She had been isolated along time, didn’t know what Loki had done to earn Tony’s anger but he didn’t seem like such a bad guy. But while Ember wanted to judge Loki by he actions word her instead of what others said, she couldn’t loose this place to stay, if she did she would be on the streets again, on the run from Hydra. The irony of Loki calling her Tony’s pet hit her as she wasn’t plowed to do anything without Tony’s permission nor was she allowed to leave the mansion. Totally dependent on Tony’s beck and call and not allowed to interact with anyone. She decided she would stand up for herself, in a situation he couldn’t dismiss her.. Once she had finished cleaning. She went to her room, and crawled into the space under her bed. The tightness of the space, and the darkness comforted her, being hidden and the fact that no one could sneak up behind her eventually lulling her to sleep.

With sleep came dreams, not the dreams a young woman should have of expensive presents, attractive suitors and success in a chosen field, or even the strange Alice and wonderland-esk dreams that those with strong imaginations enjoy. No, these were nightmares of painful memory.

-x-x-x- dream (7 years prior)

“Look at the creep, god what a loner”

“I heard her parents were so disappointed with her they killed themselves”

“That’s just cruel Ales”

“Yeah not cool Ales”

“What, you guys are just as mean”

“But joking about her parents is just wrong”

“Whatever”

Ember heard the girls on the other side of the hall talking about her, she couldn’t wait to be done with high school and it’s pathetic drama, the hierarchy which would disintegrate after graduation in two weeks. Yeah maybe she was different, wore black almost exclusively, and didn’t have any friends at school, but that didn’t mean she was a freak. She just worked at the ice rink her grandpa owned and knew there were bigger things in the world than high school. Ember also knew how her parents really died. They had been in the military, mom in the air force, dad in the marines and both died in combat. She was proud her parents fought. Her grandpa had made sure she knew why and what they were fighting for.

Dream shift to the next December

It was cold and snowy, just slushy enough that the roads were wet and slick but the rivers and ponds not frozen over. Ember was running with her head phones in, just when she got to a bridge, a car spun out of control the back end spinning around and hitting her sending her flying over the side of the bridge into the water below. The water was cold and dark stealing’s her warmth. She could barely see the grey light of the day between the chunks of ice on the surface of the water. Desperately she tried to reach it but the current quickened by the melted snow of the day pulled her under into the darkness.

That night the river froze and Ember’s body with it, but she did not die. The cold awakened a latent mutant gene in her DNA, causing her to change. When she broke through the ice the next morning, she was miles from Home, down river. Her phone was long since dead and water logged and it seamed as if there was no warmth left in the world for her as she trudged up river in the direction of her home. It took her four hours of walking and constant shivering to make it to a town. Her long hair had frozen stiff and her skin had lost all color. When she got to the ER, the nurses jumped to help her when she said she had fallen in the river and one was kind enough to let her use a phone to call her grandpa.

He didn’t answer the first call nor the second, nor the third. On the fourth call, a man picked up the phone, “hello”

“Grandpa! I need you to come get me I’m in (sometown) at the ER”

“Who is this?”

“Wait who is this why do you have grandpa’s phone”

Chuckles “so you’re old Davie’s Grandkid huh, knew he’d gone soft.look kid your grandpappy isn’t worth shit and just got what was coming to him. If you know what’s good for you you won’t come home. Just run, run, run, because revenge extends to Davie’s family as well. And I’d hate to rough up a cute kid like you.”

The line went dead. And a line of ice crept up the IV line until it was completely frozen.

-x-x-x- end dreams

Rift sequal: DC/Marvel crossover of my own design with OFC. OFC is Ember Allen, sister of Barry Allen

Rift Part 1

Tony x Pepper, Possible Loki x OFC idk yet

When Tony was heading back into the Avengers Tower with some Chimichangas he had bought for Ember. He didn’t know why she liked them so much but whenever he got them for her she just snickered and whispered “did someone say chimichanga?” before breaking into giggles. Anyway, when Tony got back into the tower, he noticed a slight vibration, Thor approached him.

“Stark, what is going on? The tower shook as if from a great attack. Captain said that you were in your lab, but I find you here, with *sniff* food”

“No, no attack and I’m not in my lab, Ember is though and the food is for her”

“Ahh, Lady Ember, I would accompany you to see her, COME BROTHER” he turned to Loki who was training behind him.

“Wait wait wait, what is horns doing here?” Tony pointed at Loki.

“The Allfather decided it would be a good practice in humility for his to spend some time among the people he tried to concur. Do not worry Stark his magic has been bound”

Tony glared at Loki one more time and opened his mouth to object when a worse tremor spread throughout the tower. Nearly knocking Tony off his feet.

“F.R.I.D.A.Y. where did that come from?”

“Ember’s lab, boss, I am picking up huge amounts of unknown energy although it shows similar properties to the tesseract”.

Tony took off running towards the stairs, Thor and Loki close behind. When they got to the door of Ember’s Lab it was dented and looked jammed. Tony pressed the intercom, “Ember? Ember are you ok?”

A male voice answered in a smooth British accent, “I’m sorry Mr. Stark, but Ember cannot hear you. The speakers within her lab were damaged. She is however fine”.

“Open the door Phillip”

“I’m sorry, she has not given me permission to do that yet”

“OPEN THE DAMN DOOR PHILLIP”, Tony shouted. His outburst caused Thor and Loki to glance at each other.

“Hmmm No”, Phillip replied, personality dripping from his voice. There was a pause filled with only Tony’s heavy breathing. Before Phillip’s voice filled the air again, “My apologies you may go in now”, and the sound of bolts being released in the door came before Tony wrenched it open.

The Lab looked awful, but not as bad as Tony expected. There was a slight breeze and what almost looked like orange lightning for a split second before Tony saw Ember sitting in her chair staring at some cracked computer screens. She looked up, “Is that food? I smell food”

“Ember are you alright?” Tony surveyed the lab suspiciously

“Yes I’m fine, Tony, will be great once I eat”

Tony stared at her dumbfounded then his gaze shifted to the smear of blood on the wall behind her. “Eating doesn’t heal head injuries” he muttered numbly. Thor and Loki filed into the room gazing around.

“What head injury, Tony? I said I’m fine” Ember said cocking her head.

“What is this?” Loki asked lifting a device from a dented table.

“Don’t touch that”, Ember jumped up “It’s delicate”

“I could hardly do more damage than has already been done love” Loki said but set it down before turning his attention to other things and Tony distracted Ember again.

“Damn it Ember there is blood on the wall and the back of your head, you have obviously been injured I’m taking you to the Med Bay Now”

“No Im fine Tony” Ember began insisting when she was interrupted by Loki again.

“Know this is interesting” He held up a shard that must have broken off her tesseract fragment. The suddenly it was gone from his hand and almost as if by magic Ember shifted positions in a split second going from standing beside the table to in the doorway few things having shifted around the lab and that strange orange lighting crackling ever so slightly in her eyes.

“What’s interesting?” She asked casually her hair no longer matted with blood and her cloths straightened.

Loki’s eyes were wide as were Tony’s and Thor was completely dumbfounded.

“W…weren’t you just by the table?” Tony asked still in shock.

“Yes then I walked to the door, you were taking me to the Med Bay remember? Are you sure I was the one who hit my head, you seem a little slow today Tony”

Thor and Tony followed her out of the room, confused but simply relieved she seemed alright. Loki however as the God of Lies could sense the mischief in her words and was determined to find out her secret. If only for curiosities sake. Or that what he told himself as he followed the group from the room. The door closing and locking on its own behind them.

I’m feeling adventurous and bold so #DCMarvelCrossover

No real pairings maybe some Tony x Pepper. I’m just playing around with this, cleaning up some old stuff. Speedster OFC, Speedforce user, Universe Jumper, Berry has a twin sister

…

Working for the Avengers as a Lab tech, perfectly fitted Ember’s Personality. Not only was she incredibly smart (seemed to learn things faster than Dr. Strange) But she was also good with her hands and Got along well with all the Avengers. She worked most closely with Tony Stark and Peter Parker, especially after the Hulk disappeared.

One day, while Peter was at school, Tony and Ember were working on a new design for the Quinn Jet when Pepper called Tony away to deal with some company paperwork and a quickly (they were on good terms at the moment).

“Sorry Kid” Tony said walking out of the Lab, “Maybe you should head to your lab for a while, we’ll pick this back up when I get back”

“Yeah sure Tony, have some, One-on-one time with Pepper, might jar something loose in your head and you’ll be able to keep up with me and my superior intellect” The short energetic redhead teased him she picked up her tablet and followed him from the room.

Tony growled at her,” Little punk... Maybe I’ll do just that, the lab will be free with you in yours”

“Eww Don’t do it in the Lab!!!! I have to work in there, I don’t need to smell your stuff”

And with that she trotted off to the stairs, her lab being on a lower level from his.

While Tony went to work on things with Pepper. Ember was down in her own personal lab. I was different from Tony’s lab, a little messier, a lot smaller and more mad scientist. Half-finished projects littered pork tables and a big device sat center stage in a cleared out place on the floor. As soon as she entered the Lab, Ember locked the Door.

“Phillip, please inform F.R.I.D.A.Y. that I don’t wish to be disturbed then input the equations from our last breach attempt”. She told her own personal A.I. that ran her lab and personal devices.

“Of course darling” Phillip’s cool British accent answered her. Screens popping up around the device on the floor. “Do you think we will be more successful this time? The Tesseract technology does not seem to mesh well with our particular agenda.”

“I’m hoping that this new housing material will help, what’s it called again?”

“Vibranium”

“Hmmm, it’s supposed to have amazing power over frequencies and vibrations. I think Cap’s shield is an alloy of it, and we both know that doesn’t obey the laws of physics”.

“Yes, this universe seems to have no end of fascinating materials”

“So do all Universes, Phillip, imagine what the people here would think of Green Lantern?”

“Or your own speed force”

“I can still access it here though so it is not completely absent”

“True, why aren’t we using that, again?”

“We have talked about this Phillip” Ember sighed, sitting down in front of a monitor on one of her tables, and tapping information into the keyboard. “Tesseract Energy, doesn’t deplete me and I can’t open breaches like Cisco. If I open one I have to go through it. And we don’t have a particle accelerator that I can use without raising suspicions.”

“Just making sure we have thought this through, darling, Initializing start up processes.” Phillip reassured her and the machine started wurring, the ring of vibranium spinning around the tesseract shard.

“I hope all the running around you did to collect these materials is worth it”

Breach energy started building in the device as it picked up speed.

“I hope so too Phillip, I hope so too”, Ember stood and walked to a small kitchenette in the corner making some tea.

“Breach initiated placing your call”

Ember appeared in her chair, a small breeze lifting some papers. The call went through and a screen showing the main room at Star Labs came up, a little grainy but good.

“Cisco? Barry? Hello Anyone Home?”

“Ember?!!!!!!” Cisco’s Face appeared in the screen. “You’re alive?!”

“Cisco! So are you! Your hair is longer, I like it. How are things? How’s Barry?”

“Yeah, I’ve been using that Shampoo you suggested, jut deep conditioned it last night. Things are going good right now, I don’t want to Jinx anything but we are good”

“That’s great, How’s my Brother though?”

“He’s … good”, Cisco hesitated.

“Cisco! What’s wrong?” Ember chastised him, he had the grace to look a little sheepish.

“I’m mad at him right now, he destroyed the suit”

“Oh, I’m sorry Cisco. I bet the new one is even better though right” she tried to cheer him up.

“Yes it is, it’s awesome, even better than the first one”

“I’m glad” Ember looked a Little sad for a moment though. “So he’s not at the Lab?”

“No, he’s in Star City with Oliver”

“Oh” the sad look deepened and she pulled up a screen to check how much longer the breach would last. “I don’t suppose to can boost my stream so I can talk to him?” a hopeful puppy look sliding onto her face, one she knew Cisco couldn’t resist.

“Of course” He said his attention switching to another screen. “How is Phillip doing?” Cisco had helped Ember develop Phillip and always asked after he’s progress.

“I am doing, well Mr. Ramon” Phillip said, “I do miss being entirely unique though”

“My Boss has an A.I. that runs thing for him”, Ember explained.

“Aww I’m sorry Phil”, Cisco commiserated with Phillip. “Here I’m patching you through to the Arrow Cave now”.

“Thanks Cisco”

The screen went blank for a moment then Felicity’s face showed up with Barry standing right behind her, the mask and cowl of his suit down. Both were wearing huge grins.

“Hey Felicity, Twinzy” Ember greeted Felicity and her twin brother.

“Wait, your twins?!” Felicity asked in her usual oblivious manner. Barry and Ember laughed.

“Yes” Barry nudged Felicity “can I talk to my sister please?”

“Of course” she beamed at him and sat for a moment, “Oh, you mean with me out of the picture.” She got up. Barry sat in her seat after thanking her.

“So how long do we have to talk?” he asked softly. Ember flicked between some screens.

“About 10 minutes, if my calculations are correct and my materials hold up”

Barry nodded, and just gazed at her for a moment.

“When are you coming home Sis?” this caused her so sigh.

“I don’t know, with you and Wally and new speedsters popping up all the time… You don’t really need me there” she rubbed her face and Barry’s eyes turned sad, “there are a lot of super’s here, a lot of different kinds of supers, but here I am utterly unique”

“I understand, Ember, but I miss you, Cisco missed you”, “I miss you”, Ember could hear Felicity yelling in the background before Oliver shushed her. The twin speedsters shared a smile over that before Barry continued, “take the time you need but Ember, come back home, when your ready ok?”

“Yeah, ok” Ember said. An Alarm went off and she looked at her other screen, “that’s not right”

“What’s wrong?” Barry asked worriedly

“Some of my material are failing I’m going to have to sign off early. Don’t worry ill call back once I get everything sorted, might be a while before I get new materials though, love you”

“Love you too, Ember, Bye”

“Bye” Ember ended the call and started typing wildly. “Shut it down Phillip”

“I’m trying Love but there is too much excess energy”

“Can you syphon it off?”

“Trying, but it seems to want to release it violently, you might want to take cover”

“Shut down power access to the shard and try to add dampening vibrations to the Vibranium”.

A Shock wave of vibrations blasted forth from the device, knocking Ember from her chair and to the ground. She quickly scrambled up but as she was righting her chair attention glued to the screens again, another more powerful wave emanated from and destroyed the device. The wave threw Ember across the room, her head and shoulder impacting the hard concrete wall. A streak of blood followed her as she slid down the wall. She lay there dazed for a full 5 minutes before standing and surveying the wreckage around her. Tables were upended and many of her in-progress projects now probably unsalvageable. The ballistic glass cases of her finished projects and Phillip’s systems, seemed to have done their job but were now spider webbed with cracks. Ember gripped her shoulder, wincing.

“Phillip, you there?”

“As always love” came his voice from her pocket. She pulled her phone out.

“I take it the speakers are on in the room?”

“Yes, however I am still connected to Starks mainframe”.

“Good, Any damage to the rest of the Tower?”

“No, however they did feel both tremors and any of the team are at your door begging entry”

Continuation: Mr. Gold x OFC

Now what many people think of foxes is that they are cute sweet little creatures that might get into your hen house on occasion. If you are from japan you will think they are clever mischievous creatures not to be trusted, to the northern native Americans they are still clever and mischievous but they are givers of knowledge as well. To the Norse they will lead you to treasure.

Some characteristics of all the mythologies were evident in Ember’s life. She was small and cute, seemed timid, was very clever and mischievous, loyal only to her self and Mr. Gold, she was very smart, and had her own sort of magic that not only protected her from the curse but gave her good luck in finding treasures wether she was exploring the forest, as she was want to do, or local shops.

Her house spoke much of this, A small little house in the woods given to her by Mr. Gold. Filled to the brim with books as trinkets and fine things. Her bed was in the attic just a mattress on the floor but mounded High with blankets and pillows. Books stood in teetering stacks and filled up bookshelves all throughout the house.

There she sat in her house in a high backed arm chair that looked a lot like a throne. Her legs tucked under her, sewing bright buttons onto a beautiful old jacket she had just found at a thrift store. It was a beautiful chocolate brown color cut like a Victorian men’s jacket but tailored for her. When a knock sounded on her door.

“Come in Mr. Gold” she called, snipping the red thread she was working with.

“How did you know it was me?” Mr Gold asked as he entered closing the door behind him and coming to sit opposite her in a still comfortable but less grand arm chair.

“You are the only one who ever visits me Mr. Gold”, she puts aside her needle and thread, as a kettle on the stove starts to whistle “and I was expecting you”. She starts to make tea for the both of them. “You are here because I purchased a watch at the antique store next town over. And you would like a look at it”. She set his tea on the table beside him with a cookie.

“You are quite right my dear I would”.

He smiled as she handed a large pocket watch over to him.

“You left town?” He asked casually looking over the watch, it was the white rabbit’s watch, Mr. Gold could see that, and Ember knew it but wasn’t going to let him know she knew.

“I leave town all the time Mr. Gold. I don’t understand why everyone is afraid to. There is a whole dimension of treasures out there” she took a sip of her tea, Mr. Gold regarded her closely.

“Sometimes you sound like know more than you do” he said cryptically.

“So do you Mr. Gold, so do you.” She stood from her chair again going to a bookshelf and pondering the titles, “so would you like the watch? I was thinking it’s worth about three months rent monetary value. To someone sentimental enough maybe more but to me it’s three months rent”

Gold chuckled and slipped the watch in his pocket, “sounds fair, so you have and agreement drawn up?”

She nodded, “Its on the desk”

Gold moved over and signed it, “your learning” he said before noticing her open journal on her desk. He touched the page, a drawing of his castle in the enchanted forest, and a list of potion ingredients on one side, on the other a timeline of the time he had known her. From her first deal with him till now. “So you have figured it out” he said his voice different.

“Figured what out?” She asked turning to face him, Clever eyes gleaming with untold secrets.

“Regina’s plan” she followed his arm down to her journal and sighed.

“Always knew, granted I was a little confused in the beginning, but my mind soon cleared” she straightened and her tone grew more confident and knowing like it had been in the old days.

“You never told me”

“Why should I? The whole town doesn’t remember, if Regina knew that I know I would be on her hit list... well I already am from before but I would be on her active hit list. I don’t need her attention. It would make it harder for me to find my treasures”.

She grinned that knowing grin that lets you know that someone knows more than they should about something or other and isn’t afraid to use it. Mr. Gold returned the smile and picked up his things.

“I will see you Monday in the shop per usual Ms. Foxe” He said as a Good bye.

“Of course, Mr. Gold, I wouldn’t miss it for the world”

“I know you better than that dearey you would miss anything for the world” Gold said as he left, closing the door behind him so that he just missed Ember’s parting comment of,

Mr. Gold x OFC

“I need to speak to your Boss” the mayor fairly shouted at Mr. Gold’s employee, after bursting through the door and banging it behind her.

“Mr. Gold isn’t in right now but if you care to wait I’m sure he will be back shortly”, was the quiet calm reply from the short young woman behind the counter.

“Fine” Ragina humphed and stood impatiently, tapping her foot. The young woman eyed her with a unnoticed mischievous look that was quickly concealed behind a mask of timidity.

“Is there anything you would like to purchase while you wait Madam Mayor? There are several items here that might interest you perhaps”

“Oh like what?”

The girl behind the counter slipped off her stool and moved behind a display case holding fancy pens, she opened it and took out one in particular,

“This pen was used to sign an order by Lenin to kill the Royal family, you could use it to sigh your paperwork as mayor, fits you per.....”

“Ember! What have I told you about leaving the back room So messy, go clean it!”

“Yes Mr Gold” she quickly put away the pen and scurried into the back room, darting past him as he stood in the curtained doorway.

“I apologize for your wait” he moved behind the register, “now how can I help you with madam mayor?” He asked with one of his crocodile like smiles.

...

Ember heard the door shut behind Regina and Gold shifted the curtain aside before calling to her, “your done for the day, go explore or something”

“Yes Ru... Mr Gold”

She picked up her thinks and headed to her apartment not far from the shop. Once there she dropped her things and went to her work table.

Unbeknownst to Regina and even Mr. Gold, Ember remembered the enchanted forest. There she had been Mr. Gold’s servant having made a deal with Rumpelstiltskin.

The deal was he heal her of a mortal injury and she serve him for as long as he needed her. Simple really, work hard live for a really long time. She could play the part people expected from her, timidity. Because of her small stature, people rarely took her seriously. The only thing they saw remarkable about her was her bright red hair and perfect pale skin. They didn’t take the time to see past that to the mischievous clever person beneath. Ember Foxe was just as her name implies, a fox. Rumple knew but didn’t know she still knew.

Or that she was in love with him, that secret she was determined to take to the grave.

She spent the night writing down again all she remembered of her past life. Her little ritual lest she might forget.

...

When she went into work the next day Mr. Gold was absent. It didn’t really shock Ember he often had unexpected and unexplained absences. So she got to work setting out some new merchandise and cleaning the store room before opening up the shop and sitting behind the counter with a book.

At about 11 o’clock Mr. Gold swept in.

“I don’t pay you to read”

“Works done” she didn’t even look up at him as he moved behind her looking at the book curiously.

“The Count of MonteCristo?” He asked

“It’s about a clever person, you know how I endeavor to be clever” she turned a page

“Some would argue it’s a love story, I thought you hate love stories?”

She snorted, “its hardly that, it’s about clever clever revenge and money and getting back what belongs to you.... I’d think you’d like it a lot” she turned another page

Mr. Gold gave her a small smile that Ember didn’t see. She seldom caught the smiles he bestowed only on her, not even Bell got those special smiles. He went into the back shaking his head when he saw all the work done by his little fox.

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First little bit of this one... more to come

Idk how good this is, Let me know and i may continue it, if anyone ever finds it.

Taron Egerton x OC, Jamie Dornan

OC Description:

Tall (5’10”) long Brown hair, blue/ Green eyes, skinny/ athletic build, high cheekbones, Nerdy/preppy

Scene: Airport lounge, late evening, winter.

Tally was just sitting, three hours ago she had been watching a movie, Two hours ago she had been reading, One hour ago she was playing on her phone, now she was just sitting slumped in her seat the very picture of boredom. When she had planned the flight, a Two hour layover to eat and stretch out seemed great. It would also allow for a cushion against winter delays, now she had been in the sitting area for 6 hours.

(Announcement on the intercom)

Her trans- Atlantic flight to London delayed for another hour.

She hmphed and stood up, stretching. Before looking around, no one else was there except an equally bored security guard. Tally smirked at him before digging in her bag for her tablet. Setting it up she placed it on the floor in front of her and searched through her playlist… finding the one she wanted (Queen’s Platinum album interspersed with some Imagine Dragons and Red Hot Chili Peppers) turning it up full blast she sat upside down on her seat, her bright red converse in the air kicking with the music as she played on her Nintendo Switch. She started humming with the music…. Then eventually singing softly,

“Thunder… feel the thunder (thump thump thump, her shoes on the back of the chair) Lightning and the thunder, thunder…..”

Eventually a head appeared in her line of sight an amused smirk gracing the handsome features,

               “Having Fun there?”

“Ah Eggy”, She yelped in fright dropping her Switch on her face and scrambling away, Falling on the floor. She paused her music as he laughed,

“I don’t think I have ever gotten that reaction from my face before”. He sat down across from where she had been sitting. She righted herself, collecting her things.

“Well you are bound to get that response when you sneak up on someone no matter how esthetically pleasing you are”. She was a little cold in her response, but then most people are when recently startled.

“Esthetically pleasing hmm” he cocked an eyebrow at her.

“You wouldn’t be famous for the roles you are, if you weren’t” she smirked, “can’t have an unattractive James Bond-esk character, that wouldn’t sell”

“True, but James Bond is nothing without the fans”

She smirked at him.

               “I’m Tally, by the way… no need to introduce yourself back obviously I know who you are” she said earning a smirk from Taron.

               “So where are you from, I mean you’re headed to London unless you’re in the wrong section but you sound American”, he gazed around comically.

               “Oregon, I know you’re from Wales so I can’t really shoot the question back at you”

               “I take it you’re a fan of mine?” he smirked at her

               “More like I know some of your movies and happened to watch an interview with you and Hugh Jackman, the Actors I am really a  fan of are all dead”, she waved him off a bit.

               “Oh! That’s a tad cold in’it?”

She shrugged at that, then smirked:

               “The truth is often rather frigid but that wasn’t terribly so, I just get snarky when I am bored”

He smiled at her, for that comment,

               “So what do you do?” he asked

               “Oh a bit of this and that, nothing really spectacular, you?” her eyes went mischievous with that.

               “Same” he chuckled at her, she smiled brightly a dimple appearing on her right cheek.

(Donkey Noises and buzzing) her phone went off,

               “I’m Sorry Just a sec” she pulled it out and stood walking a short distance away.

Taron slyly eavesdropped, curious:

               “Yes Lord Vader”

               …

               “No I’m still in the New York Airport”

               …

               “Yoy you can’t pin it on me it’s not my fault”

               …

               “Well I may be a fantastic Author but outside my realm I can’t control the weather”

               …

               “I’m sure if you explained it to them they would understand, brits are nicer about such things”

…

“You could just have them reschedule for tomorrow that wouldn’t throw the schedule off”

…

“So post it to social media the fans will understand, it’s not like they are Beliebers they have knowledge for the ways of the world,”

…

“I’m an Author it’s my job to be eccentric”.

…

“Good Bye, Darth…”

…

“oh whatever”

…

“Bye”

She walked back over to her seat and flopped down in her seat.

               “I’m guessing that the ring tone was prophetic?” Taron asked

               “Yup, it was my publisher stresses out about everything and blows things out of proportions, especially since the book took off”

               “So you’re an author? Anything I know?”

               “Maybe, (book Name)?”

               “Oh yeah I have that book” he pulled it out of his bag “haven’t finished it yet so don’t spoil it”

She smirked at him, holding her hand out.

               “May I see it?”

He handed it over, with a quizzical look. She flipped to the last chapter, scanning the pages.

               “So your Tally Benton huh” I though you looked familiar. She nodded and kept reading, before laughing,

               “Oh you got this one, this one is my favorite”

               “What?” Taron was very confused at this point.

               “You’re going to have to finish it to find out” she smiled at him with that same mischievous look. She moved to hand the book back.

               “Actually I really enjoy the book so could I have an autograph?” he asked looking a little sheepish.

               “Sure thing” she said pulling out a pen, “anything you want me to say in particular?”

“Naw just whatever you want”

“Ok”, she bent over the book writing.

Just then Jamie Dornan walked up, (I have no idea what Jamie Dornan is like, and he’s just in it because they are in the new Robinhood movie together)

               “Dude, the line for the Panda Express was super long plus the food court was super crowded” he plopped down next to Taron.

Tally looked up with a smirk and handed Taron his book back, putting the pen away. Jamie looked back and forth between them. Taron spoke up to introduce and explain.

               “Jamie this is Tally Benton, Tally this is Jamie Dornan, but I assume you already know who he is too?”

She cocked her head from side to side,

               “You’re the guy from Fifty Shades of Grey, Yeah?”

               “Yes” Jamie said preparing for a fan girl attack.

Tally shrugged,

               “Never saw it”

Just then the intercom called first class boarding for their flight, Taron and Jamie got up right away. Tally just sat there for a sec before jumping up,

               “Oh yeah I’m first class, this is new”

Taron laughed at that,

               “Come on” he slung an arm over her shoulder pulling her along with them to the boarding area.