AN: A big thank you to everybody who reviewed! Since there were quite a few people who wanted more, I decided to write more. But you have to help me: I need songs that fit to Pepper and Tony. So if you have any idea, just review or pm me!
This is based on 'Me without you' from Ashley Tisdale.
It took them both a long time, but someday they realized it.
Pepper realized it first. It was after Max left her. Max had been her first boyfriend in five years. She came home late one evening and found the appartment empty, only a note saying that he couldn't live with a workaholic like her.
To say she had been a mess would be an understatment. She had gotten drunk that evening, the first time in five years, too. The next morning, she had naturally been late for work. She put on more make-up than usual to hide her red eyes and hoped to continue like nothing had happend.
But Tony suprised her. He immediatly got that something was wrong and didn't give up till she told him. Then he made her a tea (peppermint, her favourite) and told her that Max was an idiot when he gave up on her. He joked and talked about everything and nothing till she smiled again. A few days later, when she was over Max, he returned to being his usual self. But she never forgot it.
It took Tony about 10 years and being kidnapped by terrorists to notice. While lying in that cave, he remembered all the times Pepper had cleaned up the messes he made, all the times she had dealed with his failures, all the times she had simply been there for him. He remembered the times she had stood by his side while he visited his parents grave, none of them saying anything. He realized it then.
There was no way one could be without the other. Alone, they would exist, but they would not be themselves.
They understood each other without words. They were each others rocks. When Pepper felt like her whole world was crashing down, Tony was there. When Tony was at an all time low, Pepper was there.
Tony always managed to make Pepper feel beautiful. Pepper always managed show Tony that he was not alone. They were each others rising sun. They didn't need to prove themselves to the other. They just were.
It took them a while to realize, but eventually both got it: There was no Pepper without Tony, and there was no Tony without Pepper.
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