[Iron Man - PG - Pepper] A general lack of sick days

[nicpick]

Title: A shameful lack of sick days
Author: nicpick (Nic)
Characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark
Rating: PG or thereabouts; as much as talking to Tony Stark can be
Summary: In which, among other things, Pepper ponders, works, and is not in love with her boss (no really), and Tony Stark is at the same time completely different and entirely the same.

Comments

[sare_liz]

Oh, very nice! Very, very nice! What a lovely fic to come back from your hiatus with... thank you for sharing.

[nicpick]

Thank you! I was honestly shocked at how sharply that film grabbed me and said 'rawr! write fic!'. :D

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[jamaillith]

Oh, cool! Lovely. I like the way you've written it, like a stream of thought and a business plan all at once. Also, this line: "I'd like to show you my bandages." made me snort my tea. :D

[nicpick]

Sorry about your tea. Heehee. And thank you very much for the delightful comment!

[ancarett]

Oh, what a way to turn around Pepper Potts' Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I loved the lists and the parenthetical asides. Great job!

[nicpick]

The parenthetical asides were entirely unexpected, and just sort of sneaked their way in, so I'm glad they worked for you. I was going to set this pre-film, but then I decided I wasn't mean enough.

[lazaefair]

This. This is amazing. Enormously enjoyable. I wish I could write like that after a hiatus. You've perfectly targeted fandom's weakness for snark and banter and delved into Pepper's character and included a nice helping of unresolved sexual tension as a delightful bonus. Definitely going into my memories.

[nicpick]

Wow, what a lovely comment to get! I spent a bit of time angsting over the banter, but really, what's over-the-top for the two of them?

I'm really happy you enjoyed it. :)

[destro]

Oh, this was too fun. I loved the peek into Pepper's (highly organized, disturbingly so) mind, and how even after all this time, she has to continually revise the rules where Tony is concerned. It's all sort of immovable object meets unstoppable force, and... kinda hot?

Pepper's smiled accidentally turned into a smirk when she wasn't looking.

Hee! I loved seeing Pepper going on the offensive for once, and Tony briefly being unable to compute, it's adorable and great change of pace. Awesome story!

[nicpick]

My thought is that to deal with a man like Tony, Pepper has to be disturbingly organised. And their chemistry is definitely hot!

I'm glad you pulled that line! It was one of the ones I added after my first draft. I really do love Pepper being a feisty kind of girl. And shocky!Tony is much too fun.

[teyke]

I stumbled across this from...uh, somewhere, and I have to say that I really, really like that. Yes, there really isn't too much snark that is over the top for them.

However, uh, I am somewhat of a nit-picker and the line that was pulled above should be,

"Pepper's smile had accidentally turned into a smirk when she wasn't looking."

I dunno if you can say 'smile'd', but I don't think it's grammatically allowed to contract it like that...er...

...I'm going to go make cookies now.

[nicpick]

Thanks for the comment! And er, where did I use that? Because ctrl+f isn't finding anything.

Mm, cookies. :)