Pepper heaved a huge sigh and made a bit of a show of her putting her blackberry down to give Tony her full attention. She went straight into the glare except her whole demeanor changed the second she saw that Tony was sitting up. Her mouth dropped open and she stood up.
"Jesus, Tony!" she exclaimed. "Did you sit yourself up?" she asked. Usually the nurses helped with that sort of thing, but he was making sure she saw how much pain he was in. It meant something.