So yeah. This is a work in progress. I'm hoping to write Tony's first meetings with All of the Avengers plus Loki, Fury, and Coulson before I actually get into any plot. Not all chapters will be the same length as this first one however. Sorry. Expect me to update eventually. I'm a slow updater.

Pepper

Jarvis, just Jarvis thank you, had always been a very peculiar man. The public adored him. The man was always polite, never really gave in to the rich playboy stereotype, and honestly women (and men) fawned over his British accent. Which also meant that Stark Industries, bequeathed to Jarvis (who had been Howard's protégé) at the time of Howard Stark's death when he had no male heir, was very easily noted as a major world power. Stark technology was in hot demand. SI was constantly expanding with new business contracts. In short, business was booming.

Jarvis honestly couldn't care less. Well he could, obviously, but the sentiment was still there. But he dealt with SI all the same. The company had been a gift from his mentor Howard Stark, and it would hardly be polite to return that favor by running the company into the ground. But now that SI was booming, Jarvis found himself with a conflict of interests.

Which is where Virginia Potts came in. Well technically it was Pepper Potts, but she had yet to get Jarvis to call her anything more than "Mrs. Potts". Even when Jarvis suddenly appointed her as CEO of Stark Industries, quite out of the blue. Pepper tried to get him to change his mind but he wouldn't be swayed. Throughout her entire speech about how unfit she was for the job, he simply stared at her flatly with a single eyebrow cocked in challenge. And that was that.

Which meant Pepper began spending a lot more time at Stark Tower (Jarvis refused to rename anything of Howard's).

Which was how Pepper met Tony.

Now Pepper had always known Jarvis had a cat. But it was never really an issue with her. She never saw the cat, never had to deal with the cat, was never around long enough to warrant it she supposes. And Tony took her by surprise.

Because she accidently stepped on his tail one day.

It had been a pretty normal day to start. Pepper was easing into her knew CEO duties with Jarvis' help. She needed some papers signed and so she stopped at Jarvis' workshop momentarily, which happened quite a lot. However there had never been a cat sleeping by the door before. So when she took two steps into the room and accidently stepped on something soft, she let out a shriek, jumping backwards.

The thing she stepped on yowled at the same time, shooting off into the lab, just a dark blur against the pristine whites of the lab.

Jarvis whirled around, eyes wide. He had an expression Pepper had never seen on him before. Scratch that, Jarvis showing any emotion was weird to see. The man looked worried. Pepper had never seen him look anything other than cool and composed in her entire time working for him.

"Sir!" Jarvis called, almost running to where the dark blur had last been seen. Pepper blinked, trying to calm her beating heart and also to take in what was going on.

Jarvis had gotten down on his knees and was bending over to look under the tool box in the corner. "Sir come on out," He crooned. "I am sure what Mrs. Potts did was simply an accident."

It wasn't until a head peaked out from underneath the tool box that Pepper actually understood what was going on. The cat. The one she knew existed but had never really cared enough about before to acknowledge its existence.

"I'm so sorry Jarvis!" Pepper exclaimed, horror rising up when she realized she must have stepped on the cat. "I didn't even know it was in here."

"It's fine," Jarvis snapped. "You just surprised him mostly. It's his fault for sleeping in the walking path." A meow sounded out, almost as if in protest of what was said. But even so, the cat crept out from its hiding place, eyes warily on Pepper. Which is when Pepper got her first good look at the cat. It was a pretty small thing, although probably full grown. At first, she had thought the cat's fur was black, but on closer scrutiny it was simply a very dark brown, except the cat's paws and face were white.

Jarvis scooped up the cat, turning back to face Pepper, the cat seemingly quite comfortable in his arms.

"Really though," Pepper started, awkwardly staring at the cat, not quite knowing what to do in this situation. "That is – um, What's its name?"

"This is Tony," Jarvis fussed over the cat. "Although I have accidentally caused habit of calling him Sir. He will answer to both."

"Sir?" Pepper questioned, quite perplexed. Tony perked up slightly at her voice.

Jarvis let out a chuckle, surprising Pepper. She'd can't remember a time when she'd actually seen her boss laugh before. "Ha yes Sir has a tendency to be quite a diva in his own rights." Jarvis explained despite his amusement. Tony gave a yowl from Jarvis' arms and Pepper could almost see him being upset from being called a diva.

But she must just be imagining things.

"You came here for a reason Mrs. Potts?" Jarvis quirked an eyebrow at Pepper. He turned and settled back down at his work station. Tony stretched out in Jarvis' lap and nestled himself in, seemingly to stay. Pepper blinked.

"Of course Jarvis," Pepper took a moment to shake herself back into business. "I have some forms for you to sign."

And that was the end of that.

Except that it wasn't.

Mostly because that damned cat became a permanent fixture in Pepper's new lifestyle as the CEO of Stark Industries.

Now every time she visited Jarvis' workshop, or even his home area, Tony was around. Most likely glaring as well. Tony apparently had decided to hold a grudge. Whenever she entered the same room as Tony he would get up, glare at her, and leave the room. Going who knows where and Jarvis would look sadly after him.

It was ridiculous really. Pepper could get all the misogynic men on the board of directors to like her but she couldn't get this one stupid cat!?

And overall too, Pepper felt bad. It was becoming increasingly clear that this cat was very important to Jarvis. And Pepper was now a major fixture in Jarvis' life. She could tell that she and Tony's seeming feud was starting to irritate Jarvis, after all the man hardly interacted with anyone beside Tony and Pepper these days. Things had to change.

So Pepper did her research and the next time she visited Jarvis, she brought Catnip along as a peace offering.

She found Tony in the small kitchen which was connected to Jarvis' workshop. Thankfully Jarvis was currently preoccupied back in the lab. She wasn't exactly sure how Jarvis would feel about Pepper bribing his cat. Of course Tony seemed to like high places however and so she was suddenly in a predicament of staring up at the cat as it stared warily from its perch on top of the cabinets.

"Hello Tony," Pepper said calmly. She reached into her bag carefully and pulled out the small tub of catnip she had bought from the store. She unscrewed the lid and watched as Tony's gaze zeroed in on the tub in her hands.

Tony stood in his perch, eyes flicking between the catnip and Pepper, seemingly trying to make up his mind.

"Alright here's the deal," Pepper waved the tub closer to Tony enticingly. Tony's eyes followed the tub. "I'm going to give you some of this catnip and in return you're going to make a general effort to at least pretend you like me when around Jarvis."

Pepper felt a bit ridiculous talking to a cat, but this was necessary she told herself. She had to get this cat to like her, for both her and Jarvis' sake. But as the Tony stared her down, she didn't feel quite as ridiculous. It was quite eerie actually, that Tony almost seemed like he understood what she was saying.

She pinched a bit of catnip from the tub and sat it on the counter below Tony before backing away and giving the cat some space. Tony hoped down from his perch immediately. He sniffed at the catnip, then looked towards Pepper. Surprisingly instead of just eating the catnip right then, Tony hopped down from the counter to the floor and came over to Pepper.

Even more surprisingly Tony looked right into her eyes and rubbed up against her legs, purring for Pepper since the first time she'd met him. Pepper stared as Tony once again turned back and finally jumped back onto the counter and munched on the catnip.

If Jarvis noticed anything was up the next day when Tony rubbed up against Pepper in greeting when she entered the workshop, he didn't say anything.

While on the downside she now had cat fur all over the legs of her suit pants, Tony actually continued to enthusiastically greet her. Maybe Tony finally did really like her. Anyhow, the catnip she still brings on occasion can't hurt either.

So that's it for our pilot chapter. Hope you enjoyed and are looking forward to more. If you want me to write Tony Cat interacting with anyone other than who i've said in the first notes, drop a Review and i'll consider.