Tony was crabby and Rhodey was sick of it. 'It isn't like I'm ecstatic to be here either,' he grumbled internally. Because of a situation in Egypt, they were called in to meet with the Secretary of Defense. Unfortunately, instead of a planning meeting, it had become a burocratic mess. Tony was becoming increasingly tetchy—it was only a matter of time before Rhodey would be forced to do damage control.

Pepper walked in and handed Tony some paper and a cup of coffee. The frowning billionaire relaxed and broke out in a smile. Rhodey guessed it wasn't the coffee.