Tony couldn't even remember if him and Pepper had ever really spent much time alone. Well, it was usually him alone at the mansion and her bugging him about something he didn't want to deal with. But they were close, even if they didn't pop out around town by themselves. "By 'if you really need me', you mean only call if I'm dying and even then I should be calling her." No, it wasn't making any sense to him. Why couldn't she be around?
He walked out of the room and close the door halfway. He never shut her door completely out of fear of something happening. "Pepper, I know I didn't do enough for you back there or tell you how much I love you or any number of things I should have said or done, but..." And he couldn't even finish the statement, so he started to walk down the hallway.