fic: No Air
Chapter 8: Who’s the boss?
It was an innocent kiss however it was the best kiss experienced by the both of them. The world around them seemed to disappear as the kisses grew more and more in intensity.
He needed no drugs or any alcohol anymore. He had his drug here, in his arms.
Tony backed easily just to see her reaction. When he left a secure space between their lips, big brown eyes met blue ones. His hands were shaking mostly of their kiss but also the cold air which touched his skin. The look in her eyes made him dizzy and Pepper noticed that.
His eyes were filled by desire and the look he was giving her, made her blush intently. She felt her heart driving her forward until their noses touched. He blinked once, twice before clearing his throat. He smiled briefly before speaking.
“I am freezing. Not that your heat doesn’t help but still, I want you everywhere but I know you can’t.”
She looked at her watch and then at him, quizzically.
“If you want you can stay at my apartment till the morning and if you insist you’re bothering me, I’ll call Happy, though it’s a bit too late.”
When she saw him staring intently at her, she knew what he has on his mind.
“Okay. My apartment seems to be just fine for your tastes, Mr. Stark.”
The formality of his name made him wake up from the reverie.
“Did you just call me Mr. Stark?” He blinked absently.
“Yes.” She said smirking.
She tucked at his jacket and then pulled him towards her.
“Let’s just get upstairs.”
The tone in her voice made him shiver. Oh God. Still shaking, he followed her into the dark apartment. When Pepper left him on the hallway, he started to panic.
“Um…. Pepper?”
“Yes, Tony?”
“Where are you?”
When her hands touched him from behind he almost jumped.
“Right here.” She said smiling.
“I do not own fifteen rooms like you, Mr. St-Tony.” He could not help but grin.
“So you have like two options.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Sleep onto the floor or-“
“Sleep with you.” He continued for the both of them.
“Not quite the answer, Mr. Stark.”
His smile faded away with her words.
“We cannot do this, Tony.” She replied as a matter-of-fact tone.
He blinked at her.
“B-but… Why?”
“You’re you and I, well… I’m your assistant. I don’t get the chance to sleep with my boss even if I’d-“She stopped before saying something she will regret sooner or later.
“You’d what Potts?”
She closed her eyes before replying.
“Even if I would make that mistake.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
He looked around him and when he noticed that this was over he stepped back.
“Oh-kay.”
He grabbed his jacket and without looking back he headed towards the door.
“Tony?”
“What?” He asked not turning.
“I- I didn’t mean you to leave, it’s just…”
“I said its fine, Potts.”
He opened the door and then disappeared, leaving Pepper with tears in her eyes.
After she stood there like paralyzed for a moment, she ran to her window.
‘Why do I have to be such a bitch?’ She asked herself.
She watched Tony slam the door of the entrance in the building and she saw him zipping his jacket at maximum because of his reason. It was too cold outside.
A few tears escaped Pepper’s eyes as she watched him leave her.
Why didn’t she just keep to the plan and not make any other comments. Fuck it, she thought.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
It was an innocent kiss however it was the best kiss experienced by the both of them. The world around them seemed to disappear as the kisses grew more and more in intensity.
He needed no drugs or any alcohol anymore. He had his drug here, in his arms.
Tony backed easily just to see her reaction. When he left a secure space between their lips, big brown eyes met blue ones. His hands were shaking mostly of their kiss but also the cold air which touched his skin. The look in her eyes made him dizzy and Pepper noticed that.
His eyes were filled by desire and the look he was giving her, made her blush intently. She felt her heart driving her forward until their noses touched. He blinked once, twice before clearing his throat. He smiled briefly before speaking.
“I am freezing. Not that your heat doesn’t help but still, I want you everywhere but I know you can’t.”
She looked at her watch and then at him, quizzically.
“If you want you can stay at my apartment till the morning and if you insist you’re bothering me, I’ll call Happy, though it’s a bit too late.”
When she saw him staring intently at her, she knew what he has on his mind.
“Okay. My apartment seems to be just fine for your tastes, Mr. Stark.”
The formality of his name made him wake up from the reverie.
“Did you just call me Mr. Stark?” He blinked absently.
“Yes.” She said smirking.
She tucked at his jacket and then pulled him towards her.
“Let’s just get upstairs.”
The tone in her voice made him shiver. Oh God. Still shaking, he followed her into the dark apartment. When Pepper left him on the hallway, he started to panic.
“Um…. Pepper?”
“Yes, Tony?”
“Where are you?”
When her hands touched him from behind he almost jumped.
“Right here.” She said smiling.
“I do not own fifteen rooms like you, Mr. St-Tony.” He could not help but grin.
“So you have like two options.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Sleep onto the floor or-“
“Sleep with you.” He continued for the both of them.
“Not quite the answer, Mr. Stark.”
His smile faded away with her words.
“We cannot do this, Tony.” She replied as a matter-of-fact tone.
He blinked at her.
“B-but… Why?”
“You’re you and I, well… I’m your assistant. I don’t get the chance to sleep with my boss even if I’d-“She stopped before saying something she will regret sooner or later.
“You’d what Potts?”
She closed her eyes before replying.
“Even if I would make that mistake.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
He looked around him and when he noticed that this was over he stepped back.
“Oh-kay.”
He grabbed his jacket and without looking back he headed towards the door.
“Tony?”
“What?” He asked not turning.
“I- I didn’t mean you to leave, it’s just…”
“I said its fine, Potts.”
He opened the door and then disappeared, leaving Pepper with tears in her eyes.
After she stood there like paralyzed for a moment, she ran to her window.
‘Why do I have to be such a bitch?’ She asked herself.
She watched Tony slam the door of the entrance in the building and she saw him zipping his jacket at maximum because of his reason. It was too cold outside.
A few tears escaped Pepper’s eyes as she watched him leave her.
Why didn’t she just keep to the plan and not make any other comments. Fuck it, she thought.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day.