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Defining Definitions

April 4th, 2002

Name: Virginia Potts

Education: Graduated from NYU with a bachelor's in marketing, business law, and macroeconomics. Has previously been a personal assistant to various others from companies such as SilverPoint.

Sex: Female

Age: 24

(photo attached to the back)

Why I think I deserve to be Anthony Stark's assistant:

There's a lot that defines a person. I don't like to think of myself as judgmental, but rather, very intuitive. I think that is what makes me a very attentive and acute assistant, and that is part of the reason why I am very professional, grounded, and extremely good at making decisions. As a personal assistant, I have quite a bit of a background and am experienced in this lineage of work. I wouldn't say I "deserve" to be your assistant, Mr. Stark, but I think I would make a very good one, and I think that I will serve you best with anything and everything that you may desire or require.


Tony flipped to the back, interested in seeing what this confident young woman looked like.

Jarvis added in, "She is very well-versed, Mr. Stark. I think she is a good choice for the job."

"Mmhm..." Tony's eyes hungrily took in her youthful features, her wavy strawberry blonde hair, her slight freckles, her sharp blue eyes, and her milky white skin.

He whistled lowly.

"Mr. Stark, would you like me to arrange a meeting to consolidate your selection?"

"Yes, that would be fantastic. I need to see this young Ms. Potts. Tell her to wear a nice skirt, as I require all my female workers to wear one."

"As you wish, sir."

AN: Well, hello there, Iron Man fandom! :) Haven't been here in a while. I'm going to be rebooting this old story idea I had, and hopefully I can force myself to be diligent with the completion of this one. Some of you may remember me from Pepper Makes Me Sneeze, and I think that one had a nice long run. :) My writing has evolved a bit, so there may be some changed, but I still love all you and have intensely missed being active in the FF portion of this fandom.

Anyways, this story will delve into the backgrounds of Tony and Pepper in how they came to be how they were in the first Iron Man movie. It'll be a bit of a flashback, flashforward type set-up, so I'll be mock-dating the chapters. 2008 will be the year in which all of the first Iron Man's events are played out. I may take this into Iron Man 2 and beyond, but that'll be up for thought.

Enjoy this story's ride! :) And thanks for reading, as always.

- TM