Re: Tony & Pepper
The flashes of light and craning necks didn't even register on Tony's radar. He had grown up with people staring at his every move, learned to voice his every thought, manipulated every crowd. He did it without thinking now, without even a conscious acknowledgment that people were watching. He turned his head for the crowd as they waved and shouted, but he didn't actually see any of them there. Someone could have jumped up out of the crowd in a clown suit with a board and brained him with it, and he probably wouldn't have noticed until it was far too late.
The fluttering in his chest was back, but he assumed indigestion in a fleeting thought that was immediately gone as soon as he slid behind the wheel. He glanced over at her as he hit the accelerator. "You can give me a hard time about skipping the good part later. Maybe tomorrow morning. I might be in the mood for scolding then, but right now, we're going home." It was a very, very short drive, especially since Tony drove like a maniac, barreling through the world in the obvious expectation that people would get out of his way.
He pulled into a garage that led underneath the tower, waved at the security guard and went around the barriers before pulling up in a spot by the elevator, where there were far fewer watching eyes. He didn't say a word, just turned around in the driver's seat, slid out, went around the car, and opened the door.
He did actually wait for her to gain her feet before he slid his hand low around her waist and pressed her back in another kiss, picking up right where the hard quick one left off at the restaurant and pursuing it all the way into hot and heavy. He tasted a bit like smooth butter and lemon zest, but more like himself and a metallic tinge that hung around his entire body just under the clean aftershave. Tony's bad arm clung awkwardly between them but he made up for it with his free one, which stopped being appropriate in 10.2 seconds. It went down her hip and around the curve of that green dress and the softer line of her thigh. He pulled her up into him and let out a hard breath of pure, honest lust.