Anyone But You
"Don't ever, ever, ever, ask me to do anything like that, ever again!"
"I don't have anyone but you."
In that moment everything changed. Electricity buzzed in the air but there was an odd calm that had settled over them like a cloud. Something they had been denying for years. Everyone knew they were going to end up together, the question was when. When was Tony Stark going to calm down and stop the one night stands, everyone saw how badly they affected Pepper. They knew the ins and outs of each other's personalities, they knew each other's boundaries but they knew ending together was inevitable. Tony might not remember details like Pepper's birthday, but he could read Pepper like an open book. Her body language and eyes expressed so much that he really didn't need unnecessary details like that.
They gazed at each other for fraction too long. Blue eyes met slightly lost brown ones. Tony really didn't know what to do. She wasn't anything like the one night stands he was used to. Scratch that, she wasn't anything like ANY girl he was used to. But that made her Pepper. If he didn't have her who knows what trouble he would be caught it.
They were different.
Yet they were made for each. Some might even go further and say they were pre-destined to be together.
They gave each other an equilibrium. Both were two very different chemicals trying to balance each other out. Tony made sure Pepper didn't work herself to death and Pepper made sure to give Tony a bit of stability in his life.
Tony's confession lingered in both their minds.
In was true, Tony had no one else to keep him in line. Rhodey had his own career and life to retain and Obadiah wasn't around much to keep Tony in line. Pepper had been taking care of Tony for years. Pepper was the person Tony counted on most. Whether it was bailing him out of jail or staying with him on the death day of his parents.
In that moment they weren't Mr. Stark and Miss. Potts.
But were Tony and Pepper.
Two people who desperately needed each other.
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