Patchwork Road
By Rey
Chapter summary: The pull of a long buried longing is too much for Pepper.
43. Pull
Pepper glares for the umpteenth time at the heap of extreme-cold gear and supplies piled before her on the bed. Her dreams last night have been haunted by a very dear someone from her past, and she has found herself both sleepless and restless since then.
And, enthralled by those damned dreams, her heart, for once in many a year, has won against her mind. It made her do the things she did not wish to do yesterday, namely to pack up and surreptitiously leave Stark International – plus the people she is supposed to be remotely watching – in a few capable hands for a few days. Her mind is able to baulk only now, moments away from her departure with everything set to go.
But even now, it cannot win.
