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[starkingenuity]

"Will someone please tell our resident Super Soldier that he's needed on 6th?  Like...yesterday?  Okay, yesterday the Chitauri weren't attacking and Banner and I were having freeze dried blueberries on the hellicarrier, but you know what I mean, stop being so critical and literal with everything I say.  You guys suck."  Stark burst across the sky over Thor's head and the blond turned towards the archer standing next to him.  A smash of the hammer into one foe did not even cause him to look away from Barton.

"I do not understand many of the words that he speaks," the Asgardian confessed.  "He has a conversation with no one but himself."

"Thank you, Captain Obvious," Clint said, shooting a flying mercenary through the eye while he watched Thor look even more confused.  He found a new pasttime, he decided.  But, like Tony, Clint wasn't exactly sure where Steve was.  He's seen him in one of the buildings but after that--  Clint touched the side of his collar.  "Cap?"

"Earth to Captain American, come in Captain America," Tony said, piping music into the background.  There was a reason Natasha had taken out her earpiece.  "Grandpa, you asleep?"

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[starkingenuity]

"Thanks," Tony said, glancing at Steve and noting where his eyes were. It was strange to be desired for his blood. Then again, people wanted him for all sorts of other reasons. Why not his blood too? "It's the third version I've created," he said, lifting a tired arm to give the reactor a tap. "Go ahead, you're curious. Touch it. It's not going to hurt anything unless you rip it out of my chest." That made him think of Obi. His heart sank to his knees. "It's not fun to have a heart attack."

[starspangledspandex]

There were other reasons Steve was drawn to Tony but currently how he tasted was at the forefront. He couldn't really be blamed for it, could he? He just also appealed to Steve for his intelligence and good looks. It was just more difficult to convey those.

He frowned slightly at the comment and said, "No, it isn't." He shifted because he was curious and slowly reached out with one hand to feel the quiet thrum of the metal. His fingers wandered slowly to the edges and then offered, "Most people don't know you have to die before you're changed. Your heart usually gives out under the strain."

[starkingenuity]

"So you're just a regular Jesus Christ then, huh?" He knew that Steve was likely religious. Most people tended to be by some degree. That did not mean that Steve was a Bible thumper. Or that Steve really subscribed to a whole lot of what the Christian sects preached, but he felt the need to make a dig any way. It was the only way Tony could actually function.

Make a quip, piss someone off-- Even people that followed him across the country.

Well, it could be worse.

"Probably why the serum never worked again anyhow. You need a resurrecting vampire for it."

[starspangledspandex]

Steve scowled deeply at the comment. Honestly, he didn't know where religion fit in to his life now. Being like this... he just didn't know. There was a reason for it but hell if he could figure out the plan. Didn't mean he appreciated the mocking of his beliefs.

"I'm not technically alive," he replied sharply. It was kind of a sore point. "My heart beats two or three times a minute. It's only to keep my blood from congealing. I don't need to breathe. I don't have organs that will shut down."

The serum part though, he could agree with and he added, "Even SHIELD wouldn't go that far. There was no guarantee a vampire would hold to any kind of contract. It's impossible to tell if someone will be able to handle the change."