04 | Accidental Video | Alternate Universes | Take a Hint

[notbuiltforthis]

[The video broadcast begins with a flash of half-clothed leg and a loud clatter as the device hits the floor. There's a long moment of rustling fabric as Pepper pulls on her pants and then a sigh.]

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[ironfail]

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[He slaps a hand on the elevator doorframe, stopping the doors from closing, and grins at her.] I think you're forgetting something.

[notbuiltforthis]

[Wipe that grin from your face, Tony.]

What did you do to it?

[Obviously the only reason he would have it would be to do something. Install a tracker or- She doesn't even know, really.]

[ironfail]

[Nope, grin still there. If anything, it's gotten wider.]

I didn't do anything to it. Except turn it off.

[notbuiltforthis]

[She grabs the phone, pocketing it quickly with her attention still fixed on him. She's not getting off the elevator.]

What do you mean, "turn it off"?

[chasesstars]

video;

...Pepper? Tony? [ Jane isn't really sure what to say. Isn't them sleeping together pretty normal? ]

[notbuiltforthis]

[Oh. Pepper switches to dealing with people mode, and tries hard not to react to the nickname.]

...Dr. Foster. I'm sorry you had to see that.

[chasesstars]

No it's--well, I mean--isn't that normal? For you two to sleep together?

[notbuiltforthis]

No! Has he been telling people that?

[Damn it.]

[flipsalltables]

video

Tony...? Pepper? Are you both feeling well?

[notbuiltforthis]

[Why are people calling her that?]

I'm sure he's feeling quite well.

[flipsalltables]

Are you?

[notbuiltforthis]

No, no, I'm not.

[onewithideals]

video;

Ah. [ Because, really, what more can be said. Other than the fact that she can add this to the frowing list of people behaving even stranger than usual. ]

[notbuiltforthis]

...Ah?

[onewithideals]

[ Whoops. ] ... My apologies. It was rather unexpected.

[notbuiltforthis]

Yes, it was.

[They're on the same page, but they're reading radically different books.]

[malfunctionbot]

[Video]

Sounds like s-s-someone's in th' doghouse.

[notbuiltforthis]

What?

[malfunctionbot]

I just meant yer lil' fight, ya know?

[notbuiltforthis]

No one's in the doghouse.

[There has to be a relationship of some sort other than "antagonistic former work related acquaintances" for there to be a doghouse.]