Burger King and Extra Olives, Please
There are times when Pepper wants to tell him to stop the Iron Man shenanigans. Those nights, when she sits up with Humphrey Bogart all alone, she tries to encase her worry in a small portion of her mind. Still, it inevitably leaks into the forefront and she can only pet the dog and pretend to be the one doing the comforting.
She notices that when he returns to the Stark estate, he always seems surprised to see her waiting for him, her eyes shining with concern at the ever present dents and scrapes on the suit. He always asks her something along the lines of, "so are you here still because you want to make sure your beloved boss returns home, or do you just want to get a head start on finding a job when you're sure I'm dead?"
She always responds with something like, "I'm keeping the dog company." And she always immediately leaves, because to stick around would signify other, darker ideas.
It is all she can do to smile encouragingly and nod as he goes off on his hair-raising, ego-stroking missions, risking his no longer insured neck for faceless people.
Still, Pepper would hate him if he didn't play the hero, for it would be a travesty to waste that mind on the trivial things his money provides for him.
A/N: I know this one's really short, but it's for the Pepperony 100 challenge at LJ, so I was like, eh.