by Sumi00
Pepper knew that becoming a CEO of a tech conglomerate would be hard. Working and falling in love with a genius billionaire with a penchant for blowing things up was even harder, but somehow, she managed.
However, she didn’t understand why managing her emotions was so hard. Keeping a straight face for a 2-hour long meeting had taken his toll and there was nothing preventing her from collapsing against the elevator wall in exhaustion. She’s had her fair share of long days, but the last month had been filled to the brim with late nights. On one hand, there were meetings and paperwork with Stark Industries’ upcoming merger; on the other, between the new line of stark phones and clean energy campaigns, she was spread thin. She liked to think that the exhaustion was the reason that felt a sob crawling up her throat but she knew that her tears were a byproduct of overhearing the vile comments men 10-20 years her senior made about her.
Words: 3159, Chapters: 2/3, Language: English
- Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies)
- Rating: General Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: F/M
- Characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark
- Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
- Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Protective Tony Stark, Pepper Potts Needs a Hug, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Pepperony - Freeform, Post-Movie: Iron Man 3 (2013), Tony Stark Has A Heart, Not Beta Read, BAMF Tony Stark