SMUT warning

And that's it for this week. Next week, there won't be any uploads because I have to write the next few chapters.


When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomniacs!
And the difference between them.
- Rumi

Pepper listened carefully as she lay on the warm double blanket, staring up at the ceiling.

After a lovely simple dinner, Farmer Wilhelm had told them where they could sleep. One person could sleep inside with the boys on the floor. The other would have to manage in the oxen shed by sleeping on a high stack of hay.

Of course Tony, being the gallant idiot, had to volunteer to sleep in the shed. He just had to! Well! I want to stay with him, so I'm just going to have to creep into the shed!

She sat up slowly, being very careful, not to disturb Jeremiah and Alfred sleeping on either side of her.

They were sleeping soundly, so emboldened by this, Pepper quietly scooted forward on her butt until she was not lying between them. Then she stood up slowly and crept away towards the front door.

She quietly let unhinged the lock and then heard a small voice whisper, "Pepper, where you going?"

Pepper turned, alarmed because she wasn't wearing her binding and her hair was spilling from her hat. Tiny Alfie was sitting up from the floor, rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"Sssh..." she said. Thinking fast, she gestured at her coat draped around her chest.

"It is cold, so I am taking this to Tony. Go back to sleep. There's a good lad."

He nodded and yawned, then dropped back to his pillow and was immediately asleep.

Pepper opened the door and quickly slipped outside. Then she snuck around the right, towards the oxen shed and opened its gate.

The shed was quiet and lit with just a single lamp, hung in the middle. She could make out the large outlines of the oxen in their stalls. A strong bovine smell was in the air and she shook her head to clear it.

Then she saw another light shining at the end of the shed and Pepper began to make her way towards it, looking down to avoid the pats of oxen shit on the floor.

Tony was lying back on a huge bale of hay and grass, still in his trousers and boots. Pepper smiled as she saw he had rumpled up his shirt, to use as a pillow for his head. He had draped his blanket around his shoulders and covered his face with his hat.

Is he asleep?

Just then, an ox chose to defecate loudly right near her foot and Pepper quickly stepped to the side, with a loud gasp.

Tony woke up at that, sitting up. He held out his lantern and then grinned broadly when he saw it was her. He waved at her and she waved back.

Pepper raised her finger to her lips, urging him to be quiet. The walls were very thin and the farmer and his family were all sleeping in the house, whose wall was common with the shed. So if they spoke here, they could be heard.

Tony nodded in understanding and stood up, coming to her, moving between the slumbering oxen. He leaned and whispered in her ear, "Pep, what are you doing here? It is late, you should be sleeping."

She whispered back, "Tony, I am too used to sleeping next to you. I can't sleep." She hugged him tightly, snuggling into his warm bare chest.

He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the side of her hat. Then he whispered, "Pepper, this is just a shed, there is no bed in here. Just hay. You will be uncomfortable. Please go back to the house."

She stubbornly shook her head and he sighed loudly. Then Pepper leaned back and smiled up at him, raising her finger to his lips. Tony kissed her finger and she caressed his cheek.

"By the way," he whispered as he held her to him, "Your choice in nightwear is fascinating."

Pepper giggled. She was wearing one of Tony's long well-worn night shirts, so long for her that its hem came to her thighs. It was very soft with long sleeves, that she had rolled back. Her coat was around her for warmth and for hiding her breasts, their outline clearly visible through the thin shirt. She was also wearing his sheer white braies and had stuffed the front with a rolled-up linen towel to simulate a crotch.

Tony was staring with wonder at the tiny bulge in her pants and she tipped his chin upwards, so he met her eyes.

"What's so interesting about my crotch, Ranger Stark?" she whispered sultrily.

He whispered naughtily, a twinkle in his eyes, "Fake crotch. I never thought I would be aroused by a pair of braies with a fake crotch."

Pepper giggled again. "Can we cuddle for five minutes?" she whispered.

"Alright, just for five minutes and then you go back inside."

She nodded in agreement and Tony helped her navigate through the oxen rumps around them. She took off her hat and lay down on the soft hay, he lay down next to her. She shucked off her coat.

Then Pepper snuggled right up to him and Tony lifted his blanket to cover them both. She sighed with contentment and felt him grin against her cheek.

For some time, they lay there quietly together, the oxen and hay all around them, while the wind blew outside. A particularly powerful gust rattled the thin wooden windows of the shed and Pepper pushed herself even more against Tony.

He whispered in her ear, "Are you scared?"

She nodded and Tony tightened his grip on her. Pepper lifted her head up and kissed the corner of his mouth. He silently looked at her and she placed her hand on his Arc.

Then the wind blew hard with a dreadful howl and she closed her eyes tightly in fear, burrowing deeper into Tony's chest.

She felt him kiss her forehead and then her closed eyes tenderly. "Do not be scared, my love, I am here with you." he whispered lovingly and Pepper wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head down for a kiss.

She took his lips slowly with hers, moving over his mouth intimately. He kissed her back equally slowly and she felt his hand move around her back, holding her against him.

She was on her side, so she moved one of her legs between his. Then Pepper lowered one of her hands from his neck and stroked his chest, comforted by his warm hard flesh.

Tony broke off the kiss to lean his face against hers as she kept stroking his chest with her fingers gently. He trembled lightly and she kissed his neck.

Then Pepper gasped as she felt a hot hand cupping her breast and rubbing its nipple. She was going to moan but Tony quickly captured her mouth. He undid two buttons to slid his warm hand into her long night shirt and touch her bare skin. She arched into his hand as he gently pinched her nipple between his fingers.

She broke off the kiss and stared into his eyes blindly as his fingers teased her nipple till it was taut with passion. Tony smiled at her, drawing circles around the erect bud with his fingers. She mewled softly and he mischievously tsked at her.

Then he whispered in her ear, "You need to be as quiet as a mouse, Pepper Potts. Or ..." he let go of her breast.

She gasped and pulled his hand back onto it. He smiled at her and kissed her neck, his firm muscled chest rubbing against her soft one. Pepper propped herself up sideways on one elbow in the hay. Tony quickly undid her shirt to her waist, so her breasts were bared completely to him.

Then he leaned forward, bent his head, cupped one breast in his hand and touched his lips to it. Pepper bit her lip hard to stop her moan as Tony sucked on it slowly, his mouth so moist and hot against her skin.

He pulled back and licked her nipple gently, tracing it with the tip of his tongue. She covered her mouth with her hand as he flicked the pointed tip lightly and then once again, closed his mouth over her breast and sucked on her gently.

"Tony... Tony... please... I can't!", she whispered raggedly, her body shaking with need.

Tony quickly sat up and pulled Pepper onto him, settling himself between her legs, her body lying on him.

"Am I too heavy?" she asked softly and he shook her head with a grin, tightening his arms around her.

"You are as light as a cloud, my lady and equally sinfully soft."

Then he raised his head and kissed her slowly, while his hands played with her breasts again. Pepper stretched her hands forward, over his head, as Tony made sweet love to her mouth.

She felt her breasts swell under his touch, the feeling unbearably arousing. His hands were all over her body, touching her stomach, caressing her ribs, playing with her nipples, while his mouth kept moving under hers, kissing her passionately.

He cupped her butt and squeezed it tightly, making her gasp with passion. His fingers lightly stroked her in the hollow between their cheeks and she shook her head helplessly, moving her mouth against his.

Then he broke off the kiss and moved himself down her chest. His beard scratched her throat and Pepper moaned softly. Tony lifted his head and looked at her chidingly.

She nodding in understanding and he began to lave her nipple with his tongue. Pepper cradled the back of his head, supporting it as he licked her breasts with his moist tongue till she was panting with need.

He rubbed his prickly chin against one erect tip and she pushed herself upwards, rubbing herself against his stomach. Tony bit her nipple hard then and then licked the hurt with his warm tongue, murmuring apologies to her skin.

He lowered himself beneath her even more and she was shocked when he started to kiss her stomach slowly, running his tongue around her belly button. Pepper pushed her head into the hay and closed her eyes tightly, struggling to control her moans.

He kissed her belly and then nipped at it gently, making her tighten herself.

She opened her eyes quickly and propped herself on her elbows as Tony was now at her curls, gently tugging on them with his lips. Somehow her braies were around her knees.

I am not going to make a sound. I am not going to... oooo!

Pepper couldn't see him but she felt his mouth curve against her. She was burrowed into the hay, her lower body raised, with his warm face below it.

Then her heart pounded as she felt his tongue around her clit. He licked it hard and Pepper mewled, closing her eyes tightly at the sensation.

Then she felt Tony's fingers move on her thighs and grip her butt hard. He cupped her backside, holding in her place as he tortured her clit with his agile tongue. Still propped on her elbows, shaking with the effort, Pepper bit her lip and took deep breaths as Tony licked her raw.

He pushed the nub with the base of his tongue and then flicked it and she pushed her hips into his face, wanting him even deeper. His hands were absently stroking the back of her thighs, his callused fingers rubbing against her sensitive flesh. They then moved upwards, to thrust into her womanhood from behind.

She gasped at that and felt his fingers dig into her butt as he lowered his tongue to lap at her, with long and hard strokes. Pepper shuddered and grasped at the hay as Tony mouth moved over her intimately until she felt swollen and so moist with need.

She had to do something. So she moved downwards until she was face to face with him. Pepper kissed Tony's wet mouth, tasting herself on his lips. She rubbed her hips against his, feeling his cock push into her through his thin pants.

She wriggled to push her braies off her legs and then kissing Tony all over his face, she undid his trousers and slid one hand in to palm him.

He gasped loudly and it was Pepper's turn to tsk at him as she stroked his hard throbbing member with her fingers. She felt the hot huge head of his cock gently, sliding her fingers over it and under it, feeling its underside. It pushed itself into her fingers and she pulled it gently from base to tip, rubbing its slit.

Tony bucked into her hand, thrusting himself upwards, murmuring her name like a prayer.

She loved the way he gave himself over to her completely and blindly. Pepper cupped his balls gently and then rubbed his leaking slit. She kept touching him until he was erect and throbbing and so damn hard in her hands.

She heard Tony whisper something and looked up at him.

His eyes were bright, focused pools of brown, gazing into hers with dazed passion. "Claim me, Goddess... please..." he whispered tenderly.

She felt her womb clench at his whispered plea and Pepper undid his pants, pulling his erect cock out. She knelt between his legs and he helped her push them down to his ankles.

Then Tony pulled out his sheath from his coat and she took it from his shaking hands.

Pepper held his erect cock straight in one hand, feeling a shudder move through him as she quickly rolled the sheath onto him. Then she straightened, positioned herself over him and placed one hand on his Arc.

She sank down hard onto his erect cock, feeling his hard virile length fill her to the hilt. Tony pushed his head back into the hay, murmuring tightly to himself. She bit her lip to stop from crying out at the delicious feel of him inside her.

Pepper placed her hands on his firm chest and began to move up and down, thrusting herself onto him. Tony moved with her in tandem, pushing his cock into her, whispering her name fervently.

She lowered her head and kissed him blindly as he began to thrust upwards into her heavily, pushing his cock deeper.

They moved together like that until she was so close to the edge and she could feel Tony holding himself back, waiting for her.

Pepper stroked his nipples with her fingers and Tony gasped and moved his hand to their joined bodies. He gently pushed his finger into her.

The added penetration broke her control and Pepper threw her head back and sighed loudly as she finally let herself go. Her eyes were closed, so she could see bursts of light underneath her closed eye lids as her body was wracked with wave after wave of release.

She felt Tony spill his warm seed inside her and his muffed groan of passion. He trembled and shuddered within her and then she collapsed on his warm, heaving chest, taking deep breaths.

Pepper kissed his Arc which was blazing blue in the dim light. She lay over him, enjoying his rough hairy legs against hers, his hard muscular chest moving her up and down with his deep breathing and his warm musky skin against her bare skin.

"I claim you, Iron Knight..." she whispered to his shining Arc, "I claim you as mine, in this life and the next..."

"I am yours, Queen of my Heart, in this life and the next." he whispered solemnly to her.

She smiled against his chest and then moved upwards to nuzzle his neck. He moved his arms around her and gently hugged her to him, kissing the side of her head.

Pepper closed her eyes contentedly and then felt Tony chuckle, his chest rumbling beneath her.

"What is it, Tony, what's so funny?"

"I think our passionate encounter, my love, has disturbed up the inhabitants of this barn. They are all glaring at us."

She raised herself and looked sideways. Then Pepper covered her mouth to stop giggling because the oxen closest to them were staring straight at them. The nearest one twitched his ears at them in curiosity.

Tony adjusted the blanket over them better and then placed his coat over them as well. He then pulled Pepper tighter against him. She looked at him questioningly and he murmured, "They are staring, Pep!"

She snorted with laughter as Tony scowled darkly at the oxen, one of whom bellowed loudly.

"Ssssh... do not wake up the entire household! Go back to sleep!" He whispered urgently at it.

She turned his head towards her. "Settle down, my lord. Let's go to sleep. I am tired from claiming you."

Tony touched her nose gently. "Pepper, sweetheart, go back to bed."

"I am in bed, Tony." She said drowsily. "But you keep talking."

"No, I mean, go back to your bed. Inside."

Pepper opened one eye and glared at him. "I cannot sleep inside without you, Tony Stark. So either you join me in the house or you shush and go to sleep."

He stroked her hair softly. "Pepper, it is warmer inside. You will be more comfortable."

Pepper sighed and snuggled deeper into his chest, wrapping her arm around his shoulder. "Feels nice and warm and comfortable around here, thank you."

He grinned and kissed the top of her head. "Well... then you need to wake up early and go back to the house in the morning. Before anyone catches you like this. All curvy and soft with your fake crotch."

"Admit it, Tony... you like my fake crotch..." she whispered with a smile, drifting off to sleep.

Just before she fell asleep, she felt Tony tighten his grip on her and whispered back, "I love you, Pepper... fake crotch and all... good night, my love."

And she lay there on top of her knight, finally falling asleep in his arms.