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I've been here before
But always hit the floor
I've spent a lifetime running
And I always get away
But with you I'm feeling something
That makes me want to stay
Tony's heart is still beating fast, though it's been nearly an hour since his house was destroyed (yet again) by supervillains. Why his house? Why is it always him? He's not really feeling sorry for himself though, because for as much as he criticizes Fury, his plan really worked this time. His face-plate flips up as he pries off the left arm of his suit, indented dangerously close by one of those feisty Doom-bots. He flashes a wan smile over at Pepper, similarly battleworn. They really do work extraordinarily well together, he can't believe how he'd ever dismissed being partners before.
"Thanks for saving me - again." She really was good at that, and without her he'd most certainly not be standing right now. Though, yes, he is still lamenting his poor house. Oh well, easier repaired than he would be, probably.
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Date: 2016-09-20 09:28 pm (UTC)"Fuck 'em." The team. Nick. SHIELD, especially. They had never made him feel welcome to begin with. He'd practically had to bully his way in. If the one good thing that comes out of the Avengers for him is this? Is Pepper. He can more than live with that. "Do you regret... anything?" It's hard for him to ask, especially knowing it can so easily end in rejection. But if she does then he's really read this wrong so he needs to know now. Still, the words he really wants to say stick in his throat, and for once he's frustrated that they aren't freely jumping from his lips without his permission. That would make things easier about now.
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Date: 2016-09-20 10:09 pm (UTC)"No. Nothing," she finally says, quietly but clearly and earnestly. Her expression wavers slightly uncertainly after a moment though, a hint of vulnerability entering her blue eyes. "Do you?"
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Date: 2016-09-21 05:03 pm (UTC)"Oh," she finally vocalizes softly once they part, unable to keep the pleased smile from curving at her lips. "Well."
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Date: 2016-09-22 03:05 am (UTC)"Is that okay?" he asks softly, no longer worried about rejection though tingling like a million butterfly wings flapping is threatening to burst his chest. She makes him nervous; a lot of things do, especially after Afghanistan. But Pepper is the only thing that makes him nervous in a good way. It throws him off but only in the best way imaginable. "I mean... I'm not making you uncomfortable, am I?"
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Date: 2016-09-23 06:56 pm (UTC)"So... now what?" she murmurs with a touch of playfulness in her voice, still smiling. "Do we just stay here for the rest of the day?"
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Date: 2016-09-23 08:37 pm (UTC)"Oh," she murmurs lowly as the kiss breaks after several moments, a new, sensual awareness in her tone. teasing gently, she goes on, "I suppose I can agree to that." She presses smiling lips to his, initiating the kiss this time; it's soft and slow but still passionate, questing fingertips climbing up again from his chest to trail up his throat.
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Date: 2016-09-27 06:55 pm (UTC)"Always?" she queries softly, almost timidly. "How long have you had... about me?" Her voice is breathless, almost hesitant to believe he'd been carrying such a torch for her longer than she'd imagined. It's humbling, startling and helplessly exciting, flattering even.
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Date: 2016-09-27 08:02 pm (UTC)"Well. You know I'm bad at this."
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