Day Eleven - Pepperoni
Who: Tony. Pepper.
Where: The second lounge Business District.
When: When she was shopping. Morning-ish-time I think.
Rating: PG-13, to be safe.
Status: System.out.println("Closed/Completed")
Summary: Tony - while waiting outside the lingerie shop - is greeted by Pepper. After a bit of back and forth banter, and some accusations, Pepper agrees to help Tony shop for a gift for his secret santa. Tony - being Tony - pushes and prods at buttons that he knows are there, dangling things in front of Pepper and generally trying to guilt her into coming back and being his assistant, but Pepper is determined not to be suckered into this again. When it all becomes too much, she takes her bags from him and leaves.
He was wandering through the Business District. If Pepper had really handed him her resignation slip (and really, he was skeptical about that. Who would give up on him?) then he'd probably have to buy his own Christmas presents.
In the middle of summer weather.
Well, hey - suspended reality. Sure. There could be sandballs. And sand-non-gender-specific-people. People could sing about how they were walking in a tropical oasis. What did he care, really?
...And what did one buy for a guy named Tristan, anyway? Had he met someone named Tristan? He had asked JARVIS, who had just sighed in annoyance and turned himself off. He'd thought about asking Kaylee, but he hadn't been sure where to find her.
He'd almost gone to the dorms to ask Pepper, but he really wasn't in the mood to deal with her school boy. So he'd decided to tie his own shoes and go do the shopping on his own.
...He vaguely hoped he wouldn't need his SIN.
He passed by a store with all kinds of lace and ruffles and little fabric. His eyes were drawn to it, a bemused expression on his face. He idly wondered if he should get something for Pepper on his way by...
Where: The second lounge Business District.
When: When she was shopping. Morning-ish-time I think.
Rating: PG-13, to be safe.
Status: System.out.println("Closed/Completed")
Summary: Tony - while waiting outside the lingerie shop - is greeted by Pepper. After a bit of back and forth banter, and some accusations, Pepper agrees to help Tony shop for a gift for his secret santa. Tony - being Tony - pushes and prods at buttons that he knows are there, dangling things in front of Pepper and generally trying to guilt her into coming back and being his assistant, but Pepper is determined not to be suckered into this again. When it all becomes too much, she takes her bags from him and leaves.
He was wandering through the Business District. If Pepper had really handed him her resignation slip (and really, he was skeptical about that. Who would give up on him?) then he'd probably have to buy his own Christmas presents.
In the middle of summer weather.
Well, hey - suspended reality. Sure. There could be sandballs. And sand-non-gender-specific-people. People could sing about how they were walking in a tropical oasis. What did he care, really?
...And what did one buy for a guy named Tristan, anyway? Had he met someone named Tristan? He had asked JARVIS, who had just sighed in annoyance and turned himself off. He'd thought about asking Kaylee, but he hadn't been sure where to find her.
He'd almost gone to the dorms to ask Pepper, but he really wasn't in the mood to deal with her school boy. So he'd decided to tie his own shoes and go do the shopping on his own.
...He vaguely hoped he wouldn't need his SIN.
He passed by a store with all kinds of lace and ruffles and little fabric. His eyes were drawn to it, a bemused expression on his face. He idly wondered if he should get something for Pepper on his way by...