"Oh, I was definitely surprised," Pepper tells Tony, smirking wryly even a she leans against his side. Along with few other emotions, but never mind that now. Her smirk grows a little at Steve's admonishment, drawing no little amount of amusement from it.

"I guess someone had to make that sacrifice," she smiles in response to Steve's grateful words, but there's such warmth in her tone and in her eyes when she glances at Tony and kisses his cheek gently that nobody could ever doubt her devotion to him.