Pepper nodded, it may be mutual but it was going to take time for both of them to accept what that meant.
She already had Maria coming to collect her, she needed time away for a while but she was grateful that Tony was basically giving her the cabin. It had started to somewhat feel like home and once her head was sorted she'd probably be able to make it even more so.
"Of course" she told him taking a breath before she said, "We've always been able to be friends Tony, even when I was just your assistant, I don't want that to change" They'd always been good as friends, maybe better even than what they had become. But that was something to think about later.