A/N: A Pepperony fic. The idea came to me when I heard the song by Corey Hart.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

She finds him on the couch with his feet on the coffee table, only in his boxers and a worn out T-shirt. She can tell he just came out of the shower because his hair is still wet and he smells minty from that soap he uses. The TV is on Discovery Channel. And he's wearing….sunglasses?

Leaving the groceries on the counter, she slowly makes her way to him. "Tony?"

He turns his head at the sound of her voice. "Yeahuh?" He smiles.

"What's wrong?" She sits beside him and peers at him, trying to see beyond the dark glasses.

His hand with the remote twitches. "Nothing." He says it so offhandedly that she almost believes him. He was always a little weird, doing peculiar things when and where he feels like it.

"You sure? Because it's already dark outside and you're wearing sunglasses."

He grins. "I know. Isn't it cool? Oh hey watch this, they're talking about dinosaurs." He pulls her closer and puts his arm around her shoulders.

Pepper sighs, resting her head on his chest. She silently watches for a few minutes before she can't take it anymore. She sits up so quickly that it startled Tony.

She narrows her eyes at him. "Okay, what's wrong with you? What happened?"

"Nothing's wrong, Pep." He whines. "Come back here and watch this. This is really good."

"No. Not until you tell me what's going on." She crosses her arms in front of her for emphasis.

Tony sighs. There's no escaping this. "Fine. I was attacked." He takes off his glasses, revealing a massive black eye.

Pepper gasps. "Tony! How did this happen?" She immediately moves to inspect his injury.

He scowls. "I was attacked, Pepper. Dummy attacked me."

"Dummy attacked you." She's not sure if he's telling the truth. "Why would Dummy attack you?"

He slouches back on the couch, pouting. And Pepper almost wanted to laugh. "We were playing tennis on Wii. I got tired so I sat down for a bit. He wanted to play on his own so I let him and the next thing I know, he whacks me on the face!"

Pepper laughs. An all out laugh. "Oh my God. Jarvis, please tell me you have that on video."

Affirmative, Ms. Potts.

"Don't you dare, Jarvis." Tony growls and turns to Pepper. "This is not funny. I'm hurt, see?" He says, pointing at his right eye which is turning to an ugly shade of purple.

When Pepper finally composed herself, she takes his face in between her hands. She places a soft kiss on his eye and then on his lips. But when she is about to move away, Tony's arms go around her, deepening the kiss.

When they had to stop for air, she asks, "All better?"

"Much." He grins.

"So where's Dummy now? Please don't tell me you donated him to the city college. I'm sure he didn't mean to hit you."

Tony shook his head. "He's on time out. I'm upgrading his sensory system tomorrow."

Pepper giggles. "You do that."

They settle back down on the couch, cuddling as they learned about the most dangerous predator among the dinosaurs. Sorting out the groceries can wait for a while.

-END-

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