Written for: doctor-hayden. September 8th, 2019 Tony/Pepper/Wanda fluffy AoU AU.
"Life's weird, isn't it?"
"Hmm?" Pepper had a book in her hands. One of her mother's pulpy romance novels she pretended not to like. The desk lamp flickered. Someone needed to change the bulb soon.
On the other side of the bed, with a lovely brunette cozied up at his side, Tony shrugged. "I just mean, one day I'm a rich idiot with a day job, coasting through life with a new girl every week, now I'm a rich idiot with a suit of armor in a happy semi-monogamous relationship with two women I love. Did you ever see that coming?"
"The suit of armor? No." Pepper marked her place and put the book down. "The two women? Well…"
Tony grinned. "I don't know if I should be offended or just kiss you."
"Wait until tomorrow. You know how cranky Wanda can get."
She slid closer to her lovers, reveling in the heat of their half-naked bodies. It had been a busy weekend with long days and even longer nights. For their first anniversary, Tony had gone all out. A beach vacation for just the three of them. There'd gone swimming, snorkeling, played beach volleyball (Wanda cheated), sandcastle building (Wanda cheated again), and enough dancing to cover both of Pepper's feet in corns. Their indoor activities were not to be discussed, but suffice to say, there wasn't much sleep to be had.
"Still makes me wonder how we got here," Tony mused, apparently not at all tired despite the moon in the sky and the early flight they had to be on in five hours. "She never told me what she saw in my head, but it must've been something."
Whatever she saw made her go from wanting him dead to hating herself for wanting him dead to defecting from HYDRA and swearing allegiance to the Avengers to falling hopelessly in love with him and Pepper, all in the span of a month.
Yeah, life was pretty weird.
"But you wouldn't change it," Pepper said, "would you? You'd never take it back."
"What are you, my conscience?" Tony snorted as Pepper gave him a look. "Don't answer that. And of course, I wouldn't. Not for anything. When we get home ask Wanda to show you the finger thing."
"The what?"
"Just trust me on this. It's not at all what you think it is, it's a hundred times better."
He shifted and Wanda stirred, mumbling to herself in Sokovian. Her eyes fluttered but didn't open. Tony brushed the hair out of her eyes and shushed her. "Get some sleep, babe. Need you all rested up for tomorrow or your brother will think we're overworking you."
"Mmm…" Wanda sighed happily and soon she was snoring.
Tony kissed the top of her head, then leaned over to kiss Pepper's lips. Pepper settled in at Wanda's back, feeling the everpresent hum of her magic, and knowing she'd never change a thing either.