A few weeks later, Pepper was sitting at their kitchen counter across from her husband. Their conversation had come to a comfortable lull as she enjoyed the last few morsels of her blue berry bagel and Tony quietly muttered to himself while he scrolled through his laptop and nursed his second cup of coffee.
"Hey Pep, did ya hear? A&E wants to do a documentary on the Avengers this year. I guess they're competing with the one the History Channel put out."
"Yes, I've heard. Maria told me about it the other day."
Tony hums and goes back to reading headlines, and though Pepper is tempted to fall back into silence as well, she realizes now would be the perfect time to discuss something pressing on her mind.
"Speaking of the History Channel, I was watching this special on gods and goddesses. They included several different cultures and they even covered Thor."
"Oh? You didn't happen to watch it with him did you, because I made a similar mistake once and he just about talked my ear off pointing out all the misconceptions we Midgardians had concerning him and his people." Stark says, with an eye roll.
"Don't worry, I watched it alone. It did get me to thinking though."
Tony pauses to take a sip before asking, "About what?"
Pepper tries to sound nonchalant when she replies, "About Thor being recognized as a fertility god."
"Wondering why Jane isn't knocked up with a litter of demigods yet?" Her husband quips.
"Haha funny, but no, actually I was wondering whether it was true or not and if it was, whether or not he could help us … perhaps with our … our pregnancy problems."
"What? This again?!" Tony shuts the lid of his laptop, giving her his full attention. "Pep, Dr. Brackner told us, we don't have any problems with pregnancy or at least that it's too early to tell."
"I know, I just want a second opinion of sorts."
Tony gives her a pointed look, "And you think Lighting McQueen has a Ph.D. in baby making now?"
"Well he is a fertility god isn't he?! Wouldn't you think that has to count for something and if it does, maybe he could help things along if not fix me completely?"
"First off, we are not having fertility issues so you don't need fixing; secondly, I'm sorry, but I wouldn't place my trust in any of Thor's Asgardian hocus pocus even if we did. What would he even do anyway? Dangle Mjölnir over your tummy?" Tony snorts.
"Fine! Fine, just forget I even mentioned it! It was a stupid idea anyway." Pepper cries, abruptly hopping down from the bar stool and irritably casting her plate into the sink.
"Wait, Pepper! I didn't say that! Pepper?!"
Pepper doesn't say another word and Tony only gets a retreating view of his wife's back as she marches out the kitchen in a huff.