"So, the kid turned you down?" Pepper asked, watching her ex-boyfriend-now-fiance as he stared at the Iron Spider. Their press conference just ended and the world would soon be screaming the praises of the Pepperony ship back on course - or whatever the kids these days said.

"Yep." A small chuckle left him as he tapped a screwdriver against the suit, "He's honestly too good. The world doesn't deserve a kid like him."

"But he deserves the world, right?"

Tony turned back around to look at her with a knowing smile, "That he does. Just like a girl I know."

"Oh really? And who would that be?" Pepper slid over on the couch, letting Tony take the cushion next to her. He lifted a glass of wine that was poured for him earlier and sipped it while keeping his eyes locked on hers.

"I forgot her name, but she used to work for me. A truly amazing person that had to deal with a lot of things because of me... Even still, she hasn't run away from me yet." He sent her a smile, the kind of smile that was always saved for the ones Tony trusted more than anything. Pepper knew that smile well, sending him one of her own as she placed her hand over his.

"She should have run away a long time ago, but I think she might have seen something in you that no one else did. She's a curious person that needed to know if what she saw was really there."

"Was it?"

Pepper's heart almost broke at the hopeful voice Tony used; she knew that he desperately sought redemption for things of his past... She felt sorry for him, because she knew that no matter what he did or what she said, Tony would always view himself as damaged goods.

"I think so."

Tony leaned in and pecked her lips, wrapping an arm around her shoulders as he looked back at the Iron Spider. "Any chance I can know what she saw?"

"Nope." Pepper smirked as she followed Tony's gaze, "So this kid of yours, is he really as good as I've heard?"

The man laughed lightly as he nodded, "Better. He refused being an Avenger, the one thing he's been pining for since I met him, just to help out the smaller people that we don't look at. He's ridiculous... But he's a good kid."

"It's a shame I didn't have the chance to meet him."

"I'm sure he'll be around again, I'm still in charge of him after all. Plus, he comes in for weekly updates to his suit every Friday after school now."

"He almost sounds like an intern."

Pepper sworn she saw the light bulb appear over Tony's head, a feeling of dread filling her at whatever idea Tony was about to pitch to her. It couldn't be good...

"I want to hire a personal intern!" Tony stood up, going to dig around his desk papers.

"A personal... What? Tony, you hate the interns!" Pepper turned around to watch Tony with creased brows.

"I think I can make an exception for a one Mr. Parker."

Suddenly understanding, Pepper rolled her eyes with a sigh. Of course Tony would do this...

A/N: Okay, this is supposed to be an ending credit scene for when the story is finished(why it's so short), but it's the only thing I have completed right now and I wanted to let everyone know that I haven't abandoned this story! I have a lot of ideas I can use, I'm just needing time/life to slow down a little and give me a chance to finish them!

So all future chapters I write will somehow be shuffled around and posted ahead of these three. Might be a bit confusing, but I'll make it work somehow!

Credits to camelot1995 for the idea for this really short chapter