Re: In the Lab: Bruce B / Pepper P
[He remembered her. Pepper wasn't sure there had been a moment she had doubted he would until she was releasing the held-breath uncertainty that he wouldn't. But he did. And he was blinking at her, and rubbing his eyes beneath the glasses and that was so Bruce that it didn't matter he was different.]
I thought you might have been so lost in your work that you forgot the basic necessities. [She pushed the fragrant package toward him, looking over the lab equipment, the visible signs of a man lost in his work. They were a collection, the Avengers. Completely incapable of practicalities, but the best minds all together in one place.
Pepper didn't think of herself as Tony's so much as she was an ever-present part of the Tower, as much as JARVIS. Certainly, the AI granted greater access to her than most barring Tony.] I thought someone ought to bring you something.