Theme #77 [Found]
Title: Found
Author: gemz_lee
Theme: #77 Found
Rating: NC-17
Length: 2,091 words
Summary: “I found you ...” Tony whispered into her hair before sleep overtook them.
Iron Man raced through the dank and dreary building, scanning the area for a sign of his target. The building should have been condemned. From the outside, it looked ready to collapse. It was an old warehouse on the docks of San Francisco. There was a huge space that dominated the ground floor of building and it was laden with numerous crates of stolen Stark Industries weaponry. Iron Man wasn’t interested in those. He wasn’t even interested in the men whom he had just captured and handed over to SHIELD to be dealt with. He was focused on finding the unwitting hostage that had been taken over two weeks ago by the men who were running this arms smuggling operation.
It had been their last desperate attempt to keep Iron Man and SHIELD at bay whilst they carried out their operations. It had been too easy for them to snatch Pepper Potts from outside her apartment building late one night and to use her as a bargaining chip against Iron Man. They knew that Iron Man aka Tony Stark would not dare risk the life of one of his entourage. What they hadn’t counted on was Tony Stark’s resilience and determination to take back what was his.
The news of Pepper’s kidnap had hit Tony like a brick. He knew it was his fault and he knew that he had to find her. Although Colonel Fury and Rhodey had advised him against going in immediately, getting the bad guys and rescuing Pepper, Tony believed that it would be the last thing that they would expect. His gamble had paid off, and with the help of War Machine and SHIELD, the arms smugglers were taken into custody. All he had to do was find Pepper.
With no sign of her on the warehouse floor, he went up to the offices and began to search in there. He searched each room, but it was in the office at the end of the hallway where he found Pepper, who was curled up in a fetal position on the floor in the corner of the room. As he entered the office, Pepper looked up and immediately burst into tears in relief. It was Tony ... Iron Man. He had found her!
Iron Man went to her side and helped her to stand. She was still dressed in the business suit that she had been wearing the day that she had been snatched, though she looked disheveled and tired. Faded and fresh bruises marked her skin, and Iron Man wanted to beat the shit out of the men who had done this to her. Watching her break down into tears was heartbreaking and he wanted nothing more than to pull her into a comforting hug, but that would have proven difficult whilst wearing the suit. Instead, he held out his hand and she took it tentatively.
He led her out of the building and back to freedom.
~~~#~~~
Pepper was taken back to Tony’s home in Malibu, where she used his shower and was able to change clothes. The suit she had been wearing was ruined and had to be thrown out, so she had to borrow a t-shirt and a pair of Tony’s sweats.
She rocked back and forth in a rocking chair by the window, cuddling a cushion and crying softly, her mind going over the events of the last two weeks. She remembered the fear and the threats. She remembered thinking for many awful moments that no one was coming for her, but the the relief she felt when she saw Iron Man framed in the doorway of what had been her holding cell was beyond her imagining. At that moment, she had allowed herself to cry for the first time since she had been kidnapped and she hadn’t been able to stop crying since.
Tony, in the meantime, was downstairs in the workshop getting out of the suit. He was determined that he wasn’t going to let Pepper go back to her own apartment that night. He wanted to keep her nearby so that he could keep and eye on her and look after her. He felt guilty because it was his fault that she had been kidnapped in the first place. He should have know that sooner or later someone would try to use her to get to him, but he hadn’t realised how much it would affect him. He was wreck when Rhodey had told him the news. His heart felt heavy and he felt nauseous with worry. He’d never felt that bad about anything since the night his parents died.
As he got to the top of the stairs, he saw her in the rocking chair and staring blankly out the window, her cheeks moist with tears. He approached her carefully, hoping not to startle her. Pepper knew he was there; she could smell the engine grease on his jeans.
“That’s another pair of Armani jeans you’ve ruined,” she said, trying to make a joke.
Tony sighed and came to stand beside her, admiring the view of the ocean and the setting sun.
“I’m sorry,” he said after a short silence. “I’m sorry you got dragged into this.”
Pepper shook her head. “It’s not your fault,” she said softly.
“But it is,” Tony argued. “They were using you to get to me, and it worked.”
“You found me. That’s the main thing,” Pepper said, not taking her eyes off the waves.
“Only because I went against Fury’s advice and came after you. They wanted me to wait, you know?” Pepper was silent, but still crying. She shakily reached a hand up to her face to wipe away the tears.
“I can’t seem to stop crying,” she said. “I kept everything locked up tight, and now I’m making up for it.”
Tony knelt in front of her, taking her hands in his, his thumbs rubbing the bruised skin on the back of her hands. “I wanted to protect you, Pepper, but I failed. I didn’t see the bigger picture and then this happened. I was scared today because I thought I’d lost you.”
Pepper finally took her eyes off the sea and looked into his eyes where she could see his own tears threatening. She touched his face with her hand and he nuzzled into it, kissing the palm softly. He spoke again, but his voice threatened to break, “I’m lost without you.”
Pepper looked at the man who knelt before her, begging her forgiveness and asking her, in his own way, to love him. She invited him into her embrace and was surprised when his lips came to rest upon hers. The kiss was soft, almost as light of a feather. It was as if Tony was afraid of breaking her in her fragile disposition. Pepper wanted more. She deepened the kiss, allowing all her passion to flow through it, letting him know that it was OK. Tony worked his fingers into her hair trying to bring her closer to him, and eventually lifted her out of the chair and crushed her to him, her arms sliding around his neck and pressing her slim form against his muscular body.
The kiss ended and Tony was left breathless. He looked at Pepper, wanting to kiss her again. As she leant forward, she whispered against his lips, “Make love to me?”
Tony wasn’t sure what to do. Normally he would have jumped at the chance of sex, but this wasn’t a one night stand. This was Pepper - his beautiful, brilliant Pepper - and he wanted to do things right by her. He wanted her to be sure before they did something that could potentially destroy the beautiful thing that they had just begun to explore.
“Pepper, if we do this then there’s no going back. Everything changes between us. I need you to be sure that it’s not just on a whim. Once I have you, I’m not going to want to let you go.”
“And what if I don’t want you to let me go?” she said, kissing his top lip softly.
Tony smiled, “Then that’s OK by me.” He kissed her again and picked her up, taking her upstairs to the bedroom.
~~~#~~~
Clothes were removed hastily, but Tony forced himself and Pepper to slow down once they got onto the bed. He wanted to enjoy every single moment of their love making, and it was important to him that she enjoyed it too. He’d waited for this for too long for it to be over in a flash.
As he bore her down onto the bed, he took his time exploring her body with his lips and fingertips, finding out what she liked and didn’t like. He took his lead from the gasps and moans that she made whenever he caressed a particular part of her body.
Her neck and breasts seemed to be the most sensitive to his ministrations, so he spent a little longer attending them before he ventured lower. His fingertips skimmed her stomach and reached her most intimate area. A he ran a finger along the silken folds, he felt that his attentions had not gone unrewarded. She was ready and wet for him, but he wanted her to get off at least once before he entered her.
He located the tiny knot of flesh that was the source of her pleasure and began to gently rub, making her arch and mewl. He silenced her with a deep kiss, continuing to rub. He could feel himself becoming increasingly hard and turned on, almost to a point where he thought he would come without having entered her. As she bucked against him and moaned in ecstasy, Tony felt that it was getting too much for him to stand so he forced himself to lie down and take a few deep breaths.
Pepper lay dazed after the rush of orgasm and she managed to turn onto her side to look at Tony, who was breathing deeply and trying to get his body under control. She lightly rested her hand on his waist and smiled at him. He smiled back, a little embarrassed.
“Feel like I’m sixteen again,” he panted. “Don’t want to disgrace myself.”
Pepper laughed lightly and kissed him on the nose. “I’ll try not to distract you.”
They lay together, holding each other, for a few moments whilst Tony tried to get himself under control. In his head he recited the specifications of the Iron Man Mark III suit over and over again as he concentrated on his breathing.
When his crisis was over, he pulled Pepper close and kissed her passionately, before rolling to the other side to the bed. He opened the drawer of the bedside table. Pepper raised herself slightly to see what he was doing, but smiled when he realised that he was taking precautions to protect her. A couple of moments later, he was back in her arms, kissing and caressing her.
Pepper rolled him onto his back, straddling him and sheathing him in one movement. Tony looked up at her in amusement, only too happy for her to take the lead. She leant forward to kiss him, her breasts crushing against his chest, before she began to move against him. It was slow and languid at first, with them cherishing each stroke and the sensations that it sent through their bodies. As the sexual energy built Pepper found herself having difficultly staying upright. She gripped Tony’s hands, absorbing strength from him as he encouraged her to keep going.
Pepper saw stars when she came, an explosion of sexual energy shooting up her spine and straight to her head, making her cry out. Tony felt his body throb with release and he pulled Pepper to him as the waves of orgasm washed over him. At that moment, he wept because he had never known anything as wonderful as climaxing with the woman he loved.
Pepper lay on top of him for a short time afterwards, not saying anything and her fingers circling the arc reactor in Tony’s chest. Their bodies were slick with sweat, and the cold air was beginning to chill them, so Pepper reluctantly rolled off Tony and he pulled the blanket over them. They cuddled close, kissing lightly and enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking.
“I found you ...” Tony whispered into her hair before sleep overtook them.
Author: gemz_lee
Theme: #77 Found
Rating: NC-17
Length: 2,091 words
Summary: “I found you ...” Tony whispered into her hair before sleep overtook them.
Iron Man raced through the dank and dreary building, scanning the area for a sign of his target. The building should have been condemned. From the outside, it looked ready to collapse. It was an old warehouse on the docks of San Francisco. There was a huge space that dominated the ground floor of building and it was laden with numerous crates of stolen Stark Industries weaponry. Iron Man wasn’t interested in those. He wasn’t even interested in the men whom he had just captured and handed over to SHIELD to be dealt with. He was focused on finding the unwitting hostage that had been taken over two weeks ago by the men who were running this arms smuggling operation.
It had been their last desperate attempt to keep Iron Man and SHIELD at bay whilst they carried out their operations. It had been too easy for them to snatch Pepper Potts from outside her apartment building late one night and to use her as a bargaining chip against Iron Man. They knew that Iron Man aka Tony Stark would not dare risk the life of one of his entourage. What they hadn’t counted on was Tony Stark’s resilience and determination to take back what was his.
The news of Pepper’s kidnap had hit Tony like a brick. He knew it was his fault and he knew that he had to find her. Although Colonel Fury and Rhodey had advised him against going in immediately, getting the bad guys and rescuing Pepper, Tony believed that it would be the last thing that they would expect. His gamble had paid off, and with the help of War Machine and SHIELD, the arms smugglers were taken into custody. All he had to do was find Pepper.
With no sign of her on the warehouse floor, he went up to the offices and began to search in there. He searched each room, but it was in the office at the end of the hallway where he found Pepper, who was curled up in a fetal position on the floor in the corner of the room. As he entered the office, Pepper looked up and immediately burst into tears in relief. It was Tony ... Iron Man. He had found her!
Iron Man went to her side and helped her to stand. She was still dressed in the business suit that she had been wearing the day that she had been snatched, though she looked disheveled and tired. Faded and fresh bruises marked her skin, and Iron Man wanted to beat the shit out of the men who had done this to her. Watching her break down into tears was heartbreaking and he wanted nothing more than to pull her into a comforting hug, but that would have proven difficult whilst wearing the suit. Instead, he held out his hand and she took it tentatively.
He led her out of the building and back to freedom.
~~~#~~~
Pepper was taken back to Tony’s home in Malibu, where she used his shower and was able to change clothes. The suit she had been wearing was ruined and had to be thrown out, so she had to borrow a t-shirt and a pair of Tony’s sweats.
She rocked back and forth in a rocking chair by the window, cuddling a cushion and crying softly, her mind going over the events of the last two weeks. She remembered the fear and the threats. She remembered thinking for many awful moments that no one was coming for her, but the the relief she felt when she saw Iron Man framed in the doorway of what had been her holding cell was beyond her imagining. At that moment, she had allowed herself to cry for the first time since she had been kidnapped and she hadn’t been able to stop crying since.
Tony, in the meantime, was downstairs in the workshop getting out of the suit. He was determined that he wasn’t going to let Pepper go back to her own apartment that night. He wanted to keep her nearby so that he could keep and eye on her and look after her. He felt guilty because it was his fault that she had been kidnapped in the first place. He should have know that sooner or later someone would try to use her to get to him, but he hadn’t realised how much it would affect him. He was wreck when Rhodey had told him the news. His heart felt heavy and he felt nauseous with worry. He’d never felt that bad about anything since the night his parents died.
As he got to the top of the stairs, he saw her in the rocking chair and staring blankly out the window, her cheeks moist with tears. He approached her carefully, hoping not to startle her. Pepper knew he was there; she could smell the engine grease on his jeans.
“That’s another pair of Armani jeans you’ve ruined,” she said, trying to make a joke.
Tony sighed and came to stand beside her, admiring the view of the ocean and the setting sun.
“I’m sorry,” he said after a short silence. “I’m sorry you got dragged into this.”
Pepper shook her head. “It’s not your fault,” she said softly.
“But it is,” Tony argued. “They were using you to get to me, and it worked.”
“You found me. That’s the main thing,” Pepper said, not taking her eyes off the waves.
“Only because I went against Fury’s advice and came after you. They wanted me to wait, you know?” Pepper was silent, but still crying. She shakily reached a hand up to her face to wipe away the tears.
“I can’t seem to stop crying,” she said. “I kept everything locked up tight, and now I’m making up for it.”
Tony knelt in front of her, taking her hands in his, his thumbs rubbing the bruised skin on the back of her hands. “I wanted to protect you, Pepper, but I failed. I didn’t see the bigger picture and then this happened. I was scared today because I thought I’d lost you.”
Pepper finally took her eyes off the sea and looked into his eyes where she could see his own tears threatening. She touched his face with her hand and he nuzzled into it, kissing the palm softly. He spoke again, but his voice threatened to break, “I’m lost without you.”
Pepper looked at the man who knelt before her, begging her forgiveness and asking her, in his own way, to love him. She invited him into her embrace and was surprised when his lips came to rest upon hers. The kiss was soft, almost as light of a feather. It was as if Tony was afraid of breaking her in her fragile disposition. Pepper wanted more. She deepened the kiss, allowing all her passion to flow through it, letting him know that it was OK. Tony worked his fingers into her hair trying to bring her closer to him, and eventually lifted her out of the chair and crushed her to him, her arms sliding around his neck and pressing her slim form against his muscular body.
The kiss ended and Tony was left breathless. He looked at Pepper, wanting to kiss her again. As she leant forward, she whispered against his lips, “Make love to me?”
Tony wasn’t sure what to do. Normally he would have jumped at the chance of sex, but this wasn’t a one night stand. This was Pepper - his beautiful, brilliant Pepper - and he wanted to do things right by her. He wanted her to be sure before they did something that could potentially destroy the beautiful thing that they had just begun to explore.
“Pepper, if we do this then there’s no going back. Everything changes between us. I need you to be sure that it’s not just on a whim. Once I have you, I’m not going to want to let you go.”
“And what if I don’t want you to let me go?” she said, kissing his top lip softly.
Tony smiled, “Then that’s OK by me.” He kissed her again and picked her up, taking her upstairs to the bedroom.
~~~#~~~
Clothes were removed hastily, but Tony forced himself and Pepper to slow down once they got onto the bed. He wanted to enjoy every single moment of their love making, and it was important to him that she enjoyed it too. He’d waited for this for too long for it to be over in a flash.
As he bore her down onto the bed, he took his time exploring her body with his lips and fingertips, finding out what she liked and didn’t like. He took his lead from the gasps and moans that she made whenever he caressed a particular part of her body.
Her neck and breasts seemed to be the most sensitive to his ministrations, so he spent a little longer attending them before he ventured lower. His fingertips skimmed her stomach and reached her most intimate area. A he ran a finger along the silken folds, he felt that his attentions had not gone unrewarded. She was ready and wet for him, but he wanted her to get off at least once before he entered her.
He located the tiny knot of flesh that was the source of her pleasure and began to gently rub, making her arch and mewl. He silenced her with a deep kiss, continuing to rub. He could feel himself becoming increasingly hard and turned on, almost to a point where he thought he would come without having entered her. As she bucked against him and moaned in ecstasy, Tony felt that it was getting too much for him to stand so he forced himself to lie down and take a few deep breaths.
Pepper lay dazed after the rush of orgasm and she managed to turn onto her side to look at Tony, who was breathing deeply and trying to get his body under control. She lightly rested her hand on his waist and smiled at him. He smiled back, a little embarrassed.
“Feel like I’m sixteen again,” he panted. “Don’t want to disgrace myself.”
Pepper laughed lightly and kissed him on the nose. “I’ll try not to distract you.”
They lay together, holding each other, for a few moments whilst Tony tried to get himself under control. In his head he recited the specifications of the Iron Man Mark III suit over and over again as he concentrated on his breathing.
When his crisis was over, he pulled Pepper close and kissed her passionately, before rolling to the other side to the bed. He opened the drawer of the bedside table. Pepper raised herself slightly to see what he was doing, but smiled when he realised that he was taking precautions to protect her. A couple of moments later, he was back in her arms, kissing and caressing her.
Pepper rolled him onto his back, straddling him and sheathing him in one movement. Tony looked up at her in amusement, only too happy for her to take the lead. She leant forward to kiss him, her breasts crushing against his chest, before she began to move against him. It was slow and languid at first, with them cherishing each stroke and the sensations that it sent through their bodies. As the sexual energy built Pepper found herself having difficultly staying upright. She gripped Tony’s hands, absorbing strength from him as he encouraged her to keep going.
Pepper saw stars when she came, an explosion of sexual energy shooting up her spine and straight to her head, making her cry out. Tony felt his body throb with release and he pulled Pepper to him as the waves of orgasm washed over him. At that moment, he wept because he had never known anything as wonderful as climaxing with the woman he loved.
Pepper lay on top of him for a short time afterwards, not saying anything and her fingers circling the arc reactor in Tony’s chest. Their bodies were slick with sweat, and the cold air was beginning to chill them, so Pepper reluctantly rolled off Tony and he pulled the blanket over them. They cuddled close, kissing lightly and enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking.
“I found you ...” Tony whispered into her hair before sleep overtook them.