Pepperony100
Title: Will You be my Teddy Bear?
Theme: #60 - Dream
Rating: PG
Length: 452 Words
Summary: “I’m conducting an experiment.” “At two in the morning?”
It’s the middle of the night, and even though he was awake enough to call for her, he really shouldn’t have met her so quickly in the foyer.
“What’s going on?” Pepper asks, repeating the same questions she already asked over the phone. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine!” Tony says, a little too happy and awake. “Everything’s fine.”
“Then why did you call me?” Pepper tugs her coat closer around her body, because he sounded frantic over the phone and she hadn’t bothered to change out of her nightclothes, let alone put a bra on.
“I’m conducting an experiment,” he says.
“At two in the morning?” she asks, then takes a closer look at him. “Your eyes are red- Have you been drinking?”
“No, I’m sober, I’m actually sober. I just need your help with this.”
Tony’s smile is too wide and his eyes refuse to meet Pepper’s, instead they are constantly looking behind her, as if something could jump from behind her and attack them both.
It clicks in her head, and she asks even though she knows she shouldn’t. “Have you been crying?”
Tony doesn’t answer, but his eyes finally meet hers and she briefly wonders if that’s what a kicked puppy looks like.
“Just an experiment, Miss Potts,” he says more somberly. “Please.”
She sighs and says, “I’ll be hour or so late in the morning.”
“You’re forgiven,” Tony says, then leads her to his bedroom.
“No,” she says, looking at the bed.
“Miss Potts.”
“No.”
“It’s not what you think.”
“No.”
“C’mon. The sheets are clean, and I promise, you can keep your clothes on. Unless you sleep naked. Do you sleep naked?”
“No.”
“Good, no worries then. Just lay down.”
“I expect an extra week of vacation this year, Mr. Stark,” Miss Potts says as she takes off her coat and slowly sits down on the bed.
“How about a nice lobster dinner? I’ll take you out on the yacht this weekend,” he compromises. “How’d you know what side of the bed I sleep on?”
“I know you better than you know yourself,” she says, pulling the covers over her so that he can’t see her anymore.
“Then you should’ve known I wouldn’t give you any vacation time. Jarvis, lights.”
“Yes, sir,” Jarvis says and the lights dimmed.
“I did get a lobster dinner,” Miss Potts points out, then stiffens as Tony’s arm drapes across her waist, pulling her against him.
“Experiment commenced at 2:34 a.m.,” Tony whispers softly.
“With, um, what variables?” Pepper whispers back, but Tony’s already snoring softly in her ear.
In the morning, she leaves a note on the pillow that reads, “Experiment successful. Will be late, need shower and clean clothes. -PP”
Theme: #60 - Dream
Rating: PG
Length: 452 Words
Summary: “I’m conducting an experiment.” “At two in the morning?”
It’s the middle of the night, and even though he was awake enough to call for her, he really shouldn’t have met her so quickly in the foyer.
“What’s going on?” Pepper asks, repeating the same questions she already asked over the phone. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine!” Tony says, a little too happy and awake. “Everything’s fine.”
“Then why did you call me?” Pepper tugs her coat closer around her body, because he sounded frantic over the phone and she hadn’t bothered to change out of her nightclothes, let alone put a bra on.
“I’m conducting an experiment,” he says.
“At two in the morning?” she asks, then takes a closer look at him. “Your eyes are red- Have you been drinking?”
“No, I’m sober, I’m actually sober. I just need your help with this.”
Tony’s smile is too wide and his eyes refuse to meet Pepper’s, instead they are constantly looking behind her, as if something could jump from behind her and attack them both.
It clicks in her head, and she asks even though she knows she shouldn’t. “Have you been crying?”
Tony doesn’t answer, but his eyes finally meet hers and she briefly wonders if that’s what a kicked puppy looks like.
“Just an experiment, Miss Potts,” he says more somberly. “Please.”
She sighs and says, “I’ll be hour or so late in the morning.”
“You’re forgiven,” Tony says, then leads her to his bedroom.
“No,” she says, looking at the bed.
“Miss Potts.”
“No.”
“It’s not what you think.”
“No.”
“C’mon. The sheets are clean, and I promise, you can keep your clothes on. Unless you sleep naked. Do you sleep naked?”
“No.”
“Good, no worries then. Just lay down.”
“I expect an extra week of vacation this year, Mr. Stark,” Miss Potts says as she takes off her coat and slowly sits down on the bed.
“How about a nice lobster dinner? I’ll take you out on the yacht this weekend,” he compromises. “How’d you know what side of the bed I sleep on?”
“I know you better than you know yourself,” she says, pulling the covers over her so that he can’t see her anymore.
“Then you should’ve known I wouldn’t give you any vacation time. Jarvis, lights.”
“Yes, sir,” Jarvis says and the lights dimmed.
“I did get a lobster dinner,” Miss Potts points out, then stiffens as Tony’s arm drapes across her waist, pulling her against him.
“Experiment commenced at 2:34 a.m.,” Tony whispers softly.
“With, um, what variables?” Pepper whispers back, but Tony’s already snoring softly in her ear.
In the morning, she leaves a note on the pillow that reads, “Experiment successful. Will be late, need shower and clean clothes. -PP”