His brow furrowed slightly in concern. "Something on your mind?"
While Tony was easily considered as one of the most self centered people in the world, he actually did not like to worry her. Not Pepper. She had always been in a different category than the rest, girlfriend or not, and seeing the look that seemed to be of concern on her face, he found himself at a loss on what to do.
And that was the problem, wasn't it? He just didn't seem to know what to do when it came to this kind of situation.
"I'm sorry if I worried you," he blurted out, almost as an afterthought. "I didn't... I had to work on the suit and fix it so it could be operational again. At least it doesn't look like trash anymore?"
He was babbling, or at least it felt like he was. "Are you... Are you okay?"