Running Fearless ( Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter 14

That night Tony stared at himself in the full body mirror, his tailored black tuxedo fitting him in all the right places. Now Tony wasn't a vain man, but...wait, yes he was.

"It should literally be a crime to look this good." he said with a sly smile while straightening his tie. He froze the moment he caught sight of Pepper in the mirror as well, and he forgot to breathe. Tony whipped around to see his fiance wearing a long, red silk gown that had a slit that ran just below her thigh. "Whoa." was the only word he could verbalize at the moment.

"So what do you think?" Pepper asked spinning around to give him a good look at the dress.

"I think we should skip the party and stay in." Tony said walking over to her admiring how good the dress looked on her and imagining that she would look even better with it on the floor.

"Well if it wasn't a party in our honor I would consider it." Pepper replied before reaching up and straightening his tie a bit. "So did you ask Katie, yet?"

"No. I haven't seen her today." Tony says turning away slightly. Pepper noticed the slight worry in his eyes and didn't understand it. It had slightly worried her the moment Tony told her that Katie and the others were coming to the tower. She felt silly at the twinge of jealously that erupted inside of her. It was their relationship that she thought she understood. That she thought she was alright with, but every time he said her name, it seemed different and Pepper just didn't understand. She simply shook her head before placing her hands on either side of his face and bringing his eyes to hers.

"I'm sure she's fine. This is our engagement party. A party celebrating the fact that very soon I'm going to be Mrs. Stark." Tony smiled bringing his hands to her hips and pulling her into a kiss. "We should go before we miss our own party." Tony grumbled under his breath, but nodded and went anyway.

They saw Bruce waiting at the entrance looking very dashing in his tailored suit as well. Though it was obvious how uncomfortable the man was, simply by the way he was standing.

"Brucey, you handsome devil you." Tony jokes as they walk over to him. "If you're not careful you might just get laid tonight." Bruce chose to ignore Tony and turn to Pepper instead.

"Pepper, you look beautiful." Bruce said and Pepper smiled widely.

"Thank you Bruce. Tony's right, you do look handsome." Pepper replied.

"Where are the others?" Tony asked letting his eyes scan around the lobby for any more familiar faces.

"Well I stopped by Katie's place to let them know that the car was here and Barton opened the door and he didn't look dressed for a party." Bruce said with a shake of his head.

"Where's my kitten?" Tony asked missing Pepper roll her eyes. She still didn't like the nickname, but decided to keep it to herself.

"She wasn't there and I was going to ask him, but he didn't look too talkative."

"I'm sure everything's fine." Pepper says placing a hand on Tony's arm. "We're going to be late if we don't leave now." Tony looked over to her before looking to Bruce who simply shrugged. Tony suddenly thought back to the cryptic voice mail and the fact that he hadn't seen Katie all day. "Tony?"

"She has her phone, let me just call her." Tony said reaching into his breast pocket and pulling out his cell phone. Bruce looked over to Pepper whose expression showed everything she was feeling in that moment and none of it was good.

"Pepper-"

"Don't." Pepper says holding up a hand to stop whatever excuse Bruce was about to say. They both just turned to Tony who stood with his phone to his ear. He was silent for a moment, but then started talking. After only a moment he turned back to them. "So?"