A/N: hey guys so I got my first review on my first story on my first ever chapter! So a huge thanks you to pepper-potts-stark! You made my day :D. So since I have nothing better to do I thought I'd write another chapter for you all, don't expect an update everyday but I've had a rubbish day so I thought by writing some fluff it would make me feel better J
TONY
I wasn't listening to anything that she was saying, I knew it was something about me being 'rude and obnoxious' or something like that. But really all I could focus on was the freckles that ran along all over her face and clustered on her cheeks and nose, I was fascinated. Looking up to the rest of her face I met the bluest eyes I've ever seen, they were beautiful, nothing compared to them, they were brighter than the bluest sky and deeper than the ocean. And her hair, it was scraped back into a perfect ponytail except for the one rebellious strand of that hung around her face. Leaving her face my eyes wandered down to her body and that where the perverted thoughts started to kick in. She was wearing a deep purple blouse with a black jacket and a matching black pencil skirt that clung to all of right places and finished just above the knee, those legs, damn they were long and with her high stiletto heels on that completed her look. God, what I'd do to just grab her right now and smudge that bright red lipstick with my own lips. Snapping out of my fantasy, I realised that she had finished her rant and I done the worst thing I possibly could have done, I grinned. Not the average smirk but a full blown devilish smile. "You arrogant pig!" she practically screamed.
"calm down there Red, now if you'd let me finish I was about to say that whatever salary that Mark (who I only just noticed had left the room) was going to offer you, I will double it, hell I'll even triple it! As long as I get to see those sexy legs walk into my office with a cup of coffee every morning I don't care what I pay you" she stood there with her mouth in an 'O' shape, in complete shock of what I'd just said.
PEPPER
I couldn't believe what had just come out of his mouth, I was completely speechless. I mean this Mark guy was about to offer me $100 000 dollars and he was offering to triple it, just so he can see my so called 'sexy legs' walk into his office. Wait a minute he just called my legs sexy, I knew that other than my eyes my legs were my best asset but when he said it I didn't know whether to be angry or flattered. Quickly deciding that neither of them options was professional at all I decided to make a point instead. Standing up straight I brought my jaw back together and started with "Mr. Stark as much as the comment you made was highly inappropriate..." I didn't get to finish because he'd already come back with a quick quip, leaning in he whispered in my ear "trust me Red I can get allot more inappropriate if you'd like?" I heard the smile in his voice and another electrical pulse shot through me, just from the feeling of his breath on my ear. But remaining composed I whispered back "Trust me Mr Stark, if you want me for that then I'm afraid that you're going to have to get in line" hearing him chuckle he pulled away, standing straight again he began to say something but I quickly cut in. "Unfortunately in my case Mr Stark I need a job right now and since this seems to be the only one I now have on offer I'm going to have to accept it, along with the Quadrupling of my Salary" his smile dropped a little and I wondered if I'd pushed a little too far, but his grin quickly returned and he replied with "yes of course Red" and chuckled. I didn't like the nickname 'Red' it was a pet name from an old boyfriend of mine and that relationship ended very badly with him cheating on me with some blond chick and walking out of the door leaving me crumpled on the floor drowning on my tears, he was the only man that I'd ever loved. I shook off the memory "I prefer if you call me either Miss Potts or by my first name which is Virginia"
"I'm afraid Virginia I don't like either of them so you'll just have to wait until I find an appropriate nick name for me to use, until then I'll just call you Potts. I would rather you not call me Mr Stark as I'm not my father, either Tony or Mr Sexy will be great". He winked at me and it made my heart flutter but then I realised what he had just said made me question my name which up until now I'd liked; I mean what was wrong with my name? Why did what he say affect me! And I definitely wasn't calling him 'Mr Sexy' and it wasn't professional to call him Tony so I thought since I didn't get to be called my name that I liked, neither did he. I shook my head, in an attempt to shake the comment off. "Mr Stark, I do believe I have either a contract to sign or a hand to shake?" I questioned. "Right this way Red... I mean Potts, sorry" I flinched at the nickname and followed him out of the office door down the hall, my heels making a sharp tapping on the marble floor underneath me.
8 YEARS LATER
TONY
"PEPPER!" I yelled from my workshop. "PEPPER I NEED YOU!" why the hell wasn't she here yet! "VIRGINIA POTTS, I WANT YOU DOWN HERE NOW!" damn, I really need her. I was tinkering on dummy and knocked over my glass and it'd flown everywhere, including the large chunk that was now embedded into my foot and many others on my leg. Sighing I managed to stumble up the stairs, leaving a little blood trail behind me only to find Pepper completely passed out on the sofa, with the computer half shut on the floor, it had obviously fallen off of her lap and she was spread out, head on a pillow, one shoe on, the other under the coffee table, arms sprawled out, mouth open, snoring deeply. I smiled to myself; in the 8 years that Pepper had been my PA I'd never seen her asleep, ever. And because of the way her legs were spread out, her skirt had ridden up so much that her underwear was on full show, red lacy knickers, nice, I nodded in approval. Slipping my phone out of my pocket I quickly snapped a photo of her sleeping and then snuck up next to her head and took one of her and me. I also stole her phone and took a few selfies of myself and her and put her phone back so she would only find out when she next opened her phone. Taking a sharp breath I realized that i still had glass inserted in my leg, quickly thinking of the evilest way to wake her up a though came to me "Jarvis, can you please set the fire alarm off in 10 seconds" I whispered " of course sir, counting down from 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1"and all of a sudden a shrieking noise echoed through the air and Pepper sprung up so fast that she actually fell off of the sofa onto the floor. "ANTHONY EDWARD STARK" she looked at me with a death stare, "I COULD OF HAD A HEART ATTACK!" unable to contain my laughter I fell to the floor in fits, again the pain from my leg shot through me. "OW! I'm sorry... Pepper... I... Just...couldn't...help...it" I said in-between laughs. The alarm silenced and pepper stood up, quickly pulling her skirt down and composing herself.
PEPPER
My heart was racing, I couldn't feel my legs and my head was spinning but somehow I managed to compose myself. I pulled down my skirt that hopefully wasn't ridden up while i was sleeping. I went to shout at his immaturity again when I saw blood oozing onto the white marble floor. All anger left my face and I flicked the other shoe off and ran to Tony who was currently laughing on the floor clutching his leg. I looked into his eyes "are you OK? Why is there blood? Can you breathe? What happened?" I fired my many questions my anger now turning into worry. "I knocked a glass off the table in the workshop and it smashed my most of the shards bounced off of the floor into my leg" he mumbled... "Well remove your pants then" I stated not thinking about the words I was saying and how inappropriate they were. "Well Pepper I wished you'd asked sooner" he grinned, standing up sliding his jeans off, so he was just there in his boxers as he already wasn't wearing a shirt. Letting my eyes roam over his marvelous body I took him all in. Head to toe. His muscles stood out making him look extremely irresistible I looked up at his face, admiring his features and then i met his eyes. Big mistake. He looked at me with a stare I could only describe as hungry, he limped forward so that we were inches apart and he leaned in closer. My body was frozen, unable to move a muscle his lips got closer and closer to mine, and just when I though all of my fantasies were coming true, I closed my eyes, feeling the heat from his body and instead of kissing my lips he whispered into my ear "Well Miss Potts are you quite done checking me out?" and chuckled. It felt like a bucket of ice cold water had been dumped over my head. "I'm so sorry Mr Stark, do you want me to get medical?" i asked in a bitter tone. "still leaned in he continued to whisper in my ear "that won't be necessary Pepper, you're the only person i trust enough to take care of me in these kind of situations" he said sincerely. My heart went back to its rapid pace and i swallowed and managed to croak out "OK Tony let's get you to the bathroom" removing my jacket i placed it on the coffee table and helped Tony limp to the bathroom.