Chapter 19 Iron Man 3

Pepper's point of view

"We're about to watch Iron Man 3. Tony, Pepper, this will not be easy for you to watch. Rufus, the Synopsis?"

"Plagued with worry and insomnia since saving New York from destruction, Tony Stark, now, is more dependent on the suits that give him his Iron Man persona – so much so that every aspect of his life is affected. Including his relationship with Pepper. After a malevolent enemy known as the Mandarin reduces his personal world to rubble, Tony must rely solely on instinct and ingenuity to avenge his losses and protect the people he loves."

1999 Bern, Switzerland

"Anthony Stark!"

"Pep, this was while we were pursuing different avenues… you'd gone to UCLA and I was at MIT then I took over the company. We weren't back together yet."

"That's my mother. That's the night I was… conceived"

"Yep"

MK XLII

"You told me it was MK 15!"

"Yeah honey, when I said that I wasn't even in the suit… I'm sorry. This was when my PTSD and Anxiety were out of control, off the charts ridiculous"

"OK"
"I was terrified that something would come along and ruin us."

"And it did"

"After New York, can you blame me?"

"No but you should have told me. You knew I was having nightmares"
"I didn't know you were feeling that bad though and I knew about the nightmares because you've had them since December 16th 1991."

"I'm sorry Pep"

"We'll figure this out… I'll look into therapists"

Christmas

"That panic attack happened because I was exhausted because of the nightmares and the fear that something was going to ruin everything"

Date night blunder

"OK firstly, Harold Hogan got fired for harassing you, and secondly Aldrich Killian got sent down for fraud and other things"

"You thought he was handsome?"
"Yes. How could I not?"
"He impressed you?"
"Yes"

"But then you felt horribly guilty"

"Of course I did… we'd been together for a while at this point, and you were acting erratic, and I was dealing with all of this"
"You should have told me Pep I would have been able to stop this by being at the meeting with you"

The one thing I can't live without

"And yet you endangered me by giving a terrorist our home address"

"Was I in my right mind?"
"No"
"Well there you go then"
"OK…"

"I will try therapy"

Piping hot mess

"I was trying to get you relaxed enough so that you'd be able to sleep."
"I know… and I appreciate it"
"I wish it would have worked"

"Me too"

Tinker with that

"Pepper, you just did the one thing you're never ever supposed to do with someone who has SEVERE PTSD…"

"Tony, Pepper was right about you leaving town…"

Total security lockdown

"I would have told JARVIS not to allow anyone to access the house at all"

The kid

"Actually, she was 8 years old and she's now 12 and she's sitting beside me."

Pepper doesn't like the big bunny

"It was too big"
"I appreciated the thought though Tony…"
"I know… maybe we just go back to the old arrangement, I give you my credit card and you buy yourself something with it… I'm no good at this kind of thing

Attacked by Killian

"And because you threatened a terrorist… Killian found you"

Putting the suit on Pepper

"That was smart"
"It was absolutely terrifying"

"And I hadn't taught you how to use it"
"Right"

Into the ocean

"And now Killian knocked the house into the ocean"

"You could have at least tried to give me some sign that you were OK?"
"I'm sorry, Pep… I screwed this up"

Tennessee

"You went to Tennessee?"
"Yeah JARVIS had prepared a flight plan"
"OW that looked painful"
"Yeah it wasn't fun"

The call to Pepper

"Thank goodness you'd authorised me to use the helmet in emergencies"

The President

"So this goes right to the top, the President was directly involved"

The Ten Rings

"They're not the real ten rings"

Extremis

"Extremis was turning people into human dragons?"
"yes"

"And then turning them into human bombs when they couldn't regulate?"

Maya's betrayal

"I shouldn't have trusted her! It was a trap I should have listened to my first instinct!"

Harley

"He's a smart kid"
"Very… and willing and eager to help. His home life wasn't good and then his mom had a bad car wreck and didn't survive… He and his sister are living with Nat and Clint now."

"I'm glad he's doing better"

PTSD bites

"I'm not a therapist but I think what's happening here is that you're really freaked out about having PTSD and you're panicky because you're afraid of having another attack and that's making things worse"

Human bombs

"Yeah that was a good idea."

"I know"

The van

"Yeah that guy has cr-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-py stalker vibes!"
"You should go to the Police Academy Constance, you have good instincts"
"Not going to happen. I'm probably going to be a composer or an author"

Discovery

"So he did this to help people but he didn't do it right"

"Essentially, yes"

Pepper in trouble

"She seemed nice, she seemed to really care"
"All she cared about was getting you to Killian so that I would go nuts."

"You shouldn't have opened the door Pepper"

Bad information

"Aaaaaaand it's a trap!"

"Yep"

Checking in on the suit

"Smart but not an ounce of common sense"

"Cue yet another panic attack"

"Harley was able to help you through it."

"I think he read about how to help… and then"

You can build something

"Harley is telling you to improvise?"
"Yep"

"He's really smart"

Trevor Slattery

"In the bad old days on screen me would have been all over that!"

"He was a coward but he kind of ended up helping us"

"He let us think it was jiggery-pokery, squiggly-wiggly, abracadabra…"

"Yeah we don't use that last spell… ever because it's too close to the killing curse"

"Aw crap!"

Rhodey to the rescue

"Good of you to show up"

"Yeah, looks like you wriggled out of Killian's clutches anyway."

"Still, good to know I have backup"

Maya's confession and exit

"Eww you're talking about what you did with her?"
"She started it"

"Aww, that's sweet"

"It's also true"

"She doesn't have a soul, you're right"

"Except that she kind of does…"

"And then Killian shows you… not only his true colours but how mad he actually is."

"Also how ignorant. According to Wikipedia, Croydon is… a large town in South London, England, 9.4 miles south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district and night-time economy."

"She tried to do the right thing in the end and ended up paying for it with her life"

"Like Tony's gonna fall for that crap"

"Now I have to improvise again"

"Yeah letting Jay out of the suit wasn't wise cos he's gonna wreck you!"

"Yeah but you're gonna have to get yourself out of that part"

"JARVIS was right it is just a prototype"
"Yeah I hadn't had time to work out the bugs"

Barrel of monkeys

"That was a very clever use of physics and a game you adored as a child"

"I got that game for Maria… we play it regularly"

Trophy?

"Does that mean that he?"
"Yes he did"

"You didn't?"
"No as soon as I got back to the house - with Tony, he had JARVIS check me over and once he fixed Extremis — removed it from my system he redid the test. I was terrified because I was conceived from… a situation like that and I didn't want that to happen to me. I got my monthly the next day."

Rescuing the president

"You're stubborn enough to get to both of us."

House Party Protocol

"Is that a predecessor to the Hulkbuster?"
"Maybe"

You're such a jerk

"I didn't mean it like that"

"I know but it was still a rotten thing to say"

"Damn Killian"

"Nice one-upmanship"

"I tried really hard"
"I know you did but Extremis saved me"

"I know… still it should be forbidden to even consider it"

"Damn you kicked Killian's ass, both of you"

"Just wait!"

Pepper kicks ass!

"I honestly thought you were mad at me."

"It's OK"
"Really? You're really asking me that after I just…"
"Yeah"

"Correction, hot but not hot. You're gorgeous, so in that respect yes it was hot…"

It'll do/I am Iron Man

"You weren't happy?"
"I was, but I knew you'd make more"

"Well… I am Iron Man"

"I think we were still… figuring things out"

"Yeah"

Elevator in Switzerland

"Sorry Tony"
"No Bruce, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have relied on you for that"
"You could have been a good friend"

Surgery

"Yeah finally got that figured out"

Necklace

"That necklace was beautiful"

"Yep"

Harley's reward

"That was a nice thing you did"

"I know"

Talking to Bruce

"Damn"

"Hey don't worry… This wasn't actually my idea, it was Fury's."

"OOOH that is a gorgeous car!"
"I know"

Not my training

"How come this scene never made it into the actual movie?"

"It was too long"

AN: And we're done with Iron Man 3 WOOOHOOO don't get me wrong, it's actually my favourite IM movie but it was a PAIN to do... truth be told, I'm dreading doing Infinity War and Endgame.