I Need Love (Tony/Pepper)
Sometimes he thought back. He thought back and he was forced to look forward.
He’d hurt so many women, left them in the beds he’d taken them in.Never did he try to express what he actually wanted to them. He was never honest. It was just sex but now he realized, as much as he probably didn't deserve it.
He needed love, a special connection.
He only found it with her. It was those feelings of want, those feeling of need. Anything to make her happy, anything to see her smile. All he wanted was to see Pepper smile, to see her giggle. He didn't wan’t that exasperated look from her, the woman who’d stolen his autonomy, his want to betray.
He saw her and he saw home. He saw her and he saw what he needed in a woman: someone strong, someone who keep him together. He'd always had money, but love was what he needed. He’d always had women but Pepper was what he needed.
It was true, it was real. It was love.
“Pepper, will you marry me?” he asked over coffee one morning.
He'd changed. He’d played but Pepper was- “You’re my honor, love , inspiration. You taught me to be a real man. You taught me to protect, anything to keep you safe. Anything to see you smile. You’re my dream , I searched for you and you were there the whole time. What do you say?”
Pepper shook her head, “Of course Tony, I was just waiting for you to ask”
He needed love, and by that logic, Pepper was what he needed.