Unfortunately, Pepper's hasty exit of the caves earlier meant that she wasn't certain exactly how far they had to go, or even what the specific cavern mouth looked like. She felt sure she'd recognize it when she saw it, but the truth was that every darkened recess they came to left her dry-mouthed and anxious, her heart hammering so loud in her ears that she felt certain Tony could hear it.
Instinctively she knew, though: as soon as the shadowy cavern came into view, her arm flew out to stop Tony like a protective mother who's has to brake too fast. She'd not even realized what she'd done until she felt the hard edges of the arc reactor beneath her palm, a sharp contrast to the warmth of Tony's chest against her forearm.
"Tony," she said as she turned to him, quiet but insistent, arm still firmly in place as if she could honestly stop him. "Promise me that you won't do anything stupid. Promise me that if it gets bad, you'll run. Promise me."
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Unfortunately, Pepper's hasty exit of the caves earlier meant that she wasn't certain exactly how far they had to go, or even what the specific cavern mouth looked like. She felt sure she'd recognize it when she saw it, but the truth was that every darkened recess they came to left her dry-mouthed and anxious, her heart hammering so loud in her ears that she felt certain Tony could hear it.
Instinctively she knew, though: as soon as the shadowy cavern came into view, her arm flew out to stop Tony like a protective mother who's has to brake too fast. She'd not even realized what she'd done until she felt the hard edges of the arc reactor beneath her palm, a sharp contrast to the warmth of Tony's chest against her forearm.
"Tony," she said as she turned to him, quiet but insistent, arm still firmly in place as if she could honestly stop him. "Promise me that you won't do anything stupid. Promise me that if it gets bad, you'll run. Promise me."