Imagine This

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Iron Man Crossover (Self-Made Hero)
Summary: Xander recruits Ms. Calendar and Willow for Project Imagine.
Word Count: 560
Rating: Gen

           It’s a shock when Xander waits after class for Miss Calendar, even more so because he’s not actually in her class.  He’d been getting weird looks from Willow the entire class period.
           “What did you want, Xander?” Jenny asks once all students but Willow have filed out.
           He hesitates, and the brief look of disgust that comes over Willow’s face makes her worry.
           He sees her expression and quickly flicks his gaze to Willow’s, and whatever he sees there makes him actually chuckle.  “Eww.  I mean…not.  That’s rude.  But you’re Giles’ girl, only, which, did I mention, super neat?  But the last teacher I had a crush on turned out to be a preying mantis demon that wanted to eat me, so call my teacher kink completely and utterly retired.  No, I just.”  He walks to the door and closes it, giving the two women time to get over their embarrassment.  And probably because he’s worried about saying whatever this is when anyone can walk past, which is a kind of subtlety Jenny has yet to see from any of the so-called Scoobies and certainly hadn’t expected from Xander.
           “Okay, here it is, cards on the table.  You knew about the whole Ethan Rayne Halloween thing, right?”  He barely gives her time to nod before he barrels on.  “Okay, Tony Stark.  Multiple Tony Starks, actually, in my brain.  I am going nuts without the internet or working smartphones or anything else.  I’m seriously going into withdrawal.  So, priorities, jumpstart computer development before I lose my mind and go full supervillain out of insanity.  Given the grand scale of this miracle I’m asking for, I probably need to incorporate a few magical touches, which is where you come in.  I’ve got a little memory-type experience from one of the Tonys about integrating magic and science but it’s theoretical comic-booky knowledge, and I know it doesn’t exactly work as intended because I tried it when the disclaimer said ‘do not try this at home’.  So.”
           Willow looks unhappy, but it actually takes Jenny a few moments to actually parse the wall of words.  At which point she blinks, disapproving for a reason she’ll figure out later.
           “You want to…what?” she asks.
           “Imagine being able to just type a phrase you don’t know in and the computer will explain it to you.  Imagine being able to connect to people all over the world with just a few taps of keys.  Imagine a platform full of cute kitty videos to make a bad day better.  Imagine being able to buy things with your computer without leaving your house.  Imagine being able to play games with people all over the world.”
           He pauses when he sees Jenny and Willow staring at him with wide, anticipatory eyes.
           He smirks, holding his hands up, engaging Salesman Mode.  “Imagine being able to call someone and see them talk in real time.  Imagine being able to access all of this from something you can hold in your hand.”
           “I’ll help,” Willow instantly volunteers.  “As long as I get one.”
           “Deal.”  He turns to Jenny.
           “I’ll see what I can do.”  One of them has to be realistic, even if that mainly involves acting as the semi-mature adult.
           “Hey, what else could I ask for?” he asks, grinning in a way that wouldn’t be entirely out of place on TV.