questioning
pepper potts, the smartest girl in school. pepper potts, the girl who looked all sweet and innocent, but could kick your ass in five seconds. pepper potts, the straightest girl ever. or was she? there had only been two words that had been making her question that.
natasha.
romanoff.
pepper found herself falling for the redhead ever since tony had introduced her to pepper. natasha was openly gay, so that’s one thing pepper didn’t have to worry about. romanoff also flirted with her, which tony said was another sign. it’s just that, pepper was straight. she wasn’t gay. so how could she love nat? she had decided to just ignore her feelings and just focus on school.
of course the universe was against pepper. she was currently in PE, and guess who was looking all hot and sexy whilst jogging around the pitch?
natasha.
romanoff.
“god damn it!” pepper exclaimed, blushing heavily. she watched natasha wipe her brow, the latter keeping contact with the other girl.
“hey, pepper.” rhodey greeted his friend. clint and steve were behind him.
“what’s up?” clint asked. when pepper didn’t reply, he looked in her direction and saw natasha, who was now doing stretches.
“oooh.” the blonde male hummed in amusement. pepper groaned.
“can someone go tell romanoff that what she’s doing should be illegal?” pepper asked, still not looking away from her. steve raised an eyebrow and frowned.
“why? what is she doing that’s upsetting you?”
“everything! she should just be illegal in general.” pepper responded, causing all three of them to chuckle softly. “it’s not funny. she’s actually killing me.”
“oh, hey, nat.” rhodey smiled as natasha joined the four.
“hey, guys. hey, pep.” natasha winked at pepper, who just rolled her eyes. “i was thinking, since mr patcher said that we have to work in pairs, can you and i work together?” pepper’s heart melted as natasha’s eyes filled with hope. though five seconds later, she shrugged off her desperate look with an expression that read ‘i don’t really mind if you say no’. “but, i mean, you don’t have to. i wouldn’t mind, really.” pepper smiled.
“meh, i dunno...” she played along, giggling when natasha pouted. “ok, i’ll work with you.”
“cool. i’ll go get our equipment.” natasha jogged off.
“so... are you two gonna like... fondue?” steve asked, causing rhodey and clint to look at him in confusion. pepper was too busy watching natasha bend down to get a ball. oh yeah, she was definitely into her. pepper’s eyes soon widened when she realised something.
“ANTHONY EDWARD STARK, I NEED YOUR HELP!” pepper screamed down the corridors. everyone but the boy she was looking for stared at her. wanda and vision caught her eye, causing pepper to rush over to them. “have you two seen tony?”
“no, i haven’t. sorry.” wanda responded. pepper turned to vision.
“i last saw him in his room, but-“ pepper ran off before vision could finish.
-knockknockknockknock-
“jeez, come in.” tony exclaimed. pepper rushed in. “oh, hey, pep.”
“what am i?” tony blinked.
“you’re a teenager. you’re a girl. you’re a human. you’re my best fr-“
“not like that, dumbass! i mean, as in sexuality...” tony raised an eyebrow.
“that’s not for me to decide.”
“it’s just i’ve liked boys all my life so i’ve assumed that i’m straight. but, natasha motherfucking romanoff had to stroll into the picture and now... i dont even know.”
“um...”
“so? what is my sexuality? i’m not a lesbian. and i’m not straight, apparently.”
“um, pepper, ever heard of bisexual?”
and that’s the day pepper potts found out there were more sexualities than just gay and straight. all because of two words.
natasha.
romanoff.