#matchmaker dum-e

For: @winterirondiscord​ Dum-E Appreciation Hebdomad 2020 - day 4: word day @tonystarkbingo​ - 3096 - T3: matchmaker (fill details below cut)

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Something is wrong with TON-E.

TON-E is in the workshop, at his workbench, but he’s not working.

TON-E sighs and makes a frowny face. TON-E is sad?

Sad!Tony needs fixing. How?

STE-V makes sad!TON-E happy 60% of the time. 40% of the time, STE-V makes sad!TON-E angry… but still not sad.

Wait. TON-E is fiddling with STE-V’s damaged glove. Ahh, TON-E is not just sad, TON-E is pining.

TON-E needs STE-V!

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Something is wrong with STE-V

STE-V is in his drawing-room, with his drawing pad, but he’s not drawing.

STE-V sighs and makes a frowny face. STE-V is sad?

Sad!STE-V needs fixing. How?

Sad!TON-E and sad!STE-V makes not-sad 30% of the time. 70% of the time, they make angry and/or more-sad. Not acceptable.

Wait. STE-V is looking at sketch of TON-E. Ahh, STE-V is not just sad, STE-V is pining.

STE-V needs TON-E!

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Pining!TON-E and pining!STE-V can make more-sad, angry, embarrassed, frustrated, more-pining, not-sad, flustered, shy, happy, excited, enthusiastic, very-happy…

(Pining!TON-E and pining!STE-V can make spectators exasperated, fond, amused…)

Worth a try..

Hi Dum-e. I’m not really in the mood to play right no- hey! Dum-e, put me down! What… where are you taking me? Don’t you da-

Hey Dum-e I wondered where you’d gon- Steve?! What are you doing here?

I don’t know, ask him!

Deliver Pining!STE-V to pining!TON-E: success.

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Well, while you’re here… look, I didn’t mean to yell earlier. It was just… I know you were relying on me to shut down those robots, but you were in trouble and I almost didn’t get there in time.

Nono, you were right, I do trust you to know your abilities. And what I should have said was ‘thank you’. But when I saw you take the hit… and you took so long to get up again…

I guess that’s one of the risks of the job. One of the reasons why I run around in a reinforced gold-titanium suit of armour; not spangly lycra like some people.

Hey that’s a breaking-edge, precision formulated, armoured kevlar-lycra blend!

Yeah, thanks to yours truly. Without me, you’d still be running around in nothing more protective than tights and a onesie.

Ah, so you changed the fabric but not the fit?

Well you seem to enjoy showing off so much…

Fix sad!TON-E and sad!STE-V: success

Hey, the others ordered post-mission Thai but I wasn’t really interested, so… wanna go get pizza?

You know what? Sure.

Fix pining!TON-E and pining!STE-V: TBD