Sweet Guy

Pepper had sat on the couch doing work and handling the press and it was now noon. The press had been dealt with and the work she had was finished, so she decided to go check on Tony. Pepper walked upstairs to Tony's room. Soft light spilled into the completely dark room as Pepper opened the door. She noticed that Tony's arc reactor was glowing a faint red, which meant that it needed to be charged. Pepper rolled her eyes, knowing that it was on a rare occasion that Tony had to charge the arc reactor implanted in his chest, so she stepped inside the room, grabbing the small, round patch on his night stand and placing it over his arc reactor.

Suddenly Tony's eyes opened in the middle of Pepper trying to put the device on his arc reactor.

"Pepper, what are you doing," Tony asked.

"Your arc reactor needs to be charged and I didn't want to wake you," Pepper replied.

Tony laughed as Pepper handed him the charger for his arc reactor. Tony placed the device over the arc reactor and smiled. Her face a deep shade of red, Pepper turned to leave when Tony gently grabbed her hand. Pepper turned back and her face turned a deeper shade of red, if that was even possible. Tony half smiled a sparkle in his eye, though the lights were off, his eyes were visible by the light shining through the curtains.

"I was going to cook something, so what do you want me to cook," Pepper asked.

"Chicken Noodle Soup," Tony suggested.

"No problem, it's freezing outside anyways," Pepper said, no longer blushing.

Pepper walked down to the kitchen and began making the soup. About thirty minutes later, Pepper walked up to Tony's room to let him know that the food was ready.

"Tony, the soup is ready," Pepper said softly.

"Can you get Jarvis to dim the lights," Tony asked.

"Sure thing Tony," Pepper responded.

Jarvis dimmed the lights on the demand and Tony stepped out of his room carrying the other end of the charger for his arc reactor. They sat at the island bar in the middle of the kitchen and ate. After Tony looked pale, as if he were going to pass out.

"Tony, are you alright," Pepper asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Tony responded.

"I'm taking you to the doctor," Pepper said, wrapping her robe around him.

She led him to her car, opened the door, and buckled the seat belt around him. She got in the driver's seat and sped down the road. She was pulled over and the officer gave her an escourt to the hospital. Pepper helped Tony into the emergency room and he was taken back immediately. There was an old man who stepped in the room.

"Yinsen, is that you," Tony asked.

"Hello Tony," Yinsen responded.

Pepper was frightened, and Tony was also, but he wasn't going to let Pepper see that.

"Did you forget to charge your arc-reactor, Tony," Yinsen asked.

"Yeah, Pepper said something about it needing to be charged," Tony replied.

"You'll be alright Tony, just let that arc reactor charge fully," Yinsen said.

Tony nodded as Pepper helped him up.

"Let's get out of this hospital Pepper," Tony said.

Pepper drove back to Tony's house and helped him into the living room.

"Pepper, remember how I woke you up this morning," Tony asked.

"Yeah, you said that the baby was crying and I told you we didn't have a child because we aren't married," Pepper responded.

"Well, I'd like to ask you something," Tony said nervously.

"Tony, what is it, you know you can ask anything," Pepper said.

"Pepper, will you marry me," Tony asked, getting on one knee as he pulled out a wedding band.

There was no reply from Pepper, she didn't know how to react, really, she didn't know what to say.

"Pepper," Tony said nervously.

Pepper shook her head and kissed Tony.

"Does that answer your question," Pepper said.

"Can I take that as a yes," Tony asked.

"Yes, I'll marry you Tony," Pepper laughed.

Tony laughed softly as he slipped the ring on Pepper's hand. Pepper wrapped her arms around Tony and kissed him once again. They sat on the couch watching movies for several hours after that.