NOTES: Double-drabble for the avengers100 LJ comm.

Marching To The Beat Of A Tony Stark Drum

The problem of having been hacked by Tony Stark is that your systems are never quite the same again.

The opening riffs sound vaguely familiar, but Maria can't quite place them – or work out why they're playing on the helicarrier bridge – until the doors to the bridge hiss open and Director Fury strides in right as the orchestra launches into the daunting chords of the main theme.

Fury checks as he realises what is playing over the sound system. Someone cuts off a bark of laughter. Half the techs are grinning while the other half show the appropriate initiative and scramble to work out how to turn it off. Thankfully, whoever gets hold of the system has the sense to fade it rather than turn it straight off.

"Lieutenant, remind me to wring Stark's neck the next time I see him."

She doesn't need to bite her cheek; her control is solid. But there is a ridiculous humour to the situation. "Will you need the reminder, sir?"

"Call it insurance."

Maria organises the helicarrier systems check. The techs find Stark's code and scrub it. But she walks around all day to the mental beat of the Star Wars Imperial March.

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