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"Supply and Demand" by remindmeofthe (PG)
Fandom: Doctor Who/Iron Man
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~1500 words
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remindmeofthe
Author Website: LJ fic tag
Why this must be read: Tony Stark is such a powerful and overconfident individual that it's not news to say he's at his most interesting when he's powerless. This one-shot, which follows him through the Year That Wasn't, considers what Tony (and not so much Iron Man) could do in the face of an enemy he can't defeat. Martha Jones is at her best here, and regardless of how things did or didn't go down on the Valiant, I'm pretty sure this is just what happened in between.
Tony hasn't heard from Nick Fury in months, and can only assume he's dead. Most of them are, anyway. Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Reed and Sue Richards . . . they all died within days after Saxon gave the Earth to the Toclafane. Tony himself is alive only because the suit can stand up to the best the Toclafane can throw at him.
And that's about all it can do. Tony got hold of some information about one of the Toclafane being felled by lightning, but it might as well have been a meteor strike for all the good it does him. He tried and tried in the beginning, but he couldn't find a way to let the suit harness that much energy without it either exploding or simply frying him alive inside. He gave up after Pepper and Jarvis forced him to see reason - even if he could kill a Toclafane, what difference would it make? There are too many. Billions. To say he'd be outnumbered is the understatement of the fucking millennium.
He didn't let that stop him, though. He couldn't. He just changed his methods. The space he once kept for being Iron Man and all that entailed is underground, locked up tight, secure as it gets. Converting it into a large community living space was Pepper's idea. They worked out the logistics, of getting people there safely and keeping them safe, then they put it into action. He went out in the suit and Pepper in a van, and he kept the Toclafane busy while she herded people into the vehicle. It had worked for a while - longer than Tony expected it to, really, since spraying the Toclafane down with flamethrowers wasn't the most subtle diversionary tactic in the book. He hadn't expected to avoid Saxon's attention for long. He took all the extra measures he could to protect his small group of refugees, and Pepper, too, as much as she would allow at least.
It turned out he didn't have to. One day there was a broadcast, with Saxon looking into the camera and saying Tony's name as though they were speaking face-to-face. He smilingly praised Tony's courage and ingenuity, then said, "I think that deserves something, don't you?"
Supply and Demand
Pairing: Gen
Length: ~1500 words
Author on LJ:
remindmeoftheAuthor Website: LJ fic tag
Why this must be read: Tony Stark is such a powerful and overconfident individual that it's not news to say he's at his most interesting when he's powerless. This one-shot, which follows him through the Year That Wasn't, considers what Tony (and not so much Iron Man) could do in the face of an enemy he can't defeat. Martha Jones is at her best here, and regardless of how things did or didn't go down on the Valiant, I'm pretty sure this is just what happened in between.
Tony hasn't heard from Nick Fury in months, and can only assume he's dead. Most of them are, anyway. Bruce Banner, Peter Parker, Reed and Sue Richards . . . they all died within days after Saxon gave the Earth to the Toclafane. Tony himself is alive only because the suit can stand up to the best the Toclafane can throw at him.
And that's about all it can do. Tony got hold of some information about one of the Toclafane being felled by lightning, but it might as well have been a meteor strike for all the good it does him. He tried and tried in the beginning, but he couldn't find a way to let the suit harness that much energy without it either exploding or simply frying him alive inside. He gave up after Pepper and Jarvis forced him to see reason - even if he could kill a Toclafane, what difference would it make? There are too many. Billions. To say he'd be outnumbered is the understatement of the fucking millennium.
He didn't let that stop him, though. He couldn't. He just changed his methods. The space he once kept for being Iron Man and all that entailed is underground, locked up tight, secure as it gets. Converting it into a large community living space was Pepper's idea. They worked out the logistics, of getting people there safely and keeping them safe, then they put it into action. He went out in the suit and Pepper in a van, and he kept the Toclafane busy while she herded people into the vehicle. It had worked for a while - longer than Tony expected it to, really, since spraying the Toclafane down with flamethrowers wasn't the most subtle diversionary tactic in the book. He hadn't expected to avoid Saxon's attention for long. He took all the extra measures he could to protect his small group of refugees, and Pepper, too, as much as she would allow at least.
It turned out he didn't have to. One day there was a broadcast, with Saxon looking into the camera and saying Tony's name as though they were speaking face-to-face. He smilingly praised Tony's courage and ingenuity, then said, "I think that deserves something, don't you?"
Supply and Demand
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