Chapter 1
The night had been a restless one. Tony had hardly got any sleep, waiting for Pepper to get home, thinking of everything that had happened with Loki and the wormhole. The morning had been a familiar one, something he was thankful for, the sound of JARVIS giving hi an update of the time, local weather and other boring things he didn't really care about and the golden sunshine streaming through the window. He stretched and yawned thinking to himself that the bed seemed slightly bigger and rather empty. Probably because Pepper isn't here he had thought to himself just before he heard the comforting sound of Pepper's voice as she came up the stairs to find him. He opened his mouth to great her and say how glad he was that she was home but the sound that came out wasn't his voice.
It was a little growl.
Pepper walked into their bedroom and frowned, unable to see Tony in the room, assuming that the small lump on the bed was one of his pillows until she heard the little growl. "T-Tony?"
Another little growl and some slight movement from under the sheets. She slowly walked closer to the bed, hesitantly reaching out a hand towards the sheets to pull them back
What in Thor's name is going on?! He thought to himself as his tail swished from side to side. Feeling the strange sensation he looked round to see an orange and black tail and leaped up out of the sheets, making Pepper stumble backwards.
I have a tail! Why do I have a tail?! Why is the bed so big?! What's going on?!
Pepper stared at the little tiger cub that was currently sitting on the bed, chasing its tail like a dog when she noticed the small blue glow. Looking closer she realised that it was in fact the blue glow of the arc reactor that comforted her at night letting her know that Tony was still next to her.
"Tony..?"
He looked at her then tried to speak only to find that the only sound he could make was either growling or mewing. He stared down at his little paws then looked at Pepper and back at his paws again.
Aww crap…