Looking for Tony (Iron Man/Pepper)

[Pepper]

Pepper stiffened and a fierce, fiery look came into her eyes. She stopped what she was doing - she'd done enough - and looked Tony Stark square in the eye. "Why did you attack that woman?" she asked, hiding the accusation but not the confusion in her voice.

She planted her feet in the ground and didn't move. Take the rest of the day off? The rest of the week? Impossible, and he knew it. She hadn't cleared his schedule for the week, just the rest of today. There would be a whole new nest of problems tomorrow. She could not just take vacation time.

Tony was emotionally unstable now...dangerously so. She wasn't about to leave him. He would hate her for it, she was sure, but in the end he would thank you. He always did. Always found a use for her...

Suddenly Pepper Potts thought she was about to cry. She carefully shifted her weight and stomped on her own foot. The pain took her mind off of the sudden urge to cry and she waited for him to reply.

[Iron Man]

"She's an irritating little rich brat trying to be a superhero because she got tried of spending her daddy's money." Tony told her as he moved closer to Pepper and narrowed his eyes when she didn't move to leave "Either leave now or spend the day in the unemployment line tomorrow looking for a new job." he said as he pulled out his phone to call security either to show Pepper out or throw her out "Better decide fast they'll be here soon to show you out." He said

[Pepper]

Pepper looked into Tony's eyes. Directly. She saw no compassion, no understanding, and no pity in those merciless eyes. Instead of fire, a cold steel bar of fear ran down her back. Her eyes picked out his phone - he was dialing security.

"What's happening to you, Tony?" she whispered.

She turned and left the workshop before he could complete the call, heading upstairs. She moved towards his office but took a seat at her desk instead. She could stay out of his way and simply become a shadow, only there if he deigned to look at her. She had done it before. She wouldn't go to the workshop unless he needed her, and she would stay at her desk and work until it was time to go home.