Surely someone has done a story like this before. If I have accidentally copied any one's idea, please let me know. This is all coming from my own head, but like I said, I imagine someone might have done something similar before already. If not, yay me!
"Alright every one time to pack your bags! Let's Go! Up! Up! Up!" Tony Stark startled every one as he walked into the briefing room at Stark Tower.
"What's this all about Tony? It took everything I had to get Natasha to sit down. Watching her pace for an hour was starting to get to me." Clint asked as he sat with his feet up on the table, casually picking at his nails with an arrow. The rest of the Avengers sat around the table with bored, but curious looks on their faces.
"Yes, what is this about Tony? I've had nothing to tell any of them other than I gathered them all here because it's important." asked Pepper who had been sitting on the far side of the room. The look on her face told Tony that she wasn't impressed by him being late.
"It is important honey! It's…" Tony tried to explain but he was interrupted by a voice behind him.
"It's about our future." The stoic director Fury replied as he came in behind Stark. "It's time we had a base of operations for our team. And Mr. Stark here has finally finished building it for us."
"That's what we've been waiting here for?" Natasha asked sounding slightly irritated.
"I personally voted that we base our selves' right here in my…" Tony was interrupted again by a forced cough from the other side of the room. He looked over to see Pepper glaring at him.
"I'm sorry, our tower. But the director here insisted that we shouldn't be just sitting in one place and after our last incident in a flying fortress, he convinced me to build us something new." Tony said.
"Didn't we learn our lesson last time about putting me in a tight area? Besides, I thought we were all doing just fine spread out on our own." said Dr. Banner. He had been falling asleep on the table but now seemed to be wide awake.
"Indeed, the Hulk is quite a challenge to subdue in a tight space, Mr. Fury." boomed Thor.
"And he did do a lot of damage to the flying carrier." said Captain Rogers chiming in.
"Mr. Stark assures me that everything is in order, Dr. Banner. There will be plenty of space for all of you. This is going to be your new home. And it's also going to allow us to deploy you around the globe as fast as possible when things come up. The decision has been made, now pack your things and prepare to move out. The plane leaves in an hour." Director Fury issued his orders before turning to leave the room.
"And just what should we be bringing?" Natasha asked, still sounding slightly agitated.
"Oh don't worry about that, my dear." replied Tony in his confident tone as he smiled. "I've taken care of everything! You guys just bring your smiling faces."
Natasha shot him a glare before standing up with the others. The rest of the team moved to prepare themselves to leave, leaving just Tony and Pepper in the room. She gave him a curious look as he just stood there and stared. "What'd I do?" he asked, trying to sound innocent.
"What was that show earlier with blowing up all of you suits? I thought you were done with this whole thing." She asked, trying to hide a small amount of hurt in her voice.
"I am done honey." Tony said as he walked around the table before kneeling next to Pepper while she still sat in her chair. "I'm not going with them. I networked the ship with the tower so if they absolutely need me, I can do anything I have to from right here, right in my lab. That leaves me right here, with you." he said with a smile.
"And I suppose they'll never 'absolutely need you', right?" she said with an air of sarcasm.
"I can't imagine why they would." Tony replied, his voice giving away that he knew he was clearly in trouble. "That fortress I built them practically runs itself. Besides, without the suits, and now without a glowing mini-arc reactor in my chest, I'm just a simple, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist… with a future wife to attend to." Pepper's expression changed immediately to a look of shock as she smiled.
"What was that last part?" she asked, trying to hide the excitement in her voice. But Tony had stood up and was quickly retreating. "Tony!" she said pleadingly as he reached the door.
"Hmmm? Oh yes that's right, would you have dinner with me tonight? Say, around six-ish?" he said as he spun around and braced himself between the door.
"Well of course but…"
"Great, I'll see you tonight. Love you honey." Tony interrupted as he turned around and left. Pepper sat at the table dumbfounded at what had just happened, but she couldn't help but smile and laugh to herself a little. A rush of thought's came into her mind as she imagined what it would be like if Tony Stark were to actually propose to a woman. But her fantasies were soon interrupted as her cell phone went off, signaling that Stark Industries wasn't going to wait for her to have an imagination.