When a magazine article insinuates that there's more to Tony and Pepper's relationship, they are forced to go to extremes to keep the public guessing, and learn some things about the true nature of their feelings in the process.

The events immediately following the infamous "Are those bullet holes?" scene. Another super-late submission for Pepperony Week.

Tony meets a beautiful woman in the bathroom in Bern on New Years Eve, 1999.

Cause you're a hard soul to save, with an ocean in the way, but I'll get around it. [Post-series spoilers. One shot.]

Mid-Season 7, mild spoilers. "She can picture him staring into the darkness, unmoving in her living room, unable to leave and unable to stay." Chibs/Althea. Hard T.

Pepper's unconventional interview for the job of Tony Stark's assistant. Written for Day 2 of the Pepperony Week challenge: Pre-Relationship.