Wait a minute, before you tell me anything,
How was your day?
Cause I've been missin you by my side, yeah
Did I awake you outta your dream?
I'm sorry but I couldn't sleep
You calm me down, there's somethin bout the sound of your voice.
Big Time Rush - Worldwide
Pepper had never had trouble sleeping before. Her parents had used to joke that she was like a baby doll; as soon as she laid down, she was asleep. Since she and Tony had finally gotten their acts together though, she had gotten used to using Tony Stark as her personal pillow/heater. Unfortunately for her sleeping patterns, he was off in Tokyo where he had a week's worth of meetings ahead of him. Without him in bed with her, it was colder and she just couldn't get comfortable.
Which was why she was greatly annoyed by the sound of her phone ringing right as she was about to drift off. She groaned as she reached over to the nightstand to pick up her phone.
"Hello?" She said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, not bothering to check the caller id.
"Hey Pep. Did I miss anything spectacular today?" Even though she was annoyed, his voice made her smile.
"No, nothing earth shattering. Tony, did you happen to think about the time difference before you picked up the phone?"
"Oh, God, sorry Pep. I didn't wake you up did I? I didn't even think, it's morning over here."
"No." She debated on telling him, then said. "I can't sleep. I miss my pillow, have you seen him?"
She could hear his smile through the phone. "Yeah, I've seen him. But he misses his girlfriend. He's not used to going on these kinds of trips without her."
"I miss you too. Are you getting ready to go? What time is your meeting?" She asked as she settled back down into the bed.
"I've got about an hour before I have to go actually. While I didn't account for the time difference, I did want to at least have time to say hi to you. So hi."
"Hi." She giggled.
"Is there anything I can do to help you get to sleep? I know I'm not there but I could cancel all the meetings and be there a.s.a.p."
"No, Tony don't do that. I'll be okay. Those meetings are important."
"Not as important as you Pep." He said immediately. "I would however like to suggest that next time, you listen to me and come along. We could've had a mini vacation."
"I think arrangements could be made for that. It may be one of the best ideas you've had in a long time." She said teasingly.
"Hey, all of my ideas are great, thank you very much." He said in the same tone.
"Oh really?" She arched an eyebrow. "Need I remind you of the Christmas lights fiasco? Or how about the breakfast incident? Oh and let's not forget the exploding ice cream. How did you manage that anyway?"
"Okay, so those may have had some design flaws. But," His voice deepened making her shiver. "I do believe those last 2 ended very, very nicely." And just like that he was in overactive puppy mode again. "The Christmas lights, though, that was funny."
"I still don't know how Rhodey managed to get tied to the tree." She laughed remembering.
"Probably the same way that you and I managed to get tangled up in them." He laughed as well.
They were quiet for a few moments, just listening to each other breathe. Pepper could feel her eyelids drooping.
"There is something you could do, if you wouldn't mind. It's kinda silly." She said hesitating.
"Please, I'm the king of silly. Your wish is my command. Especially if it's phone sex, please say it's phone sex."
She rolled her eyes. Of course that's the first thing he'd think of. "No, it's not phone sex." She bit her fingernail. "Could you just, I don't know, talk until I fall asleep? It's not the same as you being here, but it's helping me fall asleep."
His voice was soft as he replied. "Sure. Anything you'd like me to talk about in particular?"
She shook her head even though she knew he couldn't see it. "It doesn't matter. Talk about something you want to fix on the suit, I don't care."
"Alright. I can do that." He launched into a detailed explanation about what he wanted to add into the suit.
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Across the ocean, in a hotel room in Tokyo, Tony stopped talking as he heard the soft breathing of his girlfriend even out and the soft snore she made every once in while during sleep.
He smiled. "Good night Pepper. I love you. But you better be ready to do the same for me tonight." He pressed the end call button.
He left the hotel room, slipping his phone into his suit pocket. He paid no attention to the girls swarming the hotel lobby hoping for a glimpse of him. His thoughts were back in America, where a beautiful redhead was sleeping with a phone pressed to her ear.
The sooner he got done with these meetings, the better.
So what do you think? I love Big Time Rush. I wanted to use No Idea, and I still might, but this one pretty much wrote itself. Thanks to my anonymous reviewers and everyone whose favorited and alerted. If you have any songs you'd like me to use, let me know!
