Scared
Title: Scared
Fandom: Iron Man movies
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Pepper/Tony
Rating: G
Word count: 266
Warnings: none
Challenge: #010 - Insecurity
“I really don’t think we should do this,” Pepper told him again. “I mean this is all... We were scared.”
Tony grimaced. He’d been scared - for her more than for himself. He knew it, but couldn’t find the words to say it. This was the part he had never been good with, had never learned how to deal with. Talking. Well, not talking exactly. He was really very good at that normally. Talking about important stuff, about feelings, about what was really going on inside your head. He couldn’t make himself say things.
“You were dying,” Pepper went on, not even looking at him, but out the window at the night sky. “You were traumatized and scared. And I was scared of losing you again. I still can’t believe he was about to kill you...”
About to. Obadiah. About to kill him. After leaving him for dead in his own house. After nearly having him blown up in a war zone. Yes, it was fair to say that Tony had been scared. And Pepper had been scared, because he’d put her in danger. He really was no good at this. But he wanted to try.
“I love you and that really scares me,” Pepper said, finally turning to look at him.
He couldn’t say it, nodded instead. But he wanted to try. Couldn’t make himself say even that. Not yet. He pulled her towards him, into his arms and kissed her, desperate and soft and new. After he held her against his chest, thinking: Lets try this. We can do it.
It just wouldn't be easy.
Fandom: Iron Man movies
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Pepper/Tony
Rating: G
Word count: 266
Warnings: none
Challenge: #010 - Insecurity
“I really don’t think we should do this,” Pepper told him again. “I mean this is all... We were scared.”
Tony grimaced. He’d been scared - for her more than for himself. He knew it, but couldn’t find the words to say it. This was the part he had never been good with, had never learned how to deal with. Talking. Well, not talking exactly. He was really very good at that normally. Talking about important stuff, about feelings, about what was really going on inside your head. He couldn’t make himself say things.
“You were dying,” Pepper went on, not even looking at him, but out the window at the night sky. “You were traumatized and scared. And I was scared of losing you again. I still can’t believe he was about to kill you...”
About to. Obadiah. About to kill him. After leaving him for dead in his own house. After nearly having him blown up in a war zone. Yes, it was fair to say that Tony had been scared. And Pepper had been scared, because he’d put her in danger. He really was no good at this. But he wanted to try.
“I love you and that really scares me,” Pepper said, finally turning to look at him.
He couldn’t say it, nodded instead. But he wanted to try. Couldn’t make himself say even that. Not yet. He pulled her towards him, into his arms and kissed her, desperate and soft and new. After he held her against his chest, thinking: Lets try this. We can do it.
It just wouldn't be easy.