Iron Man 3 spoilers!
Title: For you
author: Cindy Ryan
pairings: Pepper/Tony
summary: She couldn't picture her life without him and didn't want to
Pepper Potts stood looking down at the Pacific. It churned angrily as if mirroring the young woman's emotions.
/Things are different now. I have to protect the one thing I can't live without and that's you./
Tony Stark's words echoed through Pepper's troubled thoughts. That heartfelt confession had been the most Tony had ever committed to their relationship. Pepper knew he loved her but she also knew how complicated a person Tony was. Anxiety and PTSD were just scraping the surface.
Still Pepper loved him. The last time she'd seen Tony before the house collapsed kept playing in her mind. He had given her the suit. Instead of using it himself to save everyone he had sent it to her. Giving Pepper the best chance of survival. That action spoke volumes as to the kind of person Tony Stark is.
Pepper refused to believe he was dead. Refused to think of him in the past tense. Pepper clutched the broken faceplate of the Iron Man helmet closer to her chest and folded her arms around it. Tony had saved the world he deserved happiness. It couldn't end now.
She needed him.
Tony had to be okay. Pepper couldn't picture her life without him and she didn't want to So Pepper did the only thing she could do. She stood on the cliff and waited. Waited and prayed.
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