The shout intensified a headache already amplified by Pepper's earlier crying jag. Wincing, she held up a palm for Tony to cease despite that she very clearly did, in fact, need some more painkillers.

"Please stop shouting," she said, and laid her other hand across her forehead as she closed her eyes. "And stop beating yourself up. You saved the life of the woman you love. And she loves you. I love you. Painkillers would be good, though. Without shouting."