"Pepper..."
"I knew... you are going to leave me..."
"No!" Tony hurried to come to her and pulled her in his arms. "No, I'm not going to leave you... Peps, I'll fly to Malibu to get the stuff I need, Dummy, Butterfingers, Jarvis and the suits, your and my stuff... and then I come back before you wake up... okay? We'll stay here, nobody can do you any harm here... It's safe..."
"Tony... what's about the work... we..."
"Shh... We can work by Jarvis... Pepper nothing matters besides your safety..!"
Pepper couldn't help but started crying about how protective he was of her. He carried her into the bedroom and wrapped her in the blanket, kissed her softly and whispered: "I'll be back as soon as I can..."
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"Pepper? Honey, where are you?" She wasn't in the house and Tony installed Jarvis as fast as he could. "J? Come on, talk to me..."
"Good morning Sir"
"Jarvis, where's Pep?"
"Miss Potts is currently at the beach, Sir...
He found her swimming, her red hair shining in the sun. As she came out of the water al wet and her skin glistening, he couldn't help himself. He left his hiding place and showed himself, wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey, godess..."
Pepper giggled and turned around in his Arms. "Hey... you're back..."
"Do you have a meeting with Maria today?"
"I have... yes"
"Is there some time left for a little surprise?"
"Mmh... I think there is..."
Tony smiled and took her hand, pulled her with him until they reached the house and the garden. Outside was a blanket in the gras with a lot of food and flowers.
"Did you make that?" Pepper asked him with wide eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you, Tony..."
They had a lovely Picknick in the garden and Tony loved to see Pepper laughing again... She fell asleep with her head in his lap and Tony was reliefed, that she was safe now...
Pepper came back from her meeting with Maria and cuddled up with Tony in the bed. After a while she sighed and turned around to face him. "Tony..? I don't know how to say this, but... you know, I recognized your behalf and I know you...want...me. And believe me, I trust you, but I don't know if I feel good enough already... Maria said, we should at least try it, but... I'm afraid Tony that It won't work, that I can't..."
"Shh... Peps, it's all right... I know this isn't easy for you and I'll wait as long as you feel good with it... "
Pepper laid his head on his shoulder and cuddled up closer to him. "But I feel good with you, Tony... I feel safe... I love you Tony, but I'm afraid that it's not enough..."
Tony sighed and wrapped his arms tighter around her. "Peps... I love you too, and I promise, if you really want this, I'll be as gentle as I can and when you want me to stop, I'll stop... okay?"
"okay..."
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"Are you alright, Honey?"
"Oh believe me...", she burried her face in his shoulder and sighed... "I'm more than alright... It was wonderful, Tony... thank you so much..."
"I love you, Peps..."
Thank you for all your nice reviews :) (But did you really think a hardcore Pepperony Fan like me would let them break up? No way! :)) )