bits for today

[tielan]

The verbal slap is unexpected – a blow Steve never saw coming care of someone from whom he never thought he’d take a hit. He’s used to thinking of Pepper as gracious and elegant, the commensurate hostess, and a sharp businesswoman. It’s with some shock that he realises he’s finally seeing the core of the woman who dealt with the dissolute playboy Tony Stark was before he became Iron Man.

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Basically getting out all my Maria and Pepper feels.