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A/N: Just a little idea that popped into my head. I'm trying to get in gear and update those other stories!
This is a first for me. I know you are most likely laughing thinking that Tony Stark and firsts do not go together in the same sentence, however, this is a first for me. I have never woken up and stayed in bed with a woman I've slept with. I have always snuck out of the bed and went down to the workshop leaving them to find their own way out and take the huge hint when they finally wake up themselves. However, this isn't any random woman I'm waking up next to... its Pepper.
The sky outside the enormous glass window is still dark but my internal clock is telling me it's around 5 am. Normally I would be creeping out from underneath the sheets trying my best not to make any noise but I can see Pepper's gorgeous and peaceful face from the light of my arc reactor and I can't move. I don't want to move. You couldn't pry me away.
Part of me wonders if I am dreaming. God knows I've had many many many many dreams staring Pepper Potts, myself, and my bed, or couch, or the table in my workshop. Why is it that I feel frightened when I reach out, and as gently as possible run the backside of my hand down her cheek? Oh right, it's because this isn't any random woman... it's Pepper.
Her red hair is slightly tousled and spilling out around her bare shoulders and back. Looking down at the long slender outline of her body, I can't help the groan that comes from my throat. I'm remembering what took place only a few hours before. I'm more than glad I have a photographic memory because I will be replaying this night over and over until the moment I die.
She's just so damn perfect it's almost painful. I want to reach over and touch her but there's this strange feeling in the back of my mind that if I do she might disappear. Ah, screw it. I slowly reach my hand over and trace her lips with my thumb. She lets out a sigh and whispers my name in her sleep. I feel like my arc reactor is going to explode.
I suddenly feel her hand on my chest covering the arc reactor and there comes that groan again. I lightly cover her hip with my hand and pull her closer until its flesh on flesh once again. I'm starting to feel drowsy and blissful as I breath in her scent. I know it's only a matter of seconds before I fall asleep.
This is a first for me, staying in bed with a woman I've been with but like I said before, this isn't any woman, this is Pepper. This is my first time and it most definitely will not be my last.
THE END