"Hey," Tony repeated a few more times, trying to quell that clear burst of feelings he wasn't sure what to do with and bringing his own hands up like he was sure she meant to slap him before she started apologizing. When he caught Pepper's wrists, it was to help her bring her hands to his face, see, fine, nothing new here, she could get a good slap in if she really wanted, before he reached to brush away her tears himself. "Knock that off, what do you think this is? You're going to freak somebody out doing that, you know," he said. "We're all fine, we're all here. Anthony came by, but he had to go to bed, you know, this is all a little late for him."