(a deleted scene, because i love pepper and tony so much)
Pepper starts with "Tony, did you know you're stalking a lawyer from Hell's Kitchen?" because it's always a mistake to assume things, with Tony.
And he proves her point, because he stares at her with the confused and guilty expression that means he's recognized that she wants to talk to him about a problem but can't remember what he's done. "I'm...who? Who am I stalking?" he asks.
Pepper does not say oh tony, because that has, historically, proven less than useful. "Matthew Murdock," she says, calmly.
"Oh him," Tony says, and leers at her, cheerfully. "Did you see the ass on that guy? I don't think he's human, I remember my thirties, y'know, I didn't look like that - did you meet him? Does he like the tablet? I think it's all right for first-gen shit but I want to figure out a way to protect the screen from drops and spills, y'know, people are animals -"
She kisses him, because he looks tired and worn and jittery, and because she wants to.
"Hey," he says.
"Little much," she tells him, honestly.
"Pepper," Tony says, focused at least 50% on her and their conversation, as opposed to the 30% a minute ago: "FRIDAY analyzed all the video we had on that guy. He's going to be dead in a couple of years, this rate."
"You can't keep everyone alive," she says.
"Ye of little faith," Tony says. His mouth is smiling, but his eyes are serious, and thoughtful, and - Pepper buries her face in his shoulder. "I'll back off, though," he says, stroking her hair.
Re: that's not my name 2/5
Pepper starts with "Tony, did you know you're stalking a lawyer from Hell's Kitchen?" because it's always a mistake to assume things, with Tony.
And he proves her point, because he stares at her with the confused and guilty expression that means he's recognized that she wants to talk to him about a problem but can't remember what he's done. "I'm...who? Who am I stalking?" he asks.
Pepper does not say oh tony, because that has, historically, proven less than useful. "Matthew Murdock," she says, calmly.
"Oh him," Tony says, and leers at her, cheerfully. "Did you see the ass on that guy? I don't think he's human, I remember my thirties, y'know, I didn't look like that - did you meet him? Does he like the tablet? I think it's all right for first-gen shit but I want to figure out a way to protect the screen from drops and spills, y'know, people are animals -"
She kisses him, because he looks tired and worn and jittery, and because she wants to.
"Hey," he says.
"Little much," she tells him, honestly.
"Pepper," Tony says, focused at least 50% on her and their conversation, as opposed to the 30% a minute ago: "FRIDAY analyzed all the video we had on that guy. He's going to be dead in a couple of years, this rate."
"You can't keep everyone alive," she says.
"Ye of little faith," Tony says. His mouth is smiling, but his eyes are serious, and thoughtful, and - Pepper buries her face in his shoulder. "I'll back off, though," he says, stroking her hair.
"Thank you," she says.