tony stark you know who i am. est. 2013, revamped 2017 brought to life by Manon mun/muse: 21+ please read about & rules tracking #ironformed prev. ironfallen. 4yrs exp. as tony |
she exhales through a sigh, leaving her phone on the tabletop before those very same hands are running down the length of her skirt to smooth the bunched up fabric back into it’s normal fashion; fingertips tackling the buttons of her blouse next. ❛ i promise i’ll make it up to you. ❜ translated to, pepper is about to become entirely occupied with matters that do not involve tony and his ( oh god why did i look ?? )alluring, sexy, erection. feet bring her toward him once more, she leans down to peck his lips, a kiss meant to be brief is prolonged, the redhead truly doesn’t wish to leave, but duty calls. ❛ i love you. ❜ mumbled against his mouth, there’s regret somewhere in there, and a thin trace of guilt; though an unspoken promise resides, she’ll see him later tonight.
as can be expected, tony’s trying everything he can to relax himself, even inhaling deeply and exhaling not too long after with his eyes closed in concentration. even with pepper’s assurance of being back soon, he’s left hard and annoyed. that doesn’t stop him from grasping her arm as she approaches him and leans down to kiss him, his mouth attempting to encourage her to stay. obviously, it’s to no avail.
❛ love you, too.
❜ the mechanic murmurs in response, eyes opening when she finally stands up.
❛ i’ll wait up for you. just text me when you’re on your way back home.
❜ their home.
you wants to. oh, you do ! it would be so easy ( too easy ) to yell at him, to scream and shout and be as angry as you’re entitled to be but you would be betraying ben and all the good he was. ben would tell you to allow tony to explain, to give him his moment to clarify his actions, his reckless decision making concerning your nephew. ben ( whose heart was far too good to ever end up with a woman like you but you’re grateful for the love he left you with ) would tell you to give him a chance. everyone deserves a chance. your mistakes are your own but jumping to conclusions would only poison the air around them and add more distrust and more resentment. you still remember handing peter the ice pack, his face all cut up, running back and forth for whatever he needed.
you remember that fight, that civil war that was played and replayed and it’s burned into your head. you could have lost peter. you could have lost the only good thing left in your life and as frustrated as you are, you just want to know why he would ask your fifteen year old nephew ( your light ) into something that could have killed him. you’re trying to remain calm and focused but your hand starts to shake a bit as you remember that just like ben, dying to protect his neighbor, peter would have died a hero too and you were tired of burying the bodies of heroes. you gave up on your hero beliefs when your brave man stopped walking through the door, stopped calling you darling and stopped telling you that he loved you.
❛ i just want to know why did you decide on peter. yelling at you, at him my husband wouldn’t want that on anyone and he was the most important person in my life. just tell me why, out of all the countless superheroes coming out of the wood works, did you decide to bring him? i know he’s incredible and i love him so much but i could have lost him.
there is silence now, but the worry and ( possible ) anger is more than obvious on may parker’s face. it’s a miracle she hasn’t blown up on him yet, especially with what he’s said. he’s opened up a can of worms even he isn’t sure he can handle or manage, but he knows he’d deserve it if things go south. after all, he’d put peter in danger, even if he hadn’t meant to… may’s lost more than her fair share, just as tony has, and he knows that neither of them would be able to live with themselves if peter was harmed.
when the brunette finally speaks, though, tony’s at a loss for words. he’d been so ready to defend himself, but he can’t now. not right away.
❛ ——— i only wanted his help.
❜ great start.
❛ but he’s capable of so much more… he wants to do good in this world, may, and i wanted to help him achieve that.
❜ even if he’d been careless and trigger happy when it came to giving the TEENAGER the suit specially made for him. a pause follows, a hand lifting so that hand frames his jaw briefly out of stress before falling back to his side. dark gaze is back on may, tony hardly finished.
❛ but i’d never put him in danger. not knowingly, and i’d get him out of it the second i could.
❜ though the look on his face is one that conveys sorrow and regret, his articulation is firm and defiant; it’s honest and raw.
a slow, deep inhale ensues before her eyelids flutter open, and she’s craning her head back a fraction; enough for azure hues to seek out his dark ones and lock onto those gorgeous eyes. he’s serious. she entertains the thought, butterflies swarming within the pit of her stomach at the notion. ❛ promise? ❜ is that a y e s ? pepper cracks a smile, her scarlet stained lips spreading, unveiling a row of pearly whites beyond the red barrier; she feels that this is right, and though he hasn’t officially asked quite yet, the redhead needn’t be inquired, her answer is and always will be, yes. it’s in her eyes, how they sparkle and shine, a decades worth of adoration swirled within flecks of sky blue. ❛ i love you. ❜
it seems as if he’s worried for nothing, for pepper is practically saying YES. the smile that forms on his lips is one that’s rarely seen by anyone, and he’s not sure he’s even been able to smile this way since his mother died.
❛ of course i promise.
❜ tony strives to assure her of his devotion, hands still cupping her cheeks before he’s leaning in to steal another kiss, though this one is much slower than the others.
❛ i’ve always loved you.
❜ words are hummed into the lip lock, but he’ll pull away only to res this forehead against the strawberry blonde’s again.
❛ wanna go home?
❜
her wrist twists, wrapping the silk further around her lithe fingers and reeling him in. lips part, but don’t speak, instead her breath faintly fans out across his mouth; the tip of her tongue darting out to slide along his flesh, tasting the seam of his lips, and retreating only to grin darkly at him. ❛ so, PUSHY, mr. stark. ❜ the appendage mimics a clicking sound from the roof of her mouth in light tsk. ❛ i don’t condone bossiness. not when i’m in charge. you answer to ME. ❜
another grunt sounds.
❛ shit.
❜ feeling pepper so close to his own frame, her tongue slowly tracing his lower tier, he can’t help but submit. hell, if she told him to drop to his knees before her, he’d do it shamelessly.
❛ whatever you say, honey.
❜ but he isn’t mocking her, his articulation rather BREATHY and fascinated as dark hues take in bright azure ones. she’s sexy when she’s in charge ( which is 95% of the time ), the engineer hardly minding what’s happening between them now.
two slim digits walk a fine line along his torso, toward his chest, and gravitating up, leading her hand to where his neck tie resides. ❛ appropriate measures will be taken. you’ll be punished fairly. ❜ her fingers coil around the fabric and give a nice yank to bring his head closer. ❛ were you a bad boy? ❜
she’s purposely teasing him, a fact that’s prompting him to tense up as those seductive words fall from her pout. grunting at the sudden tugging of his tie, tony can’t help but to look right at her with parted lips; how is he supposed to answer? he wants to say yes.
❛ — MAYBE.
❜ he pauses.
❛ how are you gonna punish me if i say yes? i need an answer, potts.
❜ the mechanic feigns confidence, for she’s actually making a lot of things hard right now… in more ways than one.
oh how that smile of her’s widens, entirely careless now of continuing the act of being deceiving. ❛ i don’t know… have you been a bad boy? ❜ blue hues flicker upon those big, gorgeous, dark brown eyes and are instantaneously lost within the vastness.
❛ there’s my girl.
❜ the puppy dog eyes work almost every time, and luckily now is no different. what follows on pepper’s end already has him going, though, both brows raising and gaze briefly averting.
❛ i mean, it depends on what my answer gets me… if i say yes, what would happen?
❜
❛ that’s not why you’re in trouble. forehead of security ringing any bells? happy is offended, although if you ask me, his pride was mildly wounded. ❜ a slip of a smile cracks her stern persona.
he doesn’t miss that break in character.
❛ he’ll get over it, hun. i said it once before too, and look at him now.
❜ standing up and approaching her, tony daringly settles hands at her hips.
❛ you wouldn’t really put me in the dog house, though, would you?
❜ puppy dog eyes ensue, the mechanic gazing up at pepper from behind long lashes.
❛ he also may have leaked a bit of information on what you and mr. parker recorded. something about hoping a certain woman was wearing a skimpy outfit. – you’re in the dog house tonight, and not for the flirty comment. ❜
low blow, happy. he’d be getting back at the bodyguard soon.
❛ hey, that was out of context. peter’s aunt is attractive, but i look and don’t touch. that has to count for something.
❜
