"I've never been to one of these before." Calico said nervously, clinging to Pepper's arm and avoiding eye contact with everyone who stared at her. Pepper sighed and rolled her eyes.

"It's usually more crowded at one of his parties. Consider yourself lucky this time." Pepper said, gently patting the top of her cousin's head. She proceeded to slide her arm out of Calico's grip.

"P-Pepper, don't leave!"

"Either mingle or find Tony and cling to him; I'm sure he's looking for you anyway." Pepper said, ignoring the pout Calico gave her.

"Go."

"You have no soul, Virginia!"

Calico groaned and stepped away from Pepper, not even making it ten feet before she was stopped by a man asking for her number.

And another.

And another.

"What do you do for a living?" one man asked her, to which she replied -

"I'm a female impersonator."

A woman finally came up to rescue her, but she looked like she hated Calico, despite never having met her in her life - and this wasn't helping Calico's nerves at all. It seemed like simply looking at Calico made her want to vomit.

"Short, red hair, white dress. You wouldn't happen to be a woman named Calico Potts, would you?" she spat, wrinkling her nose.

"I-I am." Calico fiddled with her fingers and smiled softly at the woman, attempting to make things feel less awkward. The woman stared Calico up and down before muttering what sounded vaguely like "Jail-bait".

Calico's smile fell, and she was tempted to scream "No, I'm legal! I'm legal!" Instead, she dropped her hands to her sides and waited for the woman to respond.

"Tony Stark wants to see you. Follow me." she said dully, leading Calico to what seemed to be one of the bars.

Tony was there, talking with a group of people and taking pictures alternatively. He looked dazzling in his smart (yet casual) black suit. He even looked like he was still sober (then again, it was relatively early in the event, so he probably wouldn't be intoxicated quite yet).

When he noticed Calico his face lit up, and he pulled her out of her hiding place in the crowd. She felt her face heat up as she was held firmly her lover's side.

The people around them raised their eyebrows and looked around at each other with confused smiles and shrugs, obviously wondering who in the world this attractive young woman with Tony Stark was.
A few people took pictures of the couple on their phones, not caring much because she was cute and Tony was cute, so it worked out fine for them.

"Guys, you might want to take a picture of this if you take no other pictures tonight!"

"Who the hell is she?" a woman's voice shrieked, apparently upset that Tony wouldn't be taking her home. Tony kissed Calico on the top of her head.

"My sweet little kitten, Calico Potts." He cooed, leaning down to press his lips against her's for a brief second. In return, Calico shyly smiled and waved to the people.

She remained loyally by his side for a few minutes before she had to pull him outside to speak to him. She groaned and rubbed her eyes, attempting to get rid of the stars from all the camera flashes that were left.

"Why would you do that?" Calico whispered frantically. Tony tilted his head to the side.

"Do what, Calico?" he asked, feigning innocence.

"You made our relationship public! I barely wanted Pepper to know. Why would you do that, Tony?" Calico crossed her arms and glared at the taller man.

"For your safety." Tony said swiftly. Calico furrowed her brows and lowered her arms.

"What the hell are you talking about, Stark?"

"See, you're pretty damn lovable. In fact, it's near impossible to hate you. You already have a nice little group of admirers!"

"I uh... What?"

"C'mon, Calico - think about it! It'll be hard for anyone to harm you if they're surrounded by people who love you! And really, you act like I won't protect you. I am Iron Man." Tony explained. Calico bit her bottom lip and blushed.

"You charming bastard." Calico finally muttered, standing on her toes to give him a soft peck on the cheek. Tony smiled smugly and gently cupped her face as if she might break if he was any rougher. Calico smiled softly at the tender action.

"God, I love you!" Tony suddenly exclaimed, pulling her into a tight hug and nuzzling his face into her neck. Calico squealed in shock and wrapped her arms around him as well.

"I-I love you too!"

So I made a Twitter. Now all I have to do is make the Tumblr. XD

Sorry this chappy was so short. ^^" The next one will be extra long!

Speaking of pineapples, when I'm done with this I don't know what to write in the next Marvel story. It's tied between Thor and Loki and... I don't know, whoever is the first to recommend something. XD I'm open to suggestions.