(OOC:
true_writers - formerly The Big Show - has just acquired a Pepper, so in interest of writing: all posts tagged (TBS) will be in that universe, which is starting from the end of the movie. Anything for Milliways!muns will be tagged for the main plot post-Big Reactor, and anything not tagged is open to any and all muses. Cool? Cool!)
Tony was still slightly jet lagged when he returned to Malibu. It was an ill effect that hadn't really dissipated as he took all his morning meetings and appointments, just like he'd promised Pepper he would. As much as he hated it even he knew that with the precarious state of Stark Industries, the time for screwing around was over.
That was why he'd called Pepper to his office to discuss everything else still left on his plate. Now, waiting for her to arrive, he was merely leaning back in his chair, amusing himself with packets of taco sauce from their Taco Bell stop the previous day.