Unexpected News
Rating: PG
Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner (that's right, Avengers fanfic. wtf?)
Spoilers: yes. Big ol' spoiler for the Avengers Assemble movie
Summary: Clue's in the title.
Without opening his eyes, Tony Stark picked the ringing mobile phone from his bedside table and handed it to his lover.
‘I’m out,’ he instructed. After a moment’s pause he added, ‘or dead.’
Rubbing her eyes, Pepper cleared her throat and fumbled with the answer button. Striving to sound busy and important and not abruptly conscious, she propped herself on her boyfriends chest and said, ‘Hello?’ As she listened to the request for her boyfriend’s presence, she looked over at him, eyebrows raised questioningly. Shaking his head, he mouthed Not in. ‘He’s not actually a-’ The voice on the end of the phone cut her off and she listened, stunned, to the caller’s words. ‘Right,’ she said, when the caller had finished. ‘He’ll be right in.’
Wearing what Tony would call a frown and Pepper would call a pout, Tony took the phone back and set it on the bedside table again. ‘I thought we were “out”,’ he commented. He considered making air quotes but he was loathe to move his arm from around his lover’s waist and one-handed air quotes just looked silly.
Sighing, Bruce Banner scrubbed a hand through his hair and said, ‘That was Nick Fury.’
Tony was about to explain exactly where Nick Fury could go when Bruce stopped him with a minute head shake.
‘Coulson’s alive,’ Pepper murmured numbly.
Beside her, Steve Rogers stared at her in shock. ‘Really?’ Pepper nodded. ‘Well. I guess I better go to work, then,’ he said. Pepper nodded again, lifting her legs to one side so Steve could slide out of bed and start to get dressed. For a long moment she looked without seeing as he pulled on underwear and retrieved a pair of trousers and a t-shirt. ‘Hey.’ Pepper felt a hand under her chin and looked into earnest, blue eyes. ‘I’ll let you know what we find out.’
‘Even if you’re sworn to secrecy?’
Steve shrugged, pulling on his t-shirt as he spoke. ‘We’re always sworn to secrecy.’
Pepper smiled a little at that. ‘Thank you,’ she said quietly.
Steve winked at her and leant over for a quick kiss. ‘I love you.’
Pepper grinned. ‘I love you, too. Go save the world.’
Steve tossed her a boyish grin and strode for the door.
Pepper sat quietly for a moment before a familiar ring tone sounded and she rolled her eyes and answered. ‘Hi Bruce,’ she said, ‘Steve just left...No, no I picked up his laundry yesterday. Ask him if he looked in his closet.’
A/N: I am so, so sorry for all the epithets, although they do serve a purpose here ;D
Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner (that's right, Avengers fanfic. wtf?)
Spoilers: yes. Big ol' spoiler for the Avengers Assemble movie
Summary: Clue's in the title.
Without opening his eyes, Tony Stark picked the ringing mobile phone from his bedside table and handed it to his lover.
‘I’m out,’ he instructed. After a moment’s pause he added, ‘or dead.’
Rubbing her eyes, Pepper cleared her throat and fumbled with the answer button. Striving to sound busy and important and not abruptly conscious, she propped herself on her boyfriends chest and said, ‘Hello?’ As she listened to the request for her boyfriend’s presence, she looked over at him, eyebrows raised questioningly. Shaking his head, he mouthed Not in. ‘He’s not actually a-’ The voice on the end of the phone cut her off and she listened, stunned, to the caller’s words. ‘Right,’ she said, when the caller had finished. ‘He’ll be right in.’
Wearing what Tony would call a frown and Pepper would call a pout, Tony took the phone back and set it on the bedside table again. ‘I thought we were “out”,’ he commented. He considered making air quotes but he was loathe to move his arm from around his lover’s waist and one-handed air quotes just looked silly.
Sighing, Bruce Banner scrubbed a hand through his hair and said, ‘That was Nick Fury.’
Tony was about to explain exactly where Nick Fury could go when Bruce stopped him with a minute head shake.
‘Coulson’s alive,’ Pepper murmured numbly.
Beside her, Steve Rogers stared at her in shock. ‘Really?’ Pepper nodded. ‘Well. I guess I better go to work, then,’ he said. Pepper nodded again, lifting her legs to one side so Steve could slide out of bed and start to get dressed. For a long moment she looked without seeing as he pulled on underwear and retrieved a pair of trousers and a t-shirt. ‘Hey.’ Pepper felt a hand under her chin and looked into earnest, blue eyes. ‘I’ll let you know what we find out.’
‘Even if you’re sworn to secrecy?’
Steve shrugged, pulling on his t-shirt as he spoke. ‘We’re always sworn to secrecy.’
Pepper smiled a little at that. ‘Thank you,’ she said quietly.
Steve winked at her and leant over for a quick kiss. ‘I love you.’
Pepper grinned. ‘I love you, too. Go save the world.’
Steve tossed her a boyish grin and strode for the door.
Pepper sat quietly for a moment before a familiar ring tone sounded and she rolled her eyes and answered. ‘Hi Bruce,’ she said, ‘Steve just left...No, no I picked up his laundry yesterday. Ask him if he looked in his closet.’
A/N: I am so, so sorry for all the epithets, although they do serve a purpose here ;D