Tony wasn’t just arrogant, he was brave too. Working with S.H.I.E.L.D. he had seen a lot in his young life and had gone through a lot more than his mom would really have wanted him to experience. [i]‘It’s good for the boy’[/i] his father would protest, [i]‘if he’s going to take over Stark Industries he needs to be tough and going through all this will make him tough.’[/i] Sure, going through all that Tony did make him tough but it really didn’t make him all that happy. It’s funny how someone can go through so much but experience so little. Real life was a blur to him and to be honest, with how much S.H.I.E.L.D. has him doing, it’s kind of a bore too.

“I’ve seen better,” He said in that blunt honesty way of his as he rose his broad shoulders in a shrug. “There’s actually an amazing club down the road that’s themed around greek times, while there’s one in that direction.” He said pointing to the other way, “That has a space age theme to it. So…” He began with a joking tone to his voice. “You go that way for togas, or that way.” His finger holding the scotch changed directions. “For skin tight spandex.” Giving a small nod with a playful smile he took a drink of his scotch and paced it down on the coaster. “But this is a nice middle ground I’d have to say, less space age but a bit more class.”

Tilting his head to one side he watched her closely with his deep brown eyes, somehow he felt as if he knew her. She looked familiar in one form or another but he couldn’t quite put his finger onto it as to why. Mentally he shrugged it off before spinning the glass gently on the coaster. “So I’m going to use what is typically used as a tacky pick up line but I really do mean it for conversation, what brings you here?” His gaze moved up from his drink to the lady across from him. Sure he may have the arrogant ways of his father but if there was one thing his mother made sure he got, it was that sometimes, [i]sometimes[/i], you shouldn’t be so arrogant; and he took a chance to think maybe this was a time when he should back of… just a tad.