Portalocity Office, Upstate New York [Wednesday evening]

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was using every bit of the guilt-tripping ability authority his Captain America uniform gave him as he stared down the Portalocity gnome. "What do you mean, you can't make the connection to Fandom?" he asked. "I'm here every Wednesday night."

The gnome muttered something about how this sometimes happened and would the good Captain be interested in a very special weekend package to a universe without shrimp.

Steve pursed his lips. "Hold on a sec."

He picked up his phone to call home.

[OOC: For that husband of his.]

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[imafuturist]

Yeah, things had progressively gotten weirder here.

"Hey!" Tony said, sounding relieved to hear from him. "You almost here?"

[heroic_jawline]

Steve's hand reached up to rub the back of his neck. "Yeah, about that...looks like the portal's broken. Are you okay?"

[imafuturist]

Tony let out a sigh at that. "It's turning out to be one of the bad weeks," he replied.

[heroic_jawline]

"How bad?" Steve asked, immediately on alert.

[imafuturist]

"Monsters in the water and creepy hands reaching for you?" That had not been a good walk with Patriot. Let him tell you.

[heroic_jawline]

"Did they touch you?" Steve asked. "Or Patriot?"

[imafuturist]

"They got close to the dog." And him. "So he's kind of hiding under a blanket on my lap right now."

Shivering still.

[heroic_jawline]

"Ohh, that poor guy," Steve said. "How are you?"

[imafuturist]

"I'm okay," Tony promised. Missing Steve, but that was the norm. "Too much to hope for a quiet week, huh?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Probably," Steve said, blowing out a breath. "I'll keep trying to get home. So it's gotten creepy? Anything other than the hands?"

[imafuturist]

"Ash falling from the sky and all," Tony sighed, glancing out the window with a hand on Patriot's head.

[heroic_jawline]

"Is the volcano back?" Steve asked, kind of not wanting the answer.

[imafuturist]

"I don't think so?" Tony said, make a face. "But it's probably magic."

[heroic_jawline]

"Your favorite," Steve said, not without sympathy. "I'm sorry."

[imafuturist]

"At least you're safe," Tony said, tryinh to be optimistic here.

[heroic_jawline]

"But you're not," Steve fretted.

[imafuturist]

"I'll be good. I promise." Wouldn't throw himself into the line of fire or anything! If he could help it.

[heroic_jawline]

"Avengers good or actual person good?" Steve asked.

[imafuturist]

"...Avengers good." Look, you couldn't expect normal person good here!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve grinned. "Just checking to be sure you were actually being straight with me."

[imafuturist]

"I'll call if any of that changes," Tony replied, shaking his head and grinning despite himself. "Should have gone up to see you once things started to get strange."

[heroic_jawline]

"When did it start?" Steve asked. "Normally this stuff takes a week."

[imafuturist]

"Monday was strange, but nothing too bad," Tony replied. "Tuesday on has been... progressively more weird."

[heroic_jawline]

"With grabby hands."

[imafuturist]

"Hand on," Tony replied with a sigh. "I'll let you take me on a weekend trip to make up for all of this."