Well this is it folks. The last chapter in my amazing trilogy. Thanks so much for all the reviews! this little experiment turned out fabulous. If I finish my other stories, there might be another Tony\Pepper story coming in the the not too distant future!

Tony Stark was laying on a hospital bed. His hair was tousled and clotted with blood. Pepper walked over to his unconscious body. Her and Rhodey and spent hours working on an arc-restarter that will hopefully bring Tony back. She looked down at his arc reactor. It was glowing so faintly you could barely see the tiny light. She turned to Rhodey.
"Show time." Pepper handed him the Arc re-starter. He held it over the arc. Pepper held her breath as it clicked into place. She felt Steve's hand on her shoulder. They were all waiting. The arc suddenly glowed very bright then faded. There was no light at all. Pepper felt defeated. She had let him down. She knelt by his bed and sobbed. Rhodey put his arm around her. She felt him shake too and knew he was crying too. Pepper wiped tears from her eyes and stood up.
"I don't know why we even bothered. We can't keep playing with mother nature." She sighed. Rhodey looked at her.
"Tony is my best friend. I want what's best for him. You know why I did this?" He asked. She shook her head.
"I wanted to see you two get married. Be happy. Have kids. I'm a full grown man and in the army and I just broke down sobbing. I mean it Pepper." She started to cry again. She had secretly wanted to get married to him too. Now her dream was over. She was alone. Pepper dropped once more to her knees beside the bed.
She heard faintly a whirring and a click, then a soft gasp. She looked up to see Tony's chest rising and then falling. He was alive. She jumped up and hugged Steve and Natasha. She hugged Rhodey and even the doctor. She turned to Tony. The arc was now glowing normally. Tony's eyes fluttered open. Pepper started crying all over again.
"Pepper…" He whispered.
"Yeah?" She asked taking his hand.
"How's my hair?" He asked giving a tiny smile. She laughed and tears ran down her face. She covered her face with her hands. She head them all talking. Mainly Rhodey talking to Tony about the arc re-starter. She stood up.
"Your eyes are red. Tears for you long lost boss?"
"Yes!" She sobbed. She started laughing too. He was back! It was all okay!
"You did it Pepper. I'm so proud of you." He smiled. Pepper leaned down and kissed his forehead. "Wow. I come back from the dead and all I get is a kiss on the forehead?" Tony complained playfully.
"Well Mr. Stark, I need to run a few tests and them you should be good to go." The doctor said. Pepper let go of his hand she didn't even realize she was holding.
"I'll meet you at home, okay?" She said.
"Okay cool. There better be shwarma." He grinned.
"Alright. Will that be all Mr. Stark?"
"That will be all Miss. Potts."

I know I stole those lines from the movies but I do not own them. Also the Ironman 3 trailer just came out… definite Pepper\Tony! Thanks so much guys.