He smiled against her lips and kissed her again before he scooped her up in his arms and cradled her close to carry her to the bedroom. She would have noticed how easily he did that, like she weighed next to nothing to him. Tony had always been strong, but even this was beyond that. He ceremoniously placed her in the center of her bed and crawled in next to her, his hand wandering over her face, tracing her cheek and lips down to her neck and arm on to her hips. Like he was inspecting her for differences from the Pepper he remembered. This one seemed so much wearier of things, unlike his who would jump at the drop of a pin into whatever assignment or task he'd given her.