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Pepper Potts (Iron Man) (pepperedsnark) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-05-24 15:49:00

Entry tags:

invincible iron man, pepper potts, time warp plot

Who: Pepper Potts and Invincible Iron Man
What: Talking and hopefully no throwing down stairs
When: Last night
Where: Her house.. uh.. probably .. space house now
Warnings: Who the hell knows.

Pepper was pacing back and forth just as nervously as ever. Sure there was this whole thing in the future, but really she was more worried that she'd made a mistake. That he really was just Tony trying to be funny and get her to see him. She wanted to trust him, really she did, but after he'd not gone away the last time she told him and the whole stairs thing happened, she didn't know if she wanted to deal with it.

But it was too late for that now, he was on his way there. And so she waited impatiently for him to show up. She really hoped this wouldn't be as crap as the last time. She wasn't quite sure she'd handle this if it was all just a ploy.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-24 08:32 pm UTC (link)

With everything having gone into a futuristic space type setting, Tony couldn't drive to Pepper's apartment, so he suited up and jetted off into her direction, and with the speeds he could attain now, he made it there in less than ten minutes. When he arrived, he dropped down and landed right at the front door, then made the suit disappear, leaving him wearing what looked like a golden colored body suit that even covered his hair. He didn't have any clothing with him to cover it up, but he did pulled back the piece so his hair wouldn't be matted down.

So there he stood, looking like an Oscar and rung the doorbell.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-24 08:43 pm UTC (link)

Hearing the doorbell, Pepper let out a deep breath and then went to go and answer it and found Tony standing there looking like C-P3O (let's see how many things we can compare him to) and blinked. What in the world? "Uh.." she wasn't quite sure what to say with the new look, so she just moved aside and bewilderingly let him into her house. "Hello Mr. Stark.." she said weakly.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-24 08:56 pm UTC (link)

"Hello, Miss Potts," he said as he walked past her and headed into the main foyer of the house. "I know it's stupid to say 'it's good to see you' since I just saw you fifteen minutes before I arrived, but it is good to see you, or well a version of you." He felt kind of awkward right now given the previous conversation they'd just had. "Sorry about this," he said, waving his hand at his appearance. "Have to have it on for the suit."

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	pepperedsnark 2008-05-24 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Okay so maybe it was a totally different Tony. Not that she wanted to check and make sure and have them side by side or anything. Definitely not. She nodded a bit, "It's all right. I mean.. don't. um.. apologize.. come in.. do you want.. something to drink.. or something?" yeah she was a little nervous, or more then a little. Yeah. This really was awkward. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 07:20 am UTC (link)

"No, thank you," which are probably words she never thought she'd hear him say in her life. Tony had six years of sobriety under his belt by now, and as nervous as he was, he wasn't about to pour it down the drain, metaphorically speaking, for this moment. When Pepper was nervous, it made him a little nervous in return. "You look really good, Pepper. This place hasn't been bad for you, not saying you looked bad before because...you've always been amazingly beautiful, but..." and he realized he was rambling. He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah. Is the suit thing making you uncomfortable?"

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 07:27 am UTC (link)

Pepper did kind of blink at him a little when he said he didn't want a drink. He didn't? Wow. She was kind of impressed. She just nodded a bit and pushed her hair back. "You're kidding right? I mean.. it's not.." she let out a breath, "I'm ... an actress here apparently? I make movies.. uh.. I guess I have to look.. okay.." he had called her beautiful, and she blushed just a little. "Ah.. no, it's fine. Can you... take it off though? Or I mean, is it.. stuck to your.. um.. body?"

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 07:35 am UTC (link)

"No, I'm not joking. It's been almost six years since I have drank anything of that nature." Yeah, even he was surprised of that answer sometimes. "It can come off, as you can see," and he ruffled his hair with his fingers, which made portions of it stick up in the air. "It connects with the suit once I've made it...come out as you would say," he spoke, waving his hand and shrugging. "But no, it's not melded to me. Just the armor." Tony chuckled. You make movies now? I never would have guessed you to be an actress full-time."

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 07:38 am UTC (link)

"That's... that's good, I'm.. proud of you," she really was too. She was sure that it had taken a lot for him to stop drinking. She nodded, watching a bit, "Guess I'll .. just take your word for it," since she didn't really understand yet how it all worked. Pepper waved a hand a little, "Me either.. I can't.. act, I mean. I keep waiting for someone to tell me that I'm not getting anymore movies because I'm godawful at it."

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 07:48 am UTC (link)

Tony actually beamed at her praise. Pepper saying she was proud of him had meant something to him, mainly because he knew it wasn't a hollow compliment. She'd always been genuine with him if anything. "Thank you, Pepper," and he'd offered her a small smile. "You always were a horrible liar, Pepper, though being an actress is a little different sometimes. I, uh, suppose I've convinced you that I am not the other Tony Stark you threw down your grand staircase?" and he motioned to the very large one behind her he assumed she'd tossed him down. That must have hurt.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 07:52 am UTC (link)

She managed to smile back at him, "You're welcome, Tony.." shrugging slightly. "Well, I guess it's a little different. Being another person is easier then just lying to someone you know." Slowly she nodded her head, "Ah yes sir, you're.. not the same man.." her eyes glanced over to the staircase and as much as she wanted to apologize she wouldn't. He wasn't the same man, and most of her still wasn't sorry. Well sort of.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 08:02 am UTC (link)

"The one thing that still has been nagging at me since that discussion, and he wagged his finger in the air, "was the reason for this. He'd gotten married, and you were upset, and I get it was because I've always said you're all I have. Well, that's part of it, but I know there was more of an underlying cause to that because I don't think you've ever been so angry with me that you'd do that to me." And this wasn't Tony trying to be an asshole or smug but he genuinely curious to the reason that someone like Pepper, who was normally so together, had done something like that.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 08:12 am UTC (link)

Yeah of course he had to ask her about that. And she didn't know what to say about it except that, "I was angry.. like I said. And upset. And I specifically told you.. asked you.. him.. to leave me alone. That I needed time. But he just came over here and got in my face and freaked out at me because I said I didn't want to see him or speak to him anymore. He didn't like that, so.. he came over. I said if he didn't leave, I'd throw him out. He wouldn't leave, so I ... pushed him.. I suppose I can forgive a lot of things, but .. that just wasn't one of them."

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 08:19 am UTC (link)

"But what did you need time for? To get used to the idea of him being married?" Maybe Tony was missing the bigger picture here, but he just didn't get the fact that his other self having settled and had a family should have made her lash out like that. Or him, for that matter. He would have thought she'd have been happy that he'd stopped sleeping around, gotten a nice girl...oh. It was because it left her alone. Then his face sagged a little. "But I'm here. This me. I wouldn't abandon you, Pepper."

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 08:26 am UTC (link)

Pepper barely nodded her head this time, hoping he wouldn't ask why and looked quite relieved when he chalked it up to having left her alone. Like she had said before. She let out a breath, "I know.. I mean I don't know. It's hard to.. I just don't know, sir. I don't work for you anymore. You're here, but there's still.. looking at you and looking at him is confusing and it's just.. I can't just flip a switch and be happy all at once because you say you're here and not going to leave me alone. I don't know if I can trust.. that. I never thought you would have before but you did." He did. Whatever.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 08:45 am UTC (link)

"Well, then I guess this means I will have to earn your trust again, and to me, that means more than anything ever will." He didn't expect her to immediately stop hating whatever the other one had done to her, which obviously had to have been very bad. "I can't change my appearance, Pep, well I could, but then you wouldn't find me nearly as attractive as before," he said, grinning from ear to ear. "You don't have to work for me in order for me to earn your trust again, do you? I live in the same city as you. If I'm stuck here now, then I have all of the time to make up for this. You have a lot of different things about me to learn now, what with my new upgrades and all," he waved his hands at the body suit.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 05:35 pm UTC (link)

For a moment she didn't know what to say, letting a silence lapse in between them. Finally she swallowed down the lump in her throat and shook her head, "No sir, I don't have to work for you." some part of her felt bad that he was going to try and make up for his other self's mistakes. "It's not your fault though.. I'm sorry," she couldn't help but tell him because it would nag on her for forever if she didn't. "You shouldn't have to earn my trust back.. this whole thing is awful.." she looked down at the ground after that. Finally her eyes flickered back up to him, "I do? Because someone has to know what to do in case of an emergency?" she tease, the corner of her mouth quirking up.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 06:16 pm UTC (link)

Tony smiled back at her; there was the Pepper he was used to. "Someone has to save my ass. You're all I've got here, Pepper." Which was the truth. And he was completely unaware of others from his world being here yet. Not that he was as close to any of the Avengers or whomever besides her. "Hey...hey, don't worry about it. You don't have to work for me, but if you ever wanted to quit this life of glamor, you could always be my assistant." Because even he knew Pepper didn't like being in the limelight, and she tolerated her small spot in it because naturally, when you are linked with Tony Stark, that's what happened.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 06:27 pm UTC (link)

"Right, all you've got. I'm not sure.. how it works anymore. With two of you. And your company.." she didn't really get how the other Tony ran his business without her in the first place but she wasn't going to ask. "Thanks.. I might actually. I'm not really cut out for all of this.. stuff. No one leaves me alone anymore.. well even more then when I was working for you. I don't know how you tolerate it." though she kind of was. "I do make quite a bit more now though," she said with a small smile. "You'd have to give me a raise. A really big one."

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 06:36 pm UTC (link)

"I'll have to figure all of that out once this time travel thing has settled. Technically both of us have claim to it since it's my name on it and we're both actually Tony Stark. I'm sure there's plenty of money and toys for the two of us to share." He could run a subdivision out in California since the other had one in New York. It wouldn't be this difficult. "Because when I'm tired of being in the spotlight for a minute, I hide in my workshop. And I was born for the spotlight. Hmm, a raise? I doubt you're buying Target underwear anymore. They're probably very gorgeous La Perla by now."

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 06:42 pm UTC (link)

Pepper almost smiled, "You're probably right, I'm sure you make enough money to keep you both happy.." and that was what seemed to matter. She was the one who made sure the whole thing ran and didn't go bankrupt after all. "Maybe you should have been the actor, not me.." then she blinked at him, a little wide eyed. "My... what.. how do you know about my underwear?" there was a blush creeping over her cheeks quite furiously.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 06:54 pm UTC (link)

Pepper was blushing and turning shy on him. Definitely not the Pepper from his time. That one liked to tease him just when he couldn't really do anything back. "Three for $9.99 at Target? You wear cotton and spandex or you used to. I don't know what you wear now with your salary increase recently." He was starting to get a little uncomfortable in the body suit. "You wouldn't happen to have any male apparel in this place right now, would you? I can only wear this thing for so long before it starts to chafe."

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 07:03 pm UTC (link)

Her eyebrows raised up completely, "... I but.. how did you.. who told you that??" if he had been looking through her underwear somehow, she was going to hurt him. "You're not supposed to know what kind of underwear I wear!" she said again, flabbergasted just a bit. "Uh.. um.. yeah actually .. I think I do.. hold on.." she figured he and Stephen had to be.. around the same size, right? She excused herself and went up to her bedroom to get something he had left over the last time he had been there. She brought them back down and then handed them over, "I hope that works.."

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 07:15 pm UTC (link)

"You told me," he said with a shrug. "Even got to see the bikini string last time I saw you. Hey! Not my fault you flashed me to impress me," he said holding up his hands in a defensive stance. "I think I would have been more shocked if you didn't actually wear underwear." When she came back down with the clothes, he just blinked at them and wondered what man they belonged to. Happy wasn't here, was he? No, those didn't look like his build. Someone just a bit taller than Tony. He took them gratefully and started to strip the body suit down off of his body by pulling his arms out of the top half and letting it pool around his waist as he unbuttoned the shirt she'd brought and slipped it on. Tony's body was definitely way more muscular and fit than this Pepper would be used to. No arc reactor on his chest, no scarring on him in that area. He looked like a whole man.

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pepperedsnark
2008-05-25 07:21 pm UTC (link)

She told him? That didn't sound like her at all. Well not unless he had provoked it somehow. "I seriously doubt it was to impress you.." she mumbled under her breath. Oh and now he knew they were bikini's too. Of course he did. She sighed a little. Great. And of course he was stripping in front of her. She should have guided him to a bathroom. Before she turned around and put her back to him, still blushing quite a bit she noticed the fact that he didn't have the arc reactor. "Where did it go?" she asked, "I mean the.. arc reactor in your chest?" she was curious as to what had happened, why he looked whole. Though she was glad that he was okay.

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inextremisvivo
2008-05-25 07:35 pm UTC (link)

"I had a heart transplant years ago. It was a sort of thank you from the city for all of the good I'd done. As for scars...well, the nanotech in my body now took care of that, toned my muscles." He finished buttoning the shirt and then pushed the body suit all of the way down his hips and to the floor, then slipped on the pants and fastened them. Suppose he'd have to go commando for a little while here until he got ready to fly back. "You used to not be this shy when I took my clothes off," he teased her as he made sure the shirt was tucked in. He draped the body suit across a nearby chair. "So, this leaves the burning question of whose clothing am I wearing."