It wasn’t often that he managed to get Pepper to himself these days, and the things he’d been juggling lately didn’t exactly help. Nor did his semi-permanent move to New York once all was said and done. Admittedly, the Facility was nice and after the move he had gotten his personal bubble very well established, so that meant that Pepper was more than free to come and go.
Still, her comings and goings largely consisted of her coming to stay a day or two, then going right back to the other side of the country. Yes, they’d been discussing something a bit less stressful than that for years now, but it hadn’t actually happened yet. All of this, of course, meant that the moment that he had time and opportunity he pretty much did his best to shower the woman with affection.
This time wasn’t going to be any different, and he met her at the airport, leaning on his open car down and waiting for her to spot him before lifting his hand in a small wave.