It was almost as bad for Tony. Aldrich Killian held Pepper over his head. Taunting him and reminding him that he was just a man with a tin can. That he was something with things to lose. Between the machines and improvements and nightmares of New York - it was pretty easy to forget.
So when she opened the door and hugged him - he could feel the organ beneath where his arc reactor was race. "I did, I couldn't find a giant rabbit - I don't think they make them that size in Nevada."
He set the flowers down on a table quickly, before resuming the hug. Hooking her waist with his arm and pulling her closer. Pepper was actually a little taller than him and in her heels she towered over. Tony found it both charming and infuriating.
"It is. We took Extremis out of you. I got jelly that you and Happy had surgery - so I joined you guys in the surgery club. Everybody but Rhodey got surgery. He forgot to wear pink on Wednesdays. He can't sit in the cool table anymore. No more night light."