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Japan, Fukushima
Terrifying sirens rang throughout the area. People ran on foot or in their vehicles to high grounds. Yet, unaware, the tsunami wasn't the only danger looming over their lives. Inside the Fukushima power plant, the earthquake and then a 15-meter tsunami disabled the power supply to the cooling systems of three reactors.
With power lost, the three reactors started to overheat. The workers had to save their lives while also ensuring the disaster wouldn't endanger the entire prefecture and beyond. Some ran away, some tried to stay indoors, and most were scared of the manmade and natural disaster that had struck them all together.
But the tsunami wave passed and ravaged the inland. An hour passed and the water receded, yet the nuclear reactor continued to run.
While the people of Japan remained unaware for some time, the wider world saw the live scenes from the Iron Guardian that had taken control of the situation on its own. Using its own Arc Reactor's energy to keep the cooling systems running and stop the meltdown from ever happening.
Soon enough, the plant workers found their metallic angel keeping the plant running. Wasting no time, they all rushed to start the repair, going as far as taking orders from the Iron Guardian in handling technical challenges.
At the same time, in Miyagi prefecture, the area worst hit by the tsunami, the Iron Guardians flew nonstop saving the people. Most people had seen Iron Man on their televisions before, but that day, to them it was nothing less than a kami.
The day the great disaster struck was the day the world saw the true miracles that tech could bring if used for good, firsthand.
Stark Industries couldn't have had a better PR event.
Tony Stark couldn't have had a better campaign boost.
While some losses still occurred, all sides gained something that day.
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A month passed since the discovery of Captain America and the Japan Earthquake. Tony poured himself into work once again, constantly upgrading his Iron Guardians. He deployed more Iron Guardians to Japan to help with the cleanup and other humanitarian needs. At the same time, he began working on an international natural disaster aid program that would act as Stark Industries' PR as well as Iron Guardians' showcase to the world.
But for now, he was busy with his new book launch. A book he had written himself with the help of Jarvis. With his face plastered on it, and the colors of the American Flag vividly teased all over it, the title was—Aiming For The Stars—A book about his opinions, his dreams, and plans for the country and the planet that were possible within the next 50 years.
For the book release, he chose to do a ribbon-cutting event for a newly constructed public library in New York, one of the biggest in the country. All sponsored by him, right in the middle of Manhattan.
"This is just wild, Mr. Stark! I can already picture Peter spending all his time here."
Tony led his event manager, May Parker, on a tour of the fiction floor of the multi-story library. The crowd was still gathering outside and the place wasn't open yet, so it was pretty much just them on the entire floor.
"I get it. Nothing beats the charm of a real book. The internet's great and all, but you can't exactly dog-ear a webpage," Tony muttered, finally coming to a stop beside a massive bookshelf. He looked at her mature, oval face with a mischievous smirk. He liked teasing her, looking at her almost innocent eyes beyond those large metal-framed glasses. "I bet you'd love this section too."
"Hm? Why thi…" May turned to look at the bookshelf and froze instantly. It was the titles of the books that did a number on her.
"Don't you just love these?" Tony quipped as he slid in beside her, casually shouldering up. He pulled one of the books from the shelf with a grin. "Ah, 'Billionaire CEO's Secret'—what a page-turner. I think I saw this one on your coffee table."
He put the book back and skimmed through some more names. "The Priest? Interesting name. Oh, and 'Slow Corruption'—I've seen this one before. Isn't it about a rich guy charming a newbie recruit?"
Kinda cute. He chuckled at her flushed face.
May didn't say anything. Too embarrassed at her fantasies and choice of books.
"I…" She tried to say something but felt too ashamed. "It's just…"
"I like them." Tony flashed a smirk and leaned in a bit, breaking the ice. "Kinda exciting, you know? I mean, I'm a billionaire and I'd kill to have lives as spicy as some of these bastards."
"Oh, come on. You HAVE a life far more exciting than these fictional men." She looked dead into his eyes. "You're THE Iron Man."
"But not in the ways they have." He responded in a heartbeat.
May moved her face as if wanting to say something but stopped midway. She looked at him in a little confusion. "What do you… mean?"
"Seriously? You've read those books and you still want me to say it?"
May blushed and touched her face, hiding her big smile under her palm. It was too embarrassing, and a little exciting at the same time. For so long she had thought about that night in her apartment. To this day she still had dreams of it since it felt like a scene straight out of fantasy.
Tony Stark, the Iron Man, who likely had access to every Miss World and Miss Universe in the world, somehow felt interested in her.
"Tony, my life's as plain as a cup of tea—just your everyday working gal with a teenager in tow. The books. They're the zest that spices up my dull days. And, well…" She gathered some courage to say it. "That night was the most thrilling thing that's happened to me in ages."
What's happened to you, Tony? Why are you attracted to middle-aged women? He asked himself. But looking at May's face, and the body that he remembered from that night, he lost.
Does that even matter? She's… fascinating.
"It was fun indeed," Tony said and suddenly made a move. He stepped closer to May and placed one hand on her waist, pushing her unbuttoned blazer into the flesh of her slender curve. He peered at her face, and then at her chest making out a significant bulge on her orange tank top. "'He suddenly stepped closer and grabbed her waist before pushing her against the wall.'"
"What?"
Leaving May utterly confused, Tony did just as he had said and pushed her against the large bookshelf. He pressed onto her body, one knee already splitting her feet and pressing between her legs. His face slowly lowered to hers utterly shocked one.
"'Their eyes locked as if eons worth of desire was in control. His hand held tighter around her waist and the other one pinched below her chin, lifting her face to ready her for what was to come—a deep, sensual kiss.'"
Tony kissed May at that moment. He hadn't really planned to do this to her on such a day. But once he saw her again he just made up his mind. He wanted her, and he wanted her close. Pulling her flesh against him so that she could fully feel the hot pressure of his restrained erection pressing into her belly.
His lips were on hers, insistent and hot, slanting over her mouth and forcing it open. His tongue swept through the heated interior, dragging over the roof. He kissed her with a gentle passion, something he rarely felt like doing. But he knew she was the kind of woman who wanted it that way; Going slow and steady before releasing her inner, fiery desires. He wondered if teasing her with her spicy dreams would be a good thing or a bad thing.
But May responded in kind, holding on by his shoulders as her knees weakened. With a slight smile on his lips as they kissed he moved the kiss to her neck, making her breath fill with muffled hums of enjoyment and her head clogged with his taste.
Tony's hands pulled down her blazer from her shoulder, letting it land on the side. Then, his fingers opened the button of her jeans and then the zipper, dancing lightly along the pale skin of her lower stomach.
He pushed one hand inside her pants, and then panties, and curved his finger to her warm, damp entrance.
Tony broke the kiss and stared at her face in pure lust. "'He was overbearing, his hand already between her most sensitive walls. His hungry gaze screamed of desire, and she knew she was being drawn into it. His rough fingers, his warm body against hers, he wanted her whole.'"
"The book!" May exclaimed all of a sudden. The passage was from the book she had been reading that night. "You…"
"Good. You know the plot." Tony lowered his face to the side of her neck again. "You know what happens next."
May moaned as he bit her neck gently. At that moment, she lost herself and truly desired Tony's lips. She willingly shifted her hips forward and leaned her back on the bookshelf, laying herself open for his fingers to plunder. His breath was hot against her neck, tickling the tender skin, and she closed her eyes.
"'You want me'," he teased again with the dialog from the book as he noticed her posture.
"'Maybe'," May answered with the same dialog she remembered.
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