Spiderman Homecoming Fanfic (RE-UPLOAD)

Pepper Potts

"Potts, I can explain it" With his trembling hands, he pins her down by the shoulder on the bed, trying not to put too much force in it.

She absentmindedly gazes at the ceiling as if he wasn't there, as if he was a ghost.

"Look at me, please" Tony utter sounding desperate, tears threatening to fall.

"No"

Suddenly, a pair of arms clutch around his neck and pulls him down. Without a chance to react to the sudden force, he crashed on top of her. Tony unconsciously tensed, afraid that he might crush her with his weight.

He opens his mouth and stops himself from saying anything, not wanting to ruin the moment. Tony closed his eyes and a stray tear roll down his cheek. He tucks his head on the nook of her neck as he melts in her embrace.

Their body sticks close to the point that he can feel her surprisingly steady heartbeat. His body rises and falls in sync with her breathing.

Minutes passed as silence fills the room, but not in a bad way. It's calming and soothing, Tony could just fall asleep like this. The feeling of his reactor brushes against her chest is warm and pleasant, reminding Tony of...

'His touches'

He inhales sharply and snapped his eyes open wide as his whole body tenses. Blood boiling inside of Tony out of anger and guilt.

'How can I be thinking about someone else in this moment?!'

His body rises a little higher as she inhales deeply under him and began to strokes at the back of his head.

"You don't have to explain it" she starts.

Pepper pulls his hair gently and lifts his head to finally meet her gazes "I knew it all along"

Tony's heart sank as a strangled sound leaves his mouth. He's speechless, not by hearing the words, or the way she says them, but by the soft, endearing, hopeless smile planted on her face as she said it.

Tony knows that smile, he knew it all too well.

It's the smile of someone who willingly accepts their fate to surrenders a fight that they know they can't win against.

"What...?" He managed to breathe out.

Tony pushes himself up, trying to create a space between them to think clearly. But then Pepper pulls him back down and hugs him tightly, trapping Tony in her koala grip.

"Tony, I know this might sound crazy but Peter is head over heels for you"

"What?" He found himself repeating the word.

"I knew it since he laid his eyes on you" Pepper paused, sounding calm and collected.

"He always praises or compliments you and whenever you're around his eyes never stops following you-"

"Nonsense" Tony cut her words, shook his head slightly "That's only because he admires me"

"Then would you care to explain how he always tries to impress you? Or how he trained hard all for the sake of not wanting to see you getting hurt? How he wants to be as capable as you so that he can stand equally beside you without being a burden?"

Pepper caresses the man's hair "Now tell me honey, does that sounds like admiration to you?" She whispers in Tony's ear, making sure to plant the words inside his jumbled-up brain as he frowns in confusion.

"No" Tony whisper.

"It seems Peter hasn't realized his feelings yet. But it's okay, he is a bright child. He will soon get it"