Mr. and Mrs. Stark

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Happy strolled into Stark Industries as serious as ever, looking at every single person that walked by, memorizing them in case they were a threat.

"Badge," he told the employee as he pointed to his own. He even made some of the people scurry away and try to hide as they saw him approaching. "Badge. Come on, badge. Badge, guys. I put a memo in the toilet. Come on."

"Tony has got them in his basement. They're wearing party hats," he told Pepper as he walked with her. "This is an asset that we can put to use."

"Uh huh. So you're suggesting that I replace the entire janitorial staff with robots?" Pepper asked as she signed something. "Thank you." She did own the company. Tony was bored, so why not give it to someone who understood it and would probably love the place more than he did? Now he and Misty just dropped in to sometimes help, or, in Misty's case, lay low. They were the majority shareholders; he owned 50%, and she owned 38%. Came with the baby.

"What I'm saying is that the human element of human resources is our biggest point of vulnerability. We should start phasing it out immediately."

"What?" she asked him in shock.

"Excuse me, Bambi, you should be wearing-"

"Did you just say that?" she asked.

"Security? Yes?" Happy said to the woman.

"Happy? Okay. I am thrilled that you are now the Head of Security, okay? It is the perfect position for you."

"Thank you, I do appreciate it," he said with a smile.

"However, since you've taken the post-" Pepper was cut off by Happy.

"You don't have to thank me."

"-we've had a rise in staff complaints of 300%," she stated.

"Thank you." He took it as a compliment, with a smile.

"It's not a compliment."

"It's not- It is a compliment. Clearly, somebody's trying to hide something," Happy said seriously.

"I... Yes." Pepper was cut off by the secretary.

"Ms. Potts, your 4:00 is here. Ms. Knight is already inside."

"Thank you," Pepper said.

"Did you clear this 4:00 with me?" he asked her. "Hell, I've been looking for Misty all day. Tell her to report to me when she can. Tony would kill me if something happened to her."

"Happy, we'll talk about this later, but right now, I have to go deal with this very annoying thing."

"How so?" he asked her.

"I used to work with him and he used to ask me out all the time, so it's a little awkward," she said as she walked into the room and stopped when she saw Misty talking to such a fine man.

"I don't like the sound of that," Happy stated. This could be counted as harassment, and Pepper was part of the family to them. She was a good friend to all of them, now especially since she had moved on from the couple.

"I have never seen you before in my life. Why is that?" Misty asked the man.

"I'm not much of a spotlight person," the man stated with a charming smile. "Let me take you out to dinner tonight, and we can discuss details." He kissed her hand as she snatched it away with a glare.

"Or maybe you're trying to hide something," Misty mumbled before clearing her throat and staring dead at him. "No."

"Maybe a later date," he smiled at her.

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