[A language only three people fully understand. And out of those three, only Pepper could write the dictionary for it. She speaks Stark even better than Tony does, sometimes.
But Tony's still, now, both of his hands on Pepper's hips by the time she finishes the short, pained explanation. And he's just... standing there. Thinking. Staring at her face, her expression, letting the words sink in, lining them up with what Steve had said.
He'd done something stupid, that much they'd been over. But he'd saved the whole damn world, and while Captain America had said they'd gone for shawarma after... maybe that was because Pepper had come here, worked for Tony's life. And that result was what Steve had gotten.
Or maybe the lies had gone past omission.]
They were nuking Manhattan?
[There's a sense of ironic fucking justice in that, he'll give them that much.]
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But Tony's still, now, both of his hands on Pepper's hips by the time she finishes the short, pained explanation. And he's just... standing there. Thinking. Staring at her face, her expression, letting the words sink in, lining them up with what Steve had said.
He'd done something stupid, that much they'd been over. But he'd saved the whole damn world, and while Captain America had said they'd gone for shawarma after... maybe that was because Pepper had come here, worked for Tony's life. And that result was what Steve had gotten.
Or maybe the lies had gone past omission.]
They were nuking Manhattan?
[There's a sense of ironic fucking justice in that, he'll give them that much.]