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This is for 83 Home, read away my pretties!

For some reason I enjoy making people cry XD

Stay

It had been a week since he was brought home from Afghanistan, and a week that Pepper had been sleeping in one of the guest bedrooms. She said it was because of all the extra work involving his statements from the press conference, he wondered if this was true, or if she was just watching out for him. Either way he was glad, he liked having her around, and he was tired of feeling like he was alone.

He had her change out the arc reactor a few days ago, he probably could have done it himself, but the thought of her hands inside him excited him. It didn't quite go as he had planned, hell she sent him into cardiac arrest, when she placed her hand on his shoulder and said to him "I'm going to make this ok." he wasn't expecting the fluttering in his stomach. Through all the pain and suffering he had gone through, she had been the one that kept him motivated to keep going.

He couldn't sleep, and had been working on the flight stabilizers since 2:30 in the morning. Six hours later he was interrupted by his music shutting off, and the clicking of her heels coming up behind him.

"Can you please not turn off my music every time you come down here?" He wiped his hands on his shirt and turned to look at her.

"Is there a reason you're fattening me up Potts?" He grinned. She had brought him down a full breakfast of eggs, bacon hash browns and toast, and a heavenly cup of coffee. She smiled softly as she set the food down on his desk.

"You need to eat Tony, you look like you could use some sleep too." She sighed and turned to leave.

"Is everything ok Pepper?" He could see the worry in her eyes, he wanted to hold her and tell her everything would turn out ok, that he was home now, and he was glad she was with him.

But he didn't want to scare her away.

"It's…..yea, everything's alright."

He raised a single brow and took a long draw of his coffee.

"Will that be all Ms. Potts?" He asked, turning his attention to his hash browns.

"That will be all Mr. Stark."

He heard the clicking of her shoes fade, and his music came back on as soon as she sealed the door. Not even a minute later it abruptly shut back off, and he stood up to see Pepper rushing back in the workshop towards him. He didn't expect her to throw her arms around his middle and bury her face in his chest.

"No Tony, that won't be all. It killed me inside when Rhodey called me, each day I would ask you to come home, which is stupid it's not like you could hear me. I missed you, you don't know how bad I wanted to run to you when you stepped out of that plane." He smiled and gently rubbed her back.

"I did hear you, everyday, when I was told I was a man who had everything but nothing, I realized that was wrong, I had you, and seeing you was worth coming home to. There was nothing more I wanted to do than hold you when I got back…" He stopped for a moment and sighed. "I figured that wouldn't be very professional" He chuckled, and placed a light kiss to her head.

"I'm home now Pepper and I'm glad you're here."

She pulled away and he wiped away the stray tears from her glossy blue eyes.

"Me too." She straightened out her skirt and took a deep breath.

"Will that be all Mr. Stark?" She beamed at him.

"That will be all Ms. Potts." He laughed. "For now."