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"Honey, I'm home." Pepper announced as she walked through elevator of the Stark Tower.

It had been a little over a month since the Mandarin's attack. She had been trying to clean up some messes, traveling back and forth from Los Angeles. Unfortunately, their Malibu home had been blown off the cliff, so she had to stay in her old apartment. It was something nice to retreat to since there were nothing but sweet memories of the place, but because of the Mandarin's attack, Tony has been keeping tabs on her thanks to SHIELD.

Nothing exciting happened. Pepper closed some deals on a couple contracts, cleaned up most of the mess caused by the Mandarin and her boyfriend, and even managed to grab a cupcake from Katie's Sweet Shop.

Pepper sat down on the couch in the center of their penthouse and began to slip her heels off. At the same time, Tony had poked his head out from an adjacent room. His eyes were full of curiosity and happiness. He hadn't seen her for almost a week. Even though he has called her numerous times throughout her trip, it just wasn't the same.

His lips formed a wide smile before he walked towards her.

"Hey, Pep." He casually said, trying not to show how much he's missed her.

Pepper turned her head to glance at him and flashed a grin. "Hi." She greeted. "How was your week?"

"It was interesting. Worked on the Mark 48 and upgraded JARVIS, but other than that—" He caved. "—it's been unhappily silent without you."

Tony came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, hovering above her head. Pepper took this as an opportunity and slowly tilted her head up. She smiled up at him, basking in his grease covered and metal scented filled presence. He widened his smile and began to brush the tip of his nose along hers.

It had been a very long week for her.

Pepper abruptly grabbed hold of his hand and tugged him forward, allowing him to capture her lips with his. He closed his eyes, and moaned in delight and surprise as her soft lips began to kiss back. He smiled against her lips, trying not to chuckle.

Something inside of him began to stir and click. Within a split second, the gauntlet of his Mark 47 sped towards him, causing Pepper to squeak and pull away.

The gauntlet didn't hurt her. It was the sudden whirring of mechanical parts that surprised her.

She stared down at the gauntlet in shock. Tony tried not to whimper at the sudden pull from their endearing kissing session, but nonetheless had to assess the sudden intrusion of the Extremis.

"Sorry about that." He smiled, looking down at the gauntlet. "I guess got a little too excited."

Pepper grinned devilishly, and sexily, up at him. "Interesting." She commented. Her red lipstick covered lips practically taunting him for another round. "Usually I can tell when you're excited."

Tony whimpered at her seductive words, and stared down at her with wide brown puppy dog eyes and a quivering frown. Without warning, a second gauntlet sped towards him, latching onto his other hand. He gasped at the sudden intrusion and heard a small laugh from Pepper.

"Wow." She smirked. "Someone's really happy to see me."

He began to remove the gauntlets. "You have no—" He struggled with one of them. "—idea." He tossed them on the couch and leaned in for another kiss. "So, where were we?" He almost captured her lips, but at the last second, Pepper turned away.

"Not so fast, Mister." She noticed his hands protectively clasped over the necklace he gave her; the one with a ruby heart pendant.

"Aw," He began to whine. "That's teasing. That goes against the rules of the Stark Tower."

"The—the what?" She scrunched her nose up at him.

"The rules." He repeated. He removed his arms from around her shoulders, and off the necklace, and placed his hands on her shoulders. "JARVIS, would you be so kind as to recite the rules regarding Pepper and myself?"

"Tony—" She was about to chastise him, but JARVIS spoke up.

"First rule," JARVIS began. "Mr. Stark and Miss Potts are refrained from teasing each other."

"Unless….?" Tony spoke up. Pepper had her eyebrows furrowed. She didn't know if she should hit him or laugh it off.

"Unless Miss Potts agrees to the following proposal."

She blinked before letting out a loud audible sigh. "Do I even want to ask about the proposal?"

"You must agree to sex – six days a week – or seven if you prefer." Tony sexily smirked.

Yeah, she wanted to hit him.

Pepper tried not to laugh. "No." She said before getting up off the couch. Tony's hands fell to his side as he began to pout.

"What do you mean by 'no'?" He furrowed his eyebrows at her.

"JARVIS, erase all rules Mr. Stark has set as well as proposals, and whatever else pertains to it." She commanded.

"Wait—don't—" Tony tried to interject.

"Of course, Miss Potts." The AI responded. " 'Rules of Engagement Between Mr. Stark and His Girl' has been erased."

"Hey!" He barked, unsure of what just happened. "JARVIS, are you forgetting who built you in the first place?"

Pepper picked up her things and walked past him, towards the bedroom. "Six times a week?" Her eyebrows were furrowed.

Tony trailed behind her like a curious puppy. "It's actually a nice proposal."

She left her bag on their bed and made her way to the walk-in closet that seemed to be as big as the bedroom itself. She walked towards the very back where her shoes were mounted.

"I mean, we can either spend it all in one day, or…" He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, and began to pull her against his chest. He planted a light kiss on her neck, effectively making her squeak. "…we can spread them out."

Pepper tried not to laugh. "It's crazy how attached you are to me."

"I'm not attached." He denied. "I'm like a kid. When I see a new toy, I want to play with it and call it my favorite."

Her smile went flat. "Did you just compare me to a toy?" She deadpanned.

Tony looked up from her neck, as his nose was buried in her scent, and noticed from her tone that he was in dangerous territory. "No…?" He tried to recover.

She rolled her eyes at him and mounted her shoes. She turned around to search for a pair of sweats and a t-shirt. Tony noticed her hands grabbing casual nighttime clothing and grinned possessively. "Changing into clothing I can easily take off?"

She unbuttoned her blouse and smirked at his words. "I'm getting ready for bed, Tony."

He frowned. "But the night is young, Babe."

"It's almost 1 am."

"What—" He looked at the clock on their nightstand and raised his eyebrows. "Oh."

"Yeah." She smiled, changing into sweats. "You might want to take a shower."

"But, I still have stuff to do in my workshop." He pouted. "The Mark 48 needs a bit of a test run, not to mention a few more modifications, and I'm pretty sure some of the spare parts in the garage—"

"Well, Stark, you have two choices." Pepper threw her clothes in the hamper in their closet and walked past him. Tony licked his lips at the way her t-shirt completely and perfectly showed the curves of her body. "You can either go back to your workshop and work on your suit, or…" She climbed into bed. "…You can take a shower and climb into bed with me, and we'll work on that proposal of yours." She devilishly smiled at him; she loved working him up.

Tony's mouth went agape. He turned his head to look at the doorway and then turned to look at the bathroom.

"Your choice, Honey." Pepper grinned as she slipped her legs underneath the covers. "Oh," She spoke up again. "By the way, I'm not wearing any underwear."

Tony processed her words for a minute and began to nod. It was only a few seconds later before he took off and darted towards the bathroom.