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Tweak says, "BAZINGA!"

Pepper Potts (Invincible Iron Man) (withadashof) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2012-05-07 18:47:00

Entry tags:

pepper potts, tony stark

Who: Pepper and Tony
What: General cuddliness?
When: Now
Where: Their place
Warnings: Shmoopy stuff, who knows what else

After this last little world invasion, Pepper had been more tired than usual. Aliens dressed up as other people. Now she'd seen everything. Still, she realized how tired Tony must be all the time, wearing the suit. Her job had mostly been just to rescue people. That's what her suit was built for, and she loved it. But she was bruised and just tired.

That meant that when she was sure that Tony had been tinkering for way too long, she went down to find him. Punching in the code, she opened the door and went to look for him. "Tony?" she asked. "You've been down here a while."

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thanksjarvis
2012-05-08 12:46 am UTC (link)

Tony was working on Pepper's suit.

Part of it was just tightening up the power consumption and boosters. But the armor wasn't enough, not when it was holding his wife safe. Tony hadn't realized until the latest bullshit the world had thrown his way just how badly he needed her safe. Maybe he couldn't keep her out of the field, but he sure as shit was going to do his best to make sure she was bulletproof when she was there.

"Sorry, babe." He adjusted his goggles up to his forehead. "Lost track of time."

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withadashof
2012-05-08 02:10 am UTC (link)

That was the one thing that she didn't mind him working on so much. If only because it kept them all safe. Her suit and his. And being safe was more important than all of that other stuff. It was just when he was messing around with the car, when he could be snuggling her, that she got annoyed.

She smiled and kissed his cheek. "It's okay, I was just curious what you were up to. I don't actually need anything. Can I stay?"

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thanksjarvis
2012-05-08 03:11 am UTC (link)

Tony gently tugged on one of her arms, pulling her into his lap and pressing his lips against her neck. "Hey. You never have to ask."

For a long second, he just took in her perfume, the weight of her on his lap, the way his arms fit so perfectly around her waist. Dammit, why hadn't they figured this out ten years ago? Eh, it probably would have worked before Iron Man. He'd always rationalized it that way; she had to wait for him to grow up.

And didn't he know it.

"This world is batshit."

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withadashof
2012-05-08 04:27 am UTC (link)

That was much better. Quite happily, she slid into his lap though he was being slightly distracted. "Just didn't want to um... what was I saying? Oh yes, didn't want to distract you. Like you're doing right now."

Not that she minded of course. Far from it. If he wanted to keep doing that, that was fine by her. She was glad he had grown up, even if it had taken a lot for that to happen.

"I know, but we're okay, and that's what matters, right?" She put her arms around his neck and kissed him gently.

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thanksjarvis
2012-05-08 12:44 pm UTC (link)

He motioned at the suit, which amounted to a shrug of his shoulder in its direction. "It's a stronger frame. Going to keep testing the alloys, try to find one better at deflection. I know you wound up with a few bruises in the places it crushed on you."

Tony had found them later in the 'celebration time' he had decided they absoultely deserved after the battle. Every one just seemed to gut him. This was his Pepper, and he needed to do a lot better job.

"Probably will build a suit for Jimmy too, while I'm at it." He was choosing to ignore the psychological implication of creating mechanized armor suits for the whole family.

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withadashof
2012-05-08 05:59 pm UTC (link)

"It's just bruises, and they'll heal. It was fine. I'm fine. I know you worry, but you're going to have to try and relax, okay?" Pepper didn't want him to run himself into the ground on account of her.

It could have been worse, but she was glad that she had been out there. Helping people. That's what she wanted to do, not sit around and hope that her husband and her son weren't dead. She'd done that so many times before, and it was awful.

"That's fine, but I have every right to distract you, when you haven't eaten, or slept or anything else," she warned. "I worry about you too, you know. Even when you're not in the suit."

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	thanksjarvis 2012-05-08 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Tony pulled back, looking at her for a long second. "I know. You always have." It was hard to tell what went on in Tony's mind sometimes. But there was no mistaking that expression. It was love; not lust or another second cousin. And only Pepper had ever seen it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-08 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	"It's kind of my job. Even more so now that I'm your wife." Leaning in, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him soundly. "I love you, too. And we're all going to be fine. We have to be." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-09 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Tony gave her a grin, wiggling his eyebrows. "We will be fine. We're the heroes, remember?" His fingers gave her waist the faintest of tickles, but for all the teasing he really just wanted to haul her upstairs for a little non-suit time. Non-any-suit time. It'd been like that since the worst of the bruises healed. "Never been so scared of losing you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-09 06:03 am UTC (link)
	"Of course, and heroes are always okay in the end." That's what they had to keep reminding themselves of. Besides, didn't people come back from the dead all the time around here? She squirmed in his lap and kind of wiggled against him. That's what he got for tickling her. "You're not going to lose me, Tony. Not ever." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-13 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh wiggles. Wiggles were good. "Don't say that. It's not practical. What's practical is changing the topic, telling me how handsome I am, call me a hero, stuff like that. Because I am one, you know." That's what he needed all right. Ego padding. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-13 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	She'd keep doing them if he really wanted her to. Pepper snorted "Don't get ahead of yourself there. And I'm not feeding your ego." She gave him a Look. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-13 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Tony gave her his absolutely best Puppy Dog Eyes that he reserved for special occasions such as these. "You're beautiful. And I love you. So we can let the ego thing slide for right now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-13 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Very good. Pepper reached up and cupped his cheeks and kissed him. "I love you, too. Thanks, I appreciate that. My ego could definitely use some work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-13 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Tony leaned back on the bench, taking her with him as he found his hands sliding under her shirt. What, they were married. It was fine to make out in the middle of a garage during the afternoon. "Which has never made any sense to me. You're fucking amazing, Pepper." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-14 12:43 am UTC (link)
	Mmm she liked that. No one to walk in on them if they were going to make out in the middle of a garage in the afternoon. She pressed up against him and then started to kiss his neck. "You suck up all the ego in the room," she murmured against his neck, nipping it just so. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-14 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Nngh. That was cheating. "See, if I was a less mature man, I'd make a comment here about sucking, but since I'm not I think I deserve a cookie." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-14 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Yep, she was definitely a cheater. That's why she was continuing what she was doing, moving down towards his chest. "Wasn't that a veiled comment in itself? Half a cookie." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-14 01:08 am UTC (link)
	"If I say I can think of other things I'd rather eat, is the cookie going to be taken away entirely, and/or will I not get to enjoy the particular activity in question?" He sounded completely serious, but even banter was getting a lot harder. Heh. Harder. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-14 01:22 am UTC (link)
	That made her lift her head up and finally look up at him. "Tony Stark, you do not ever tease about that particular activity in question. Don't offer if you don't mean it." She gave him a very serious, but slightly teasing look. But she totally meant it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-14 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Tony just gave her a grin. A big one. "I'll have you know that's something I take very seriously, Mrs. Potts-Stark." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-14 01:42 am UTC (link)
	For a moment, Pepper seemed to give this very hard consideration. Then she grinned back. "Then I suppose you can eat as much of the cookie as you'd like." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thanksjarvis 2012-05-14 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"... awesome." With that, Tony picked Pepper up and slung her over one shoulder. It was cookie time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withadashof 2012-05-14 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Pepper gave a laugh, swatting his ass as he carried her off. (Reply to this) (Parent)