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[honeyimhome]

[Someone's been scoping out the past few days over the comms. And interestingly enough? She's almost glad she hadn't gotten here sooner.]

Guess I missed ... a lot, actually. [And boy, does little Miss PA sound unnerved by it.]

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[honeyimhome]

[W o w, Tony no. Just. Tony. No. That's not what you say the first time she sees you in months- maybe more, she isn't sure. Not to mention the fact that, while she hasn't just not seen him, he's been pronounced dead.

She'd fought long and hard with many, too many, officials, to get back here. Why she'd been dragged away in the first place ... Well, even she wasn't sure. Some superficial reason that was an absolute loop-hole.]

I'll leave the 'being' hunted to you. [Just the slightest of eye-narrows.]

Did you? [Because by her books? He did, but also ... didn't.]

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[aggravating]

[Oh come on, he was trying to be... romantic. Kind of. At least a little.

And Pepper should know by now that he's horrible at stuff like this. At breaking the ice and saying the right things. Of releasing tension in any way that's considered nice and normal. He's honestly just too realieved to see someone he trusts, here. To know that he has someone he knows will have his back, will understand him. Someone he cares about and doesn't have to fight paranoia and suspicion in order to let in. Hell, even just someone who doesn't hate him on principle, based on what he does and says without thinking, or in an attempt to cover something up.

It's just nice to have someone, again. As much as he might never outwardly admit it.]

Hey, no suit means no bullet holes to deal with. Officially sidelined and hating it. No being hunted. [Unless you count being hunted by people he's pissed off on the barge.

He pauses, thinking back - it hasn't just been months for him, it's been years. He went back and faced Vanko, lived those two years with Pepper at his side, building the tower, leading up to that fight with Loki, saving New York, flying a nuke into space-

Ah, right. He never came back from that, did he?]

Uh, kind of. In a way. [Eheh] Formed a Boy Band, saved New York, beat up an alien Viking... pretty sure that was the gist of the assignment.

[He's just going to tactfully leave out the reminder that the only way he'd be here is if he died carrying that nuke into space.]

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[Much as her expression is vaguely pained, it's still monumentally pleased. He can try and not-remind-her all he likes. He still does a shit-tacular job at it.]

Yes, I saw. The Avengers. [She's sure it was mentioned last time... But then, Tony had been from further behind, then, also.]

Hold on. You've been through all that- last time I was here, you hadn't-- [Wat. What's changed, Tony Stark?]