A/N: So I hope you like this... I know the layout is a little odd but I didn't want to make it multiple chapters and I couldn't really figure out how else to lay it out. The first two snippits will be before they got together but after that will start with early in their relationship and progress to where my other fics are. Lastly I know this is a little random but I hope you like it all the same! Enjoy!
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The Many Sleeping Positions of Tony Stark
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Over the many years of working for Tony Pepper had learned many things about him, some he didn't even know himself, but one that stuck out was how much he could say with the position he was sleeping in.
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Stomach
Pepper let herself into Tony's room to wake him up and frowned at what she saw. Tony was laying on his stomach with his face turned to the door and his cheeks were flushed. She kneeled down by the side of his bed and felt his forehead before sighing. She should have known with the way that he was sleeping but she was hoping he wasn't. He always slept on his stomach like a child when he was sick. Pepper carefully stood up and headed to collect some painkillers and a fever reducer, hoping she'd still be able to get him up and functioning enough to get a couple meetings in today.
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Fetal Position
Pepper sighed as she let herself into Tony's room and got a look at him. She had taken the night off to spend some time with a friend that was in town and as soon as she saw Tony she knew he had done what he usually does when she leaves early. He was curled on his side with his knees pulled right up to his chest and his eyebrows were scrunched together. She didn't even bother checking on him first, knowing immediately that he was hungover. He always curled up when he was hungover and she assumed it was a self soothing sort of thing. She headed straight for the bathroom to retrieve some aspirin and a glass of water then plucked a pair of sunglasses off his dresser before moving to wake him up, it was going to be a long day.
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Tossing and Turning
Pepper woke with a start as the bed moved but it didn't take her long to realize what was happening. She sat up and moved closer to Tony, who was the one moving around so much, and started rubbing his arm and whispering reassuringly to him. She was glad when he ended up calming down and leaning back towards her. Often it was never that easy and usually it ended with Tony waking up violently and then refusing to go back to sleep. She scooted a little closer so she was spooning him and wrapped an arm around his stomach, hoping to help him feel secure before letting herself go back to sleep.
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Back
Tony had come home from a mission with the Avengers and had headed straight to bed while Pepper finished up a few things. When she followed him up half an hour later she found him exactly how she expected to. He was sprawled out on the bed on his back completely sound asleep. Whenever he was tired enough to actually go to bed when he got back he always ended up sleeping on his back, falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow before he could adjust his position. She smiled before going to change into her pjs. Once her teeth had been brushed and she had changed Pepper crawled in bed beside Tony and settled into his side before pulling the covers up a little farther. She fell asleep listening to his even breathing.
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Side
It was one of the rare occasions when they both got to head to bed at the same time. They both settled into bed and Tony pulled Pepper close to his chest as he buried his nose in her hair. Both of them always savored moments like this because they tended to be few and far between at times. Pepper settled comfortable against him and started running her fingers over the forearm that was across her chest and was about to say something when she heard Tony start to softly snore. She smiled and shifted slightly to get comfortable before letting herself drift off as well, glad that he was comfortable enough to fall sleep without another thought.
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End