Tony's Inventions
T'Challa couldn't help but think how cute Tony was as he practically bounced with each step as he talks about what he has been doing without actually alluding to what he had made and leads the way to the lab. It made him want to pull the smaller man to him and cuddle him close. The only thing stopping him from doing so was years of training and wanting to honor Tony's right to choose. Even simple actions he did either with verbal permission or making sure to telegraph his actions so Tony could decline without feeling pressured to give in.
He knew the suffering he took at the hands of others, especially at the hands of those he trusted. While he wouldn't voice it outloud, he feared even Pepper, Rhodey, and even JARVIS forgot Tony had autonomy and things should be done with his consent. He also found it funny how Pepper kept requiring his signature on things, when as head CEO she could sign. He also didn't like her tendency to talk down to him and demand more than a reasonable person could do in such a short time frame and still wonder why he lost sleep and eating. But again he wouldn't voice this. Tony had data he didn't and saw something worthy in her company.
"And so here it is." Tony gestures to some object under a cloth on a table Tony took over in the lab for his own work.
"Will you be reveling it or is that my honor?"
"Kitty cat, and all your flattery." Tony blushes a little as he pulls the cloth off with a flourish.
The item itself was a small box with an intricate design in is that seemed to blend Wakanda designs with the arc reactor hidden with in it. It looked wooden but when he touched it, T'Challa felt the familiar texture of vibranium.
"Touch the middle of the Arc with your thumb." Tony gestures to the pattern, and the prince does as told, feeling a small smooth glass beneath his finger. "It's bio scanning so it can only open for you."
"Thank you." That feature alone would allow him to secure the black panther necklace more fully when he cannot wear it. He watches as the once seem-less box light up a thin line before letting out a light pressurized sound. "You can now open the box safely. Anyone else would be dosed with a sleeping agent that acts and spread quickly if there is more than one person around."
"Very wise. Have you created such a feature for yourself?" He opens the box and sees a ring, a thin wrap bracelet, a small metal disk. "Will you demonstrate these or walk me through using them?"
Tony smirks. "Who says they aren't just regular jewelry?"
"The fact they came from you and were so delightfully secured."
"Smart man." Tony reaches over and gestures to help put the bracelet on, and he allows him, before doing the same with the ring. "The ring will send a knock out shock. Tap it twice with your thumb and will activate, and turn right back off after separating it from whatever it touched."
"And it will not conduct into me?"
"Nah. You're good unless you touch yourself with it." He motions for T'Challa to use in, and so he taps the back of the ring twice before touching it to a nearby create and watching it get shocked. "Good. Now rub your thumb across the back and follow the path of your fingers." When he does the ring turns into brass knuckles around his four fingers. "Squeeze twice and it will give a shock like that too. Rub the top and it will return to its ring form."
"This is amazing. And in such a small item. I do hope you made one for yourself." T'Challa didn't know why he was so surprised by what the man could do when he had access to higher level materials, and yet he was.
"Oh i did." He shows his ring, similar but with a different design. "The genius kids also have them but with different designs. I was thinking of offering them to the Dora Milaje too."
"They would love that. Though i feel training will get a lot more entertaining for awhile."
"I'd love to see that." Tony pulls on one end of the bracelet and it starts to glow as it grows and dangles down to the floor except tor the one loop around his wrist. "Pull it and it extends to about fifty feet and will wrap around anything you throw the end at. Will let you grab enemies and safe yourself from falling. Not sure if it will lie under the suit or not though when its deployed. Let out?" Tony looks up at him with an adorable confused look as he tries to figure out the right words.
"Either works." T'Challa gently tosses it so it will wrap around Tony's waist and pulls the man ever closer, barely an inch between them. "Thank you, Anthony. Thank you for caring for my safety. They are as wonderful as you are."
He would have said more, but they heard someone entering the room.