"You owe me a kiss" – Pepperony Fanfic
-First fanfic I have ever written. Set after the events of New York, Pepper and Tony are still dating and have been for a while now. This fic starts with them getting ready to go to the Fire Fighter's fundraiser because according to Tony, Pepper owes him a kiss. I own nothing-
"Where are my keys?"
Tony rummaged around the living room, throwing things everywhere during his search for the keys to R8; checking his pockets on his suit as well as the pizza box still sitting on the table from last night.
"Where you always leave them, Tony"
The redhead smirked and picked up the set of keys that had been sitting on the couch the whole time he had been searching. He turned to see them dangling off her slender finger and grinned seeing her in that blue dress that he loved so much."What would I do without you, Potts?" he said with a light chuckle and kissed her cheek then took the keys, quickly glancing over her, smiling to himself but she caught his eyes wandering and the redhead simply smiled and kissed him softly
"You don't have to think about that anymore, Mr Stark." With that his smile grew wider and he took her hand, intertwining their fingers and gently squeezing"Then I won't give it a second thought…" his smile grew into a grin, "However… The sight of you in that dress is giving me so many thoughts. You look stunning, Pepper". Her cheeks turned bright red and she playfully smacked his chest with her free hand "Don't make me kick that perfect butt of yours!" she giggled. He raised a brow, then whispered in her ear "Maybe I'll let you do that later…" she blushed more and bit her lip, unable to hold her train of thought thanks to that comment.
With no reply he knew he had won and led her down to the garage, over to the R8, for once being a gentleman and opening the door for her "Your car, Miss Potts". She smiled and slid into the passenger seat after thanking Tony, watching as he closed the door and got into the driver's seat, smiling to her before driving off out of the garage and towards the venue. Upon reaching their destination, he got out of the car and opened her door for her, holding out his hand to her and smiling as she took his hand. Together they walked up the red carpet, camera flashes going off all around them with reporters trying to get their attention but Tony was going to give them a single second. It was his night with Pepper and she was the centre of his attention.
"So...Is it less awkward this time? Even though I'm technically still your boss" he asked as they entered, looking at her, remembering the last time they were here and the kiss they almost had. The corner of her mouth turned up and she smiled "Well boss, since everyone knows that we are dating, it's not awkward" she smiled more "But if you go to get me that drink and just leave me standing out in the cold again, I'll make you pay...Just like with the twelve percent comment" she giggled as his eyebrows shot up all the way up and he grinned.
"How about I get you that drink now? And in my defence that woman –
"Christine"
"…Her… She was the reason why I didn't come back…" he trailed off seeing the expression on her face "No, no, no! Not like that! She was showing pictures of missiles and then I confronted Obadiah and." Pepper stopped him by pressing her finger against his lips, shaking her head. "Tony, don't…" she cupped his face with both hands, looking into his chocolate brown eyes "You don't have to explain, that was a tough time but that's in the past" she said before kissing him softly "This is the present and our future" she smiled warmly. He smiled back at the redhead then kissed her cheek before heading to the bar to get them some drinks, glancing back at Pepper every so often, watching her talk with people he thought were random strangers but he came to the conclusion that they were most probably employees.
He had remembered from last time just how she liked her martinis: "Extra dry, extra olives" and he smiled at the memory, returning to her with a martini in either hand. "One drink, Miss Potts" she smiled, taking the drink and sipping it "Thank you, Mr Stark. You remembered" she smiled warmly "And I thought you had the memory of a goldfish"
"I have a fantastic memory, thank you very much!"
"Then why can you never turn up to meetings on time?" she asked with a slight smirk.
"Because I only remember the important things and some little meeting isn't as important as schematics or the fact that my gorgeous girlfriend can't eat strawberries" he was secretly proud that he had finally remembered that Pepper and strawberries was a big no-no but she looked sternly at him, quiet why he didn't know.
"So you only remember the important things?"
"Were you not listening? Oh were you lost in my eyes again?" he grinned
"So, Mr Stark, does that mean that my birthday is unimportant?"
He mentally cursed at the fact he had forgotten to mention that he sort of remembered when her birthday was (but needed a fair few reminders in the days leading up to it). "Of course it is important and of course I remember your birthday! It's in April" he nodded confidently even though, for once, he was slightly worried. Her expression softened slightly "And what day is my birthday then, Anthony?"
Ah the full name… I'm in trouble if I don't get this right. Think Stark, think! He searched through every memory he had of Pepper trying desperately to remember her birthday. He didn't want to end up on the couch again. As comfortable as it was, it didn't help the nightmares go away.
Seeing her brow furrow he blurted out a number in his head "April 30th" to which her slight frown was replaced with a small smile. He breathed out, not realising he had held his breath in that brief moment "And I know that you love the ocean, hence why you love the mansion so much. And of course that you are hopelessly in love with some dashing, extremely handsome billionaire genius"
"I'm not going to stroke your ego, Tony" she said and smiled sweetly as he frowned, attempting to persuade her by looking at her with big puppy-dog eyes. Pepper pouted "Aw… Now that's just not fair. You know I can't resist those big chocolate brown eyes" she said with a slight giggle as he suddenly grinned then swiped her empty glass from her hand and swiftly led her to the dance floor, spinning her round before bring her close, swaying to the music with her "Is this a better view of my 'chocolate brown eyes'?" he chuckled.
A little later that same night, the two went out onto the balcony and stood hand in hand, taking in the view. Of course, Tony's view was rather different to Pepper's as he hadn't taken his eyes off of her since they had started dancing so when Pepper commented on how beautiful the view was he simply replied by saying it was "The most beautiful thing ever" to which she then realised that he was in fact looking at her and her cheeks turned bright red.
