I can't believe it's been nearly a year since I posted the last part. Hangs head in shame. Writer's block, blah blah.

If you understandably don't remember what the hell is happening, here is CHAPTER TWELVE. In which Tony and Pepper visit Google's headquarters and then have dinner. And argue a bit over Pepper working as a liaison to SHIELD. Tony's ( Read more... )

PLEASE SEE WARNINGS IN PART 1

Tony spent the night on Rhodey's couch, with the excuse that he was too trashed to drive. It wasn't exactly an excuse, since between them he and Rhodey had nearly finished off a bottle of Armadale, but Pepper was back at the house, and he figured a little distance might not be a bad thing.

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Okay, I can't believe I finished this in time for Halloween night. This is entirely unbeta'd crack.

Warnings: an array of wrong and dub con, possibly shading into non con. I'd be happy to supply more specific warnings, just PM me.

Summary: Will Tony and Pepper survive the changes to their relationship after the explosion at the arc reactor? Crossover ( Read more... )

Wow, I can't believe this story took this long to write. I started it about ten months ago, and worked on it here and there between other things, not really knowing what it was about for a long time. Added a big chunk before I left for Comic Con, and then after I got back the rest fell into place, more or less.

Thanks to oddmonster and besyd for beta work and dafnap  ( Read more... )

Many people to thank again.
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Been a long time, but hopefully this chapter is worth it. I'm reasonably certain the next chapter will be the last, but sometimes things get longer as I write, so no guarantee. I thought it was only going to be ten chapters, at one point.

Not quite a year ago I posted the first bit of this story, thinking it was a one-off vignette. 50,000+ words ( Read more... )

Previous parts

11.

When Tony returned empty-handed ten minutes after the video conference was set to start, Pepper let it go. The board was used to worse from him; in fact, when he sat down in front of the flat screen monitor at her desk they were still filtering into the meeting room in New York. Pepper took a seat out of camera range and waited, ( Read more... )

Sorry for the delay. Holidays and family stuff.

Previously

10.

"You can't keep doing this,” Pepper said. She curled around one of the pillows on the couch, tugging her robe closed over her nightgown.

Tony didn’t respond, didn’t look up from the piano, just picked out an anemic, one-handed melody she didn't recognize. She’d woken to the high tinkling ( Read more... )

This chapter got long, but it didn't make any sense to make it two separate chapters, so I split it in half.  The First Half (9a), posted yesterday.

The Previous Chapters.

( Through the glass that separated the staircase... )

Previously.

This part got long, but it didn't make any sense to make it two separate chapters, so it's split in half. First half today, second half tomorrow. Thanks for sticking with me!

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