AN: Please don't hate me! I know it's been ages since I last updated, but I was really busy and then I also kind of never found a song that fit. I'll try to update more frequently now, but I can't promise.
Song is 'Ours' by Taylor Swift.
It's sometimes hard for Pepper to just use the elevator. When it's early and she breathes the morning air and she's just met with the silence of strangers, she wants to take the stairs. Tony would laugh about them and whisper things he got out of their personal emails into her ear and she would scold him but secretly smile. But most days Tony is at home and she is alone with those vacant stares.
It's like there is always somebody who disapproves, who says it's just a fling or that she just sleeps with him to get the job. Strangers judge about them as if they know them, as if they know the Tony Pepper knows, the Tony who can't remember his social security number for life but knows exactly how she likes her coffee, as if they know what is between them, as if they understand the love they share. The verdict comes from those with nothing else to do, and Pepper always tells herself to ignore those people, but it's not that easy for her when she stands in an elevator in the morning and just sees disapproving glances everywhere.
Pepper never knows what people had up their sleeves, what the media would throw at her. Ghosts from Tony's past jump at her, lip gloss smiles and big exclusive interviews in boulevard magazines as their weapons.
But it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong. Tony may be not perfect but he is were she belonged, and she may have doubts and so may have he, but in the end it doesn't matter. The jury, the media, the people, may be still out, may be still not sure, but Pepper is sure. And her choice is Tony. He would always be her choice. And when she's alone with Tony, she knows that. Because she loves his brown eyes and the riddles he speaks, she loves that he can't cook but can build a robot that can. Because she knows her heart is his just like his is hers. People always throw rocks at things that shine, and even though the water may be rough and the stakes may be high and life may love look hard, but this love was theirs. Tony would always love Pepper and Pepper would always love Tony and this was what really counted. Nobody can take this from them.
AN: That's it. Like always, I need fitting songs. Just review or PM me. I hope you liked it!