Can we trust her?

Chapter 8

Tony dreamt of Pepper, they were sitting on the couch in their living room while eating strawberries.

"I thought you were allergic to strawberries" he told her

Pepper giggled "I only said that to prevent you from eating them"

"Why?" he asked taking a bite of one

She looked at him sweetly and said "Because you are allergic"

Tony tried to spit the fruit but he couldn't; his nose started to itch. "Pepper" he yelled "Help me!" his girlfriend started laughing.

Stark woke up to find a ladybug on top of his nose and he screamed, not for being scared of the insect but because for a second he actually thought he had eaten a strawberry.

Natasha woke up immediately and pulled out a gun from the drawer "What is it?!" she asked

Tony killed the ladybug and started to scratch his nose. Romanoff saw the dead insect "Really Stark?"

Wanda and Sam came running to the bedroom, her hair was messy and his eyes were sleepy.

"Is everything okay?" Sam asked worried

Steve woke up and seeing everyone in the bedroom he looked at Natasha for an explanation. Vision had also appeared.

"Stark got scared of a ladybug" she explained

"I'm not afraid of ladybugs!" Tony yelled

"What is it then?" Wanda asked

"I had a nightmare" he answered

"About ladybugs?" Rogers asked amused

"Of course not!" the billionaire said "It was about strawberries"

Everyone sighed, Stark was impossible. Sam was about to go to sleep again when everyone realized it was 2 pm, apparently if it hadn't been because of Stark's nightmare they would have spent the whole day sleeping. They suited up with yesterday's clothes except for Wanda; she put on some of Pepper's clothes that Tony had offered her. She felt weird in those expensive clothes; they weren't much for someone like Pepper Potts, just some designer black jeans and a blue silk loose shirt with black buttons. Stark had even offered her some sneakers but she pretended that they didn't fit her, Wanda had never even had an actual conversation with the billionaire's girlfriend, so she prefers to wear the boots she had used the day before.

Maria Hill sent Steve a text, it read 'he's at central park waiting for you guys, I hope you have a plan'.

Steve instructed everyone and the non flying Avengers took a taxi while the other ones flew to Manhattan. In what felt like forever they arrived, everything seemed calm and fortunately there weren't people around. At the entrance Sebastian stood with what looked like a super gun, just like Stark's technology, all the Avengers stood in front of him.

He showed them the weapon "I made this myself, thanks to some things I learned from Stark's head" he continued "giving the fact that you are all here I suspect you have a plan... or not"

Tony had a hard time draining his mind, he was always thinking and if he wanted to stop Carson from learning dangerous information he should stop thinking. The billionaire closed his eyes, maybe what he needed to do was to think about something else, something not dangerous, he smiled; Tony thought about the only thing he loved that didn't include weapons, unless she's mad and hits you with a bag. Pepper Potts had always caught his eye, at first not in the romantic way but she was always intriguing to him. He remembered how surprised he was when she arrived to the job interview, most of the girls applying looked like super models and they all dressed provocative, Pepper on the other hand had dressed decently, Stark had almost put he in the 'next' list but what caught his attention was that she told him that if he actually needed an assistant instead of a hooker he should consider her, in that moment he knew that she was special no one had ever dared to argue with him, except for Rhodey. Tony had been in love with her even before he knew it, she was his support; she was his moderator, his friend, his muse, his distraction, his break, his freedom but more importantly the love of his life.