A/N: Decided to add on to this, kind of problems with extremis sort of thing, hope you all enjoy!
Nightmare
The water runs down her back like rivets of ice doing nothing for the fire that courses thorough her veins. Images flash behind closed eyes as she clenches her head, curled up in the corner of the shower; prying for this hellish nightmare that is now her life to stop.
"Pepper!" Tony's voice echoes loudly though the bathroom carrying along the high walls and over the sound of the shower. Pepper curls further into herself, hot tears streaming down her face, hands threaded through her wet hair.
"Pepper," Tony calls again and while he's not as loud he's just as desperate. The spray of the shower is cut off as he crouches in front of her; his hands find her face, warm against her chilled skin. Pepper stays curled up, fighting to hold herself together. She doesn't want to thrust any of this on him, he's spent days on end trying to find a cure; he doesn't need the added stress of her suffering.
"Pepper look at me," Tony pleads and when she fails to respond he tries again, though his tone is no longer pleading, "Virginia."
Pepper swallows thickly, blinking her eyes slowly as Tony blurrily comes into view; he gives a small smile pressing his lips to her forehead. "Jarvis said you had an episode."
"It was just a nightmare," Pepper tells him hoping he'll drop it.
"You want talk about it," Tony encourages looking a little out of his element. "I hear that helps," he offers with an awkward grin.
Pepper shakes her head slightly, "I don't remember much, just fire and screaming." She closes her eyes fighting against the tears "I think I blew up."
Tony's face falls as he whispers her name, shifting against the floor to warp her up in a tight hug, burring his face in her hair, "I'm never going to let that happen."
"I know," Pepper whispers, sinking into his embrace, knowing her nightmare won't last much longer.
A/N: Reviews are love and motivate me to write more :)
