Double Drabble: Surprise Me (Tony/Pepper, Iron Man)
For ozreison
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt:"And that's a conversation I never thought I'd have at the office."
Rating: T
"Really, Pepper, I'm okay with this."
His assistant laughed nervously. "You may be okay with it, Tony. I'm not!"
Tony adjusted the cuffs of his immaculate dress shirt. "It's just that it's good for you to know that you're now holding power of attorney for me in case I should, you know. . . ."
"Die?" Pepper asked incredulously.
"Yeah," Tony said as he shrugged into his jacket, "or be incapacitated. Whichever."
Pepper flipped through the sheaf of papers. "You'll do this, whatever I say."
"Yeah," Tony admitted.
"Why me?" Pepper asked. "Why not Jim or. . . ."
Tony rolled his eyes. "Jim has other responsibilities."
"And I don't?" Pepper asked, stepping closer.
Tony looked intently at his assistant. "You're pretty much responsible for me everywhere, already. This just makes it official. Oh, and you're executor, too, you know, if I die."
Pepper sighed. "And if I kill you?"
"It all goes to a particularly disagreeable charity," Tony explained. "Look, I don't see why this is such a big deal!"
"Cause it is, Tony. This is serious. It's about life, not about work!"
"I know," he laughed, "and that's a conversation I never thought I'd have at the office."
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt:"And that's a conversation I never thought I'd have at the office."
Rating: T
"Really, Pepper, I'm okay with this."
His assistant laughed nervously. "You may be okay with it, Tony. I'm not!"
Tony adjusted the cuffs of his immaculate dress shirt. "It's just that it's good for you to know that you're now holding power of attorney for me in case I should, you know. . . ."
"Die?" Pepper asked incredulously.
"Yeah," Tony said as he shrugged into his jacket, "or be incapacitated. Whichever."
Pepper flipped through the sheaf of papers. "You'll do this, whatever I say."
"Yeah," Tony admitted.
"Why me?" Pepper asked. "Why not Jim or. . . ."
Tony rolled his eyes. "Jim has other responsibilities."
"And I don't?" Pepper asked, stepping closer.
Tony looked intently at his assistant. "You're pretty much responsible for me everywhere, already. This just makes it official. Oh, and you're executor, too, you know, if I die."
Pepper sighed. "And if I kill you?"
"It all goes to a particularly disagreeable charity," Tony explained. "Look, I don't see why this is such a big deal!"
"Cause it is, Tony. This is serious. It's about life, not about work!"
"I know," he laughed, "and that's a conversation I never thought I'd have at the office."