"So you have everything, and nothing."
The words of his dead friend still echoed in the night every once in a while, and when they did Tony reaches out and caress the woman next to him. Pepper opened her eyes still half asleep.
"Can't sleep?"
"No." Tony smiles. "I missed you."
Still half sleeping she sits up and kiss him softly.
"I'm not going anywhere."
He cups his hand around her face and strokes her perfect cheekbone with his thumb.
"Marry me, miss Potts."
"Tony. Yes. But can it wait until tomorrow?"
He nods, smiling.
"Go back to sleep Pepper."
She hesitates momentarily, kisses him again, and lay back down.
"Don't waste it. Don't waste your life." he said. And Tony won't, because he will spend it with her.
