"Yes, we do," he replied, licking his lips and managing to get one deep breath before he pulled her mouth back up to his, deepening the kiss. Tony's brain was beyond functioning rationally, and for the first time, he was fully invested into a moment with his heart and no form of his mind butting in at all.
There would probably be a bruise here or there on his chest later, but he didn't care. He'd have let her hit him as hard as she could for as long as possible if it had helped exorcise the pain that was likely to cling there for a long time.
But now he was moaning into their kiss as he felt her breasts through her nightwear press against his chest, his stomach tightening at the sudden awareness that he had of their bodies.
At some point, Tony had gotten to his knees with Pepper held firmly in his arms, and he'd settled back against his feet. This didn't feel like a need to screw her into the carpet. This felt like a desire just to know her, to watch her body react to his touches, which he noticed after a time when hard nipples rubbing against him. Which only resulted in him grinding her against his lap more. God, this was a slow death, but a good one.
"Why can't we stay here?" he asked as he broke their kiss to trail even smaller ones down the side of her neck. His hands had shifted to prop against the center of her back as he changed their position and laid her back on the carpet, not allowing a hair's breadth between them. Her beautiful fanned out over the rug as his fingers traced over her lips and down her throat as he sucked in that spot that was undeniably his now. "God, I love you so much..." he moaned as his hips arched, bringing what was an obvious erection into full contact between her legs as he settled so close to her, comforted in the fact there was little space between them.