A/N: The next one will be fluffier!
"You'll run out of clean glasses soon," Pepper said nodding at the glass of alcohol in her boss's hand.
Tony snorted. When Pepper had noticed the self-destructive turn in his behavior, she originally nagged incessantly. Once she realized it was having no effect, she resorted to a passive-aggressive approach, diluting his Everclear bottles with water, and having Happy switch the speedometer in his car to read faster than he was actually going so that he would slow down. As if he didn't notice. He was dying, not stupid. (Although Pots might argue to the contrary.)
He almost preferred the nagging.