Friends With Benefits

Michael.

The past few weeks had been normal for Tony and Pepper. But they both seemed much more...happier. Pepper would come over late at night and they would have their fun, but she never slept over. They couldn't take the risk of getting caught naked together in his bed. It wasn't awkward or anything, it came so natural to them. Both Maya and Michael had begun to get suspicious with the amount of time Tony and Pepper had been spending together lately, but they soon shrugged it off because they knew they had been friends since the longest. Neither of them suspected anything, which put Tony and Pepper very much at ease. But it was that one night when everything fell apart....

"You look me in the eyes right now and you tell me that you are NOT sleeping with Stark!" his slurred words led Pepper to believe he was drunk, and he couldn't think straight.

"Come on Michael, what makes you think that?" he put the half empty whiskey bottle on the table and grabbed her by her wrist, clenching his jaw from anger.

"You're always with the son of a bitch. You never even bother to spend time with me anymore. Hell, we've never even had sex.... but that stops now." he grabbed Pepper and threw her on the couch, straddling her in between his legs.

"Michael please, stop! You're drunk!" he ignored what she had said and gave her a sloppy, drunken kiss. His hands tugged at the waistband of her shorts, trying to pull them off.

"Michael, don't do this.. please stop, you're making a big mistake!" her voice was pleading, but that didn't stop him from doing what he was going to do. She was trying to get him off of her, but it was hopeless.

"No, I've waited long enough. You're going to have sex with me and you're going to like it." she started to scream for help but his hand immediately covered her mouth.

"You make one sound... and you're dead. Understood?" she nodded, almost gagging at the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He pulled her panties to the side and unbuckled his pants, throwing them on the floor. He looked at her darkly and thrusted into her hard, Pepper's cries getting harder. She never thought Michael had it in him to be such a nasty, invading, and violent person. She was just dying for all of this to be over so she can just be with Tony, where she knew she felt safe. After a few minutes he was done and pulled out of her roughly, grabbing his pants and exiting the room. He left her on the couch, sobbing. She put her shorts back on and grabbed her keys, getting out of the house before Michael had a chance to get to her again. She was speeding Tony's house, desperately wanting to get there already. She felt so dirty and violated, all she wanted to do was take a shower and cry herself to sleep in Tony's arms. Pepper pulled into Tony's house and parked the car, her vision blurry from the tears. She knocked on the door.

"Hey Pep- What's wrong?" he asked, slightly panicking. She just threw herself on him and sobbed into his shoulder, not being able to make out words. Tony comforted her, telling her it was all going to be okay.

"Baby.. can you please tell me what happened?" Pepper looked up at Tony with red, puffy eyes, sniffling.

"It.. it was Michael. H-he raped me." Pepper hid her face in the crook of Tony's neck, he was angry. In fact, he was more than angry. His blood boiled. If it wasn't for Pepper hugging him, he would be in a rage right now, throwing and kicking everything in sight. He had made up his mind... Tony Stark was going to kill someone. Because no one messes with his Pepper Potts... no one.

"I.. I feel so dirty... and violated." Tony rubbed her back softly, bringing her as close to him as possible

"Come on baby, let's go take a shower." They both walked to the bathroom, Tony setting up the bath for her while she took her clothes off. He respected her privacy and let her take a bath by herself. Just as he was about to walk out, a soft voice had stopped him.

"Tony? Please don't leave me.." he nodded and sat down on the chair next to the bath, looking at her. She was silently crying and shaking.

"I'm so sorry this had to happen to you. I swear, he's going to pay for what he fucking did..." his knuckles were turning white from how hard he was squeezing his hand.

"Tony, don't do anything stupid.. I need you right now. Don't get yourself in trouble. Can you just please do that for me?" he nodded kneeled down on the floor next to the bathtub.

"Okay." he told Pepper he wasn't going to cause any chaos, but he was Tony Stark... he doesn't just 'drop' things. Especially when it involves the one person he cares most about.

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yep. that just happened.

I know, the story title isn't making much sense in this chapter, but believe me this is important.

next chapter soon!