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As soon as Pepper cleaned Tony up and placed him in his bed, Tony immediately fell asleep. Pepper could see that he was exhausted and she immediately felt the pang of guilt in the pit of her stomach. She decided to stay here for tonight because she owes Tony at least her presence for what happened. She went to change into her pajamas she had left here for endless, sleepless nights in the past and went to the kitchen to brew a cup of coffee.
Just as she was about pour coffee into her cup, Jarvis spoke which startled her.
"Miss Potts, I highly suggest you keep Mr. Stark company. He seems to be having nightmares," Jarvis's British voice heard throughout the kitchen.
Pepper immediately left her coffee there and ran up the stairs to Tony's room. She got there in record time and she panicked at seeing Tony dripped in sweat. She took a wash cloth and tried to wake him up.
"Tony! Tony!" She yelled at him as she was shaking his shoulder, but he didn't seem to budge.
Tony's POV.
I can hear Pepper yell my name, but I can't open my eyes. I know I'm still in this shithole of a cave and won't be able to escape until I build them my Jericho missile. They must be ludicrous to think I would actually build them my missile.
Yinsen made me realize that I had no one to go to if I make it out of here and I thought about it for the rest of the night.
'Who did I have?' I asked myself. 'I have Jarvis and Rhodey,' I thought. Then it hit me, the only person who can keep me on my toes, the only person who knows me inside and out, the only woman I ever loved besides my mother, of course.
I knew I had to get out of here for Pepper, to see her blue eyes that would usually glare at me when I'm agitating her, her red hair that I love when it's down and hanging loosely around her shoulders, the way she blushes when I catch her off guard, I needed to tell her how I felt before it was too late.
"Tony! Tony!" I heard her yell, but I couldn't see her. All I could see were my weapons in the hands of these murderers, but I knew it was too late. Just as soon as I refused to build them my missile, they pushed me on the floor to my knees and told me to look down as they put a gun to my head. I knew this was it, this was the end of my life and I didn't even get the chance to tell the only woman I was enamored with that I loved her.
Just as the man pulled the trigger, I woke up in sweat and once I saw Pepper there with red eyes and tears falling from her face, I immediately took hold of her and enveloped her in a tight hug. I never wanted to let this woman go because if I ever lose her, I would have nothing else to live for.
Pepper felt relief wash over her when Tony awoke and was taken by surprise when he embraced her in a tight hug. She hugged him back and tightened her grip on him when she felt the tears fall from his eyes and hit her neck.
When they let go of each other, Pepper washed the sweat from his face and lay down next to him. She curled her body closer to his side as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Pepper, I thought I lost you," he whispered.
"You won't, Tony. I'm right here," she said as she gave him a small kiss on his cheek.
"I know, but it felt so real, so vivid." Pepper took this time to just listen to Tony speak because he never spoke of his nightmares or about what happened in Afghanistan. Once he returned from his three month capture, he acted as if nothing happened; he isolated that part from his life and made sure to never mention it again. It was the three most terrible months in his life and by speaking about it, it would as if he was reliving those three months over, but this was Pepper he was speaking to. He knew that if he told Pepper what had happened, she would comfort him and it would work. Pepper was the only one who could make him feel docile.
"During those three months, I knew I was going to die," he said. Pepper clenched her jaw and held back her tears as he mentioned that word. She can never see her life without Tony being in it. "But then, there was this man, Yinsen. He made me realize that I had to get home, to get back to you," he began. "I built the Mach l suit, to get me and Yinsen out of there," he said. "But, they killed Yinsen and I knew that I had to make him proud, to prove to him that I finally had something – no someone, to live for," he said. Tony looked down at Pepper and saw the tears falling from her face. He wiped them away with the pad of his thumb and kissed her deeply.
"I'm never going to leave you, Tony. No matter how much you drive me crazy, I will never leave you," she said with a small smile and Tony broke out into one as well.
"Promise?" Tony said with a smug grin.
"I promise." She replied before giving him a kiss.
"And I'm sorry about earlier. I was just – I don't like sharing," Tony shrugged his shoulders.
"I know you don't, but good thing you don't have to," Pepper replied and kissed his cheek.
"Good night, Pep," Tony said as he gave her a small kiss at the crown of her head.
"Good night, Tony," she replied.
When they awoke, Pepper took notice that Tony didn't have one single nightmare after she slept by his side. She smiled to herself when she saw Tony sleeping peacefully. She decided to get ready for work and was dressed and ready to go at about eight in the morning while Tony was still asleep and sprawled atop of his bed. Pepper gave him a kiss on his forehead before heading to get some coffee and then working on the endless emails she seems to get every day in her office.
"Jarvis, when Tony wakes up, please tell him to take a shower and dress in the Armani suit I laid out for him." Pepper said to the ceiling as she was sorting out the emails she had received.
"Yes, Miss Potts," Jarvis replied in its usual monotone.
It was already eleven in the morning when Tony was dressed and ready to go to one of his board meetings. Pepper set his coffee on the kitchen counter as she sat in the living room, while answering some calls before leaving the mansion.
Tony snaked his arms around Pepper and gave her a kiss on the neck as a sign of a late good morning greeting.
"Tony, you were supposed to be awake hours ago."
"Well, I'm awake now, shall we go, Miss Potts?" Pepper nodded and both were walking out the mansion and into the black Bentley while Happy held the car door open for the couple.
"Mr. Stark, you have a meeting at one and another a five thirty." Pepper told him, while not removing her eyes from her blackberry.
"Will you be there?" Tony asked and Pepper looked up and saw Tony looking out the window.
"Do you want me to?" Pepper replied and Tony turned his head and looked at Pepper. He removed his sunglasses and looked her in the eye.
"Oh, I want you to," he said seductively. Pepper rolled her eyes and nodded.
When they walked in the first meeting, Tony placed a hand on her lower back and she just wanted to grab his hand and entwine their fingers together, but she didn't know how he'll react or how the board will react when they walk into the meeting holding hands.
Tony took a seat across from Pepper, even though he wanted to sit next to her, Pepper suggested that they sit across from each other so that he could at least pay attention.
Tony immediately knew that this meeting was of no interest to him, so he took out his cellphone and decided to send Pepper a text.
"Pepper, this meeting is boring me." Tony texted to her. He looked at Pepper and waited for her to retrieve her cellphone and take it out to text him back. When Pepper felt her phone vibrate, she took it out and opened it as she read the text from Tony. She looked up at him and shook her head as he had a smug grin on his face.
"Every meeting bores you, Tony." She replied.
"You look beautiful today, by the way." Tony texted.
"Pay attention." She replied.
"I am."
"Pay attention to Mr. David, Mr. Stark." They were back to the professionalism and Tony couldn't help but suppress a smile.
"I'd rather pay attention to you, Miss Potts. Have I told you that I love you hair being down?"
"Yes you have, now you need to pay attention." Tony took notice of the blush that was spreading across Pepper's face and to her neck.
"Pepper, don't look now, but you're turning to a shade of red."
"I'm not blushing."
"In denial, Miss Potts." Tony saw Pepper immediately become agitated and he loved seeing her like this. Angry, but not being able to show it because of the people that were here.
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Stark," Mr. Davis spoke and Tony nodded. The meeting was over and after two hours, he wanted to just kiss Pepper. Two hours was long enough for Tony. He sighed when he saw Pepper nowhere to be found. He loosened his tie around his neck and unbuttoned some buttons from the top as he entered his office.
"Well hello there, Mr. Stark," Pepper spoke and Tony jumped in shock.
"Oh my God, Pepper. You almost gave me a heart attack!" Tony said as he was walking towards his desk. Pepper locked his office door and when Tony heard the click, he turned to look at Pepper and she had a hungry look in her eyes. "Um, Pep, what are you doing?"
"I told you to pay attention," Pepper said in a seductive, yet devious tone. Tony was immediately turned on when he heard the Pepper's tone of voice. He loved it when women took control, but when Pepper acted this way, well, let's just say he couldn't contain himself.
"I – I tried. It's your fault, you distracted me," Tony said as he sat in his chair.
"Oh, it's my fault, is it?" Pepper said as she was walking towards Tony. She removed her blazer and threw it on the couch and unbuttoned her shirt and threw it as well.
"Oh how I love this side of you, Pepper," Tony's voice hitched when he saw Pepper stripping and walking towards him.
"Yeah?" Tony nodded and Pepper sat on his lap with her legs wide as she lifted her skirt up to her hips. She grinded against Tony and Tony moaned at the feeling of being so close to her, yet so far.
"Pepper, this is so hot," Tony said as he began to kiss her neck. Pepper stopped grinding against him and Tony looked at her in shock.
"You can't touch and you can't make a sound, understand?"
"How am I supposed to remove your underwear then?"
"Who said I was wearing any?" Pepper said seductively as she removed his tie from his neck and tied his hands in the back of the chair. Tony literally felt his member get a little too excited when he realized that she wasn't wearing anything under her skirt.
Pepper got off his lap and kneeled down in front of him. Pepper felt him through his suit pants and Tony moaned quietly.
"I said no making any sounds." Tony nodded and was getting turned on at how kinky this was, but the fact that Pepper was doing all the work was making him hard even more.
Pepper trailed her hands up and down his thigh, until her hands reached his belt. She unbuckled it and slipped his pants and his boxers to his knees. She saw at how excited he already became and Pepper couldn't help but smile. Tony looked down at Pepper and saw the hungry look in her eyes.
Pepper took Tony fully into her mouth and Tony did his best to not make a sound, but the feeling of Pepper's mouth over him was too much to handle.
'This woman knew how to work her mouth,' Tony thought and he felt that he was close to his climax and Pepper somehow knew that he was close because she stood up and lowered herself onto him. Tony threw his head back and his eyes rolled back into his skull as Pepper worked her hips in a swivel motion he has never seen nor felt.
Pepper rolled her hips as her hands were placed on his thighs and he bucked his hips as a sign for her to do something to put him out of his misery. She lifted herself up from his shaft and then went back down fully and Tony couldn't help it because he moaned at how slowly she was going.
"Pepper, I'm sorry, but – Oh my God!" Tony yelled as Pepper began to swivel her hips in different directions. Pepper kissed Tony and played with his tongue with her own as Tony bucked his hips up. Pepper removed the tie that was restraining Tony's hands and once the tie fell to the floor, Tony took hold of her hips and placed her on his desk and him standing up.
Tony's fantasy of doing Pepper in his office has finally come true and he was getting very aroused by the second. He thrusted into her forcefully and Pepper moaned aloud at the feeling. Tony's hands travelled throughout her body and his thrusts began to quicken.
They were both close to reaching their climax that after one thrust, they both moaned aloud. Tony nuzzled his face in the crook of Pepper's neck as their breathing began to go at a normal pace.
Once they recovered from their love making, they went to the meeting with Tony's arms wrapped around her waist and everyone in Stark Industries was looking at them as if they were saying, "Finally." When they walked into the meeting, the board looked at them skeptically and nodded in approval. They all knew that if anyone, Pepper was the girl for Tony.
"You know, I'm still so aroused," Tony whispered into Pepper's ear.
"That's good to know," Pepper said, sarcastically. Pepper dropped a hand onto Tony's thigh and Tony's breathing began to quicken. Tony's hand grabbed hold of Pepper's and entwined their fingers from underneath the table.
"Just wait until we get back home," Tony said.
"Ooh, I'm scared," Pepper replied evident that there was sarcasm in her voice. Tony loved it when she acts sarcastic; it was a turn on for him.
Suddenly, Patrick came in through the door with an apologetic look on his face.
"I'm sorry, sir. I had something to do, please, go on," Patrick said and when his eyes found Pepper's, he smiled.
Tony clenched his jaw tight that he didn't care if his teeth shattered. There was something wrong this guy and the fact that he knew Pepper, just made it worse. Something in Tony's gut made him believe that this guy was all bad news.