Chapter 32-Secret
By: MysticFantasy
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"We should have used that mead at the wedding." Natasha said. "The reception would have been a bigger gag."
"You liked my dance, huh?" Tony asked with a smirk. "Actually, I liked the way that Pepper had been trying to keep the engagment a secret and bird boy here found out just by looking at her."
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Clint and Tony were slightly bickering about which kind of gadget would be best used on Bruce when he Hulked out when they entered the living room and were greeted with a unique sight.
They spotted Pepper Potts standing in the middle of the room with a gleeful expression on her face but also looked strained. She was lightly bouncing on her feet and waving her hands in front of her excitedly.
"Pep, you alright?" Tony asked.
"Yes." she answered. "Get my mind on something work related please."
"How about we worry about what is going on with you right now." Tony said. "What's up with you?"
"Nothing." she answered as she stopped jumping.
"Pepper, I know you. You only get like this when there's something you know that you probably shouldn't. Usually something good because you never get excited like this and it has to be something that you swore not to tell anyone else."
"Well, at least you know that much about me." Pepper said trying to calm herself down.
"So it is something big." Tony urged and smirked when she saw Pepper cover her mouth with her hands.
"I promised not to tell." she whined.
"Pepper, when you have a juicy secret, you always tell." Tony stated. "What is it?"
"No. I'm not going to tell." Pepper declared. "No matter how much I really want to."
"Bet I could guess." Clint said motioning for Pepper to sit.
"If you can guess I will willingly give you five hundred bucks." Tony stated.
Clint sat on the footstool in front of Pepper and stared at her with unblinking searching eyes.
Pepper felt a little weird being stared at by the archer and she wondered if this was part of his training or something that he learned along the way.
Maybe even from Natasha. That woman always seemed to know everything that was going on.
Not even two minutes passed when Clint's eyes suddenly went wide.
"I think I know." he said and moved to quietly whisper something into Pepper's ear. He pulled back and now got stared at by the strawberry blond.
"You're good. I see why SHIELD keeps you around so much." she said. "Tony, pay the man."
"He really got it?" Tony asked surprised.
"Right on the dot." Pepper answered. "And I actually feel better knowing someone else knows without me actually saying anything."
Clint turned to Tony with a smirk and the inventor wasn't sure if it was because he knew the secret that made Pepper so giddy or if he was about to be handed five hundred dollars.
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Natasha smirked as she fingered the ring on her ring finger.
Right after Clint had guessed the secret, he had gone to Steve to see if it was true or not that the soldier was going to propose to the spy and had gone to Pepper for ideas on how to do it in the most romantic way possible.
With the money he got, Clint was able to get a brand new bow that vanished almost as soon as he got it back to the tower.
He later found it with a new bright pink paint job complete with glitter and rainbow painted bows.
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A/N: Just for this chapter are Steve and Natasha married.