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They crashed their lips back together hungrily, their desire wildly igniting.
"Pep-Pepper," Tony tried to say, in between impassioned kisses.
Finally, Pepper broke off, breathless. "What?" she said, searching his face. "What is it?"
Tony couldn't help but smile at how into the moment she was with him. He cupped her cheek, and momentarily glanced down to her plumped lips before bringing his gaze back up to her eyes in adoration. "Just so you know, even now, we don't have to rush into this," he assured her.
Pepper leaned back, and gave him a look of disbelief. "Are you honestly telling me to...that you want to..." she stammered. She huffed, trying to catch her breath. "Slow down?" she finished finally.
Tony just chuckled and smiled. "Well, I do have my reasons," he replied.
"Oh, do tell," Pepper quipped.
Tony reached for both of her hands, and brought them to his chest. "Well, my dear Dorothy. We'll get to the Emerald City soon enough. I promise you that," he joked.
"Dorothy? Why are you calling me...wait," she said, in sudden realization. She smirked. "Okay, how long have you been waiting to use that one on me?" she teased.
Tony smirked, and shrugged nonchalantly. "Pretty much since I found out you're from Kansas, if I'm being honest," he answered, matter of fact.
"Ah," Pepper said, nodding in understanding, trying not to give him the satisfaction of her finding his corny joke funny, but unable to help the amused glint in her eye.
"Yeah, and on that note? You don't know just how close I came to calling you Dorothy back in the day, instead of Pepper," he teased.
"Oh? Well, I'm not sure I would've allowed it," Pepper answered back. "You barely got away with Pepper, and it was only because I got tired of trying to convince you otherwise."
"Oh, I'm fully convinced I could've worn you down on Dorothy, too. And made the required dress code a blue gingham dress and red ruby slippers, while I was at it," Tony argued.
"Uh-huh. Only proves that you're the one into role play. Not me," Pepper pointed out, rolling her eyes, trying to stifle another giggle. "So, you were saying about the..."
"Right. I digress. The Emerald City," Tony interjected, with a smirk. Then his expression went from jovial to sincere intent. "Seriously, Pepper, I...I want this to be...amazing. For the both of us. Something neither of us can ever forget. And if we go straight to..."
"Oz?" Pepper joked, giving him a knowing smirk.
Tony smiled at her joke, and nodded. "...Then it's all over. All at once. And, honey?" he said, running his hands down her upper arms affectionately. Pepper smiled at the tender gesture. He looked at her with a loving smile. "I don't know about you, but..." he took a moment to compose the right words. "I've thought way too much about this to have it be over so soon."
Pepper furrowed her brow, as the meaning of his words sank in. And then her lips spread in a broad smile. "Of course you thought about us sleeping together when we first met," she remarked, out loud, but mostly to herself. "Why am I not surprised?"
Tony's eyes widened, as he was suddenly aware that he could very well be crashing the moment. He backtracked. "But that's not why I hired you! I mean, maybe it was at first," he tried to explain. Then he winced. "Okay. That's not better. What I mean to say is I knew you were smart, and capable, and...not at all like the previous...you're just... different, Pep," he began again. "That's why I hired you, and that's why I want to..."
Pepper just chuckled. Tony stopped jabbering and frowned, unsure of what her meaning was. But he was soon reassured, as she softly kissed his lips, then pecked them playfully once more before breaking it off and smiling at him.
"Take things slow," Tony finished weakly. He studied her face, the corner of his mouth quirking upward as he gave her a pleading look, hoping he'd explained his reasoning well enough.
Pepper chuckled, and cupped his face in her hands, resting her forehead against his. "Well, now that that's all out in the open," she began. She raised her head again to look at him, her eyes full of smokey arousal. "I say let's follow the yellow brick road," she joked. Tony spluttered with a relieved chuckle, and grinned.
He gave her a resolute nod in the affirmative. "You got it, Dorothy. We're off to see the wizard," he joked. Pepper giggled, and Tony grinned fondly at her in reply.
"Can't wait," she cooed, eagerly kissing him once more, playfully biting his bottom lip as they once again racheted up their collective desire. Tony then moved his lips from hers down to her neck, and Pepper's head lolled back. She closed her eyes, feeling each millimeter of her skin prickle at the slightest sensation made from his mouth and tongue, and to the the tiniest tickle from his goatee.
"Oh, Tony!" she moaned.
He moaned back, the arousal in her voice heightening his own. He'd wrapped his arms around her middle when they'd begun kissing again, and he now tightened his embrace around her, reveling in the feeling of his fingers sinking into her bare skin.
He felt her hands slide up and down his back and up through his hair, sending shivery sparks down his spine. "Tony?" he heard her whisper in his ear.
"Hmmm? What, baby?" he replied softly, continuing to lay delicate kisses on her throat.
Pepper pulled back to look at him, her eyes brimming with wanton lust. "Make love to me," she replied.
Tony lips slowly spread into a smirk. "Ah, ah, ah. Patience, Ms. Potts," he warned.
"Patience?" Pepper numbly asked, her brain not computing his reason for resistance.
Tony grinned. "There's a protocol to follow," he tried to say very officially, but with a mischievous smirk. "A checklist, if you will, before we, um...launch?"
Pepper's confusion broke, and she smirked wryly back at him. "Only you would try to make this scientific," she teased.
"Did you expect any less?" he joked. "And I'll have you know I have a fool-proof system that will get any woman moaning and begging for more. Which I am more than willing to demonstrate it to you, in explicit detail. If you're willing to be patient in return."
"Ree-ally?" Pepper replied. "I thought that information was highly classified. And you're saying you're ready to entrust me with it?" she teased.
"Why not? I've entrusted you with everything else, haven't I?" he asked, moving to lightly brush a lock of stray hair behind her ear, and gazing into her eyes intently. "And I'd say you've done well by proving the validity of the first and second steps in the system, already."
"Have I now?" Pepper purred. "Care to elaborate?"
"The first being an exchange of suggestive verbiage. The mind is the most important sex organ, you know," Tony purred.
Pepper gave him a sly smirk. "So I've heard," she purred back. "And the second step?"
"The second? Proof that even the smallest of affectionate gestures can create enough momentum to move the moment along," he said. "Allow me to show you once more." He glanced downward toward her arm, and ever-so-lightly stroked her skin, starting from the back of her wrist, all the way up to her shoulder, with the very tips of his fingers. Pepper watched him do this intently, and involuntarily moaned. Tony could instantly see the goosebumps the arose on her skin as a result. He smiled. "Who knew simple touch could be so titilating, huh?" he remarked quietly.
Pepper chuckled softly. "Yes. Who knew?" she replied.
Tony smiled again. He cupped her cheek with one hand, and leaned in to lightly brush the tips of their noses together. Then he rested his forehead on hers. "Millions of tiny, little nerve endings positively vibrating with the desire for stimulation, all while only a fraction of them getting the attention they all so desperately crave. Hardly seems fair to withhold it from them. Wouldn't you say?" he murmured, his voice made low and rumbly.
Pepper's insides tremored in reply, and she swallowed hard. "Y-yes," she stammered. "Hardly." She moved swiftly to make contact with her lips and Tony's, but he pulled away at the last millisecond, leaving her cold. Pepper let out a disappointed squeak, and winced.
Tony gave her a mischievous smirk, and glanced down at her breasts, noticing her nipples had become hard. Pepper noticed him studying her body, and she moved to bring his hand upwards to cup her breast. Tony obliged, and she shivered as his hand made contact with her skin. Her chest began to heave as her breathing became ragged.
Tony raised his eyes to hers, and she cocked an eyebrow. "How about that? " she asked, her voice breathy. "Does that count as part of the protocol?"
He smiled. "Just a variation of step two," he replied. "Very good. You're catching on." He moved his hand to be able to lightly pinch her nipple between his thumb and pointer finger. He then brushed the very tip of it with the pad of his thumb, and Pepper let out a small gasp. He brought his eyes up to hers, and she smiled, nodding in approval.
He smiled back. "I bet I can guess what's going through your mind," he murmured softly. "If step one is dirty talk, and step two is various forms of touch, then..."
Pepper swallowed hard. "W-what's step three?" she offered weakly, barely able to keep herself righted on her increasingly wobbly legs.
Tony grinned. "Exactly," he answered, before bending to swiftly take her nipple into his mouth.
"Huh!" Pepper squeaked in surprise, as her head dropped back. She pulled him further into her body. She also slid her leg up his thigh, and wrapped it around his hips. Tony took the cue, and ran his hand around her behind, teasing her center with the tips of his fingers as he passed by, and continued on to smooth his hand down the back of her thigh before holding it secure in his hand, and affectionately squeezing it.
"It's taste," Pepper breathed. "Isn't it?"
"Mmmmm," Tony moaned. He briefly raised his head, and brought his lips back to hers, playfully flicking his tongue into her mouth as he kissed her deeply. Slowly, he broke the kiss, and grinned. It was obvious Pepper was in a very flimsy state, as she was very wobbly on her feet, and her eyes were dazed and glassy as she slowly batted her eyelashes in an attempt to clear her blurred vision. "My favorite," he purred.
She bit her bottom lip in an attempt to grasp the last shred of her composure, and nodded helplessly in approval. "Yes," she breathed, leaning her forehead against his, and finally giving in to sloppily kiss his mouth. Tony played along, grinning at how sex-drunk he'd already made her. Then she broke the kiss, and leaned her forehead against his again, gripping the front of his shirt in her hand for support. "Yes. Yes, I want that. I want your mouth on me. Please. I need it," she begged.
Tony brushed the pad of his thumb over her slightly parted lips, and nodded, lowering his head to kiss them one more time before responding. "And believe me, baby. I need to taste you," he told her. "But right now?" he said. He gave her a look of regret. "It's still a little tricky, I'm afraid."
Pepper frowned. "It is?" she said.
Tony nodded. "You see, steps one through three are virtually interchangeable. We might spend a little time on, say, number two," he stated, as he carefully slipped under the waist band of the back of her pajama bottoms again, to run his hand over her behind. He brought her leg back up his thigh, and wrapped it around his hips once more before moving his finger tips to her opening and slowly pushing his middle and ring fingers inside her.
Pepper's breath hitched in her chest, and and involuntary "Oh!" escaped her lips. Tony grinned, and took the opportunity to lower his mouth back down to her exposed neck to lay soft, wet kisses all along it. "...While simultaneously including step..." he murmured, as he worked.
"Three!" Pepper interjected. "Ohmygod," she moaned, closing her eyes in response to the extreme pleasure coursing through her body.
Tony smiled to himself at her willingness to play along. He continued to kiss her skin a few more times, flicking his tongue playfully against it, before he raised his head to look at her. Pepper noticed his lips leave her skin, so she raised her head to look at him as well. They smiled at each other.
"Precisely," he purred. "And then we might change things up and add a little of step one in the mix. So, maybe I'd say something like..." he worked his jaw for a moment as he pretended to be deep in thought, feeling Pepper's eager eyes studying his face. Then he brought his eyes back to her hers. "My God, baby. I love how wet you are," he purred, with a sly smirk.
Pepper gasped, and crashed their lips together, kissing him hungrily and moaning into his mouth. Tony slowly let her leg down from his hips, and ran his hands all over her half-naked form, including under her pajama bottoms, and over her behind, now squeezing it in both of his hands before bringing them back up to run through her hair. They continued to devour each others mouths for several moments, both moaning with fiery passion.
Slowly, though, Pepper broke the kiss and rested her forehead on his, the both of them panting. "Foreplay," she murmured. "Steps one through three are foreplay."
"You got it," Tony agreed, his words breathless. "And foreplay is essential to great sex. That's why it's important for us to take our time with it."
Pepper smiled. "That's been your big secret this whole time?" she asked, raising her head to look into his eyes. "I have to say, that's not exactly a revelation, Tony."
"And I didn't say it ends there,Pep," he countered. "There's something to be said for technique. Timing. Consideration. Creativity. All aspects of making love you have to master if you intend to leave an impression."
"I see," Pepper cooed. "So, tell me? When do I get to see the other aspects in action?"
Tony smirked mischievously. "Oh, all in good time, my pretty," he teased.
"Still sticking with the Wizard of Oz theme, I see," Pepper teased back.
Tony chuckled and shrugged. "Points for creativity?" he asked.
Pepper giggled and nodded. "As long as we're safe from those pesky flying monkeys," she joked, before leaning back in for another lengthy kiss.