Authors: Joanne M Delany and Yeoyou
Rating: P18
Spoilerwarning: Iron Man 1 Movieverse. The fanfiction is an alternative for the second Iron Man movie so contains spoilers for that film as well.
Prologue
T- 1 day, 2 hours, 42 seconds
Pepper stood in front of her house, drew the paper of the little package away and stared at the broken reactor in her hands. She only spotted the notice tucked between the brown folds after a moment, picked it out of the chaos and read the few words.
It hit her like a punch in the face and she had to lean against the door frame to keep from falling apart.
Tony.
Tony had been here.
Proof that I don't.
Five little words.
Why, why had he left this 'present' for her?
Did he want to tell her how little he cared?
That her own present had meant nothing to him?
That she meant nothing to him anymore?
Or...
The thought frightened Pepper so much that she hardly dared to think it at all.
...did he want to threaten her? To warn her? To tell her that she should keep away from him?
I don't have a heart. I can break you. Just like that. You. Or Logan.
Panicking, Pepper turned around but could only see the empty street. Her hands shook and she could barely hold the two reactor halves anymore.
Hastily she stepped inside and closed the door behind her. She leaned against it, shaking. She felt sick and nauseated and the notice's words whispered like shadows into her thoughts.
He had been here and had left her an unmistakable message. And she was afraid of him.
Tony Stark was nobody you wanted as your enemy.