So this is something I've been working on in addition to 'Pepper's Secret' and 'The Journey'. I'm kinda fond of the idea, and have done this chapter + the next. I want to know whether it's worth continuing or whether people totally hate it.
Missing
When they got married he made her CFO and he took on CTO and CEO, she did the business he played with his toys. When they got divorced she moved to New York and she didn't have to talk to him anymore, she could handle financial issues from Wall Street and the New York Office anyway. She'd resigned her seat on the board and everything, so when she was summoned to Los Angeles for an emergency board meeting she didn't understand why.
Yet here she was in LAX waiting for a car to pick her up and what she got instead was her ex-husbands driver.
"Hey Pepper!" He greeted happily.
"Hello Happy." She returned his greeting warmly, she'd missed Happy Hogan. They'd both worked for Tony before he confessed his feelings to her.
"Happy are we not going to the hotel?" They'd driven past the turning for Beverly Hills and were driving instead towards Stark Industries. She recognised the route, even though it had been 2 years since she'd last been in LA.
"Sorry Pepper, Mr Stane gave me strict orders to take you directly to Stark Industries.
"Obi?" She was confused, she was 100% sure Tony had something to do with getting her here.
"Yeah, you asked Tony to leave you alone so he did." Happy only ever used his bosses first name when he was talking to Pepper.
She contemplated what she'd been told and remained quiet for the whole journey. When they arrived at SI Happy immediately drove her round the back where there would be no waiting press, Pepper hadn't been seen in LA since she left Tony.
"Pepper." Obadiah Stane hugged Pepper when she entered the building. "Let's go up to my office."
"Obi what is going on?" He never answered her but continued to silently walk towards his office.
When they got inside, he chose to her. "Tony's missing."
TBC…
Just a little tester to gage people's reactions to this. All will be explained, like exactly why they split up.