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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts & James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Obadiah Stane Additional Tags: Iron Man 1, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Pepperony - Freeform, Pepper Potts Feels, Pepper Potts Needs a Hug, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, James "Rhodey" Rhodes Needs a Hug, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, James "Rhodey" Rhodes Is a Good Bro, Kidnapped Tony Stark, Missing Scene, Feelings Realization, Getting Together, Slight Canon Divergence Summary:
She knew the text message was from Tony. Who else would be messaging her this late? Only Tony Stark ever disturbed her this late at night. If he was texting her something inappropriate about birthdays and spankings again she swore she was going to make sure he was solidly booked for meetings every second of the day for a month.
"Pepper. Alert Jarvis protocol FUBAR. Coordinates 33.9391 degrees North 67.7100 degrees east. Under attack, small arms fire and"
What??? Pepper sat up ramrod straight in bed and clicked the bedside light back on and reread the message once more but the words never changed. Wait. Did that say under attack?
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Who was Tony trying to reach out to in Iron Man in the moments before a bomb with his name on it exploded and changed his life and everyone's surrounding him forever? What if it was Pepper?
