Driven To Tears - An Iron Man One Shot [Pepperony]

ONE-SHOT WITH POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE - SET AFTER IRON MAN 3, PRE BREAK UP. TRIGGER WARNING - slight self harm concepts. PEPPERONY!

Pepper let herself cave and slipped her heels off. She held onto her white skirt and layed down next to him. She buried her face in his neck as he wrapped his strong arms around her and held her close, silently thanking the heavens she could still feel his body heat and not the cool, slick metal of one of the suits like she'd grown accustomed to.

"Don't you ever, ever, ever hurt yourself, Anthony Stark," she whispered, scolding him gently as she let a single tear slip from her watery eyes.