Vacation's Over

"Hmmm. Your eyes are red. Tears for your long lost boss?"

"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting."

"Yeah, well, vacation's over."

Relief. That's all Pepper felt when she saw Tony walking out of the aircraft. Relief spread across her body like an immense tsunami engulfing everything in its path.

'He is alive' was all the only thought her brain was passing. Her lips caught in a wide smile she couldn't remove. She felt tears leisurely make their way down her face in happiness. Her heart pounded thunderously in her chest in exhilaration. She took deep calming breaths trying to make sure she didn't start bawling her eyes out. Her eyes were probably red enough.

Three months she was caught in storm of misery. She wasn't sleeping properly, she was having nightmares...most of them ending up in tears. She shut down, she couldn't function. Just then Pepper realised so much she needed Tony, she felt a slight outrage at how quickly he had wormed his way into her life and how rapidly he drilled himself into her heart and stuck in there stubbornly.

But the same time she had done the exact same thing to him.

All she wanted was from Tony to saunter into the office hours late for a meeting. Or hearing his roaring stereo playing some music while tinkering mindlessly with his cars.

She got pitying, sympathetic and concerned looks from all the staff in Stark Industries. Her mind wanted to accept that he was dead, but heart didn't. Her heart was full of optimism and assurance that he wasn't dead. He was Tony Stark for crying out loud, he couldn't die. He would bring death to the brink of insanity if that was the case.

Has much as she wanted to run and tackle him with a hug, or maybe smother him with kisses...she couldn't.

He was still her boss. And she was his personal assistant.

Even though they were so much more.

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