It had been a while since the whole alien incident in New York occurred, Stark Towers needed some repairs after it but thankfully it hadn't taken too long for things to return back to normal. Pepper still ran Stark Industries, but somehow she managed to slip time in for Tony. Course he was still up to no good, may it be disappearing for missions or working on his toys. A soft sigh escaped past her lips as Pepper caught him asleep again on the sofa in his messy work room. She had insisted on placing a couch there considering how he refused to return to his room to sleep, she figured that seeing a couch would be a lot more tempting than falling asleep at the table. She had just finished up work at SI that she'd drop by to drop off documents that Tony would need to review over for the meeting, instead she found him asleep for once. Usually he wasn't asleep until three own wards. 

Shaking her head she returned back to the couch with a blanket as she gently set it over him. She left the documents on the table before leaving his workroom so she could return home. Tony had offered that she live with him at Stark Tower in New York, but work simply wouldn't allow it. She was visiting him for a week before she needed to return back to CA to handle SI. The distance had been a little hard, but it couldn't be helped. He was busy saving the world and he had avenger duties to handle anyways. 

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It had taken years for Pepper to get used to this kind of stress. No one would have been able to prepare her for the kind of behavior Tony had, especially not when she first started working for him. She had called his phone non-stop and of course it was off. She knew it was possible for it to have run out of battery, not with JARVIS handling small issues like that. Then again it was Tony she was dealing with. He probably just had JARVIS turn it off when it first started ringing. Groaning with slightly annoyance the glass doors to his workroom had opened and she entered. He was still on the sofa, the only difference was that the blanket was on the floor. Letting out a sigh she walked over and crouched down as she shook his shoulder. "Tony, get up," she called out before giving him another rough shake. They were going to be late for their meeting, it was rather important since it was going to be further discussions on what SI would be advancing in. Her strawberry hair had been tied neatly into a neat bun as she wore her usual work clothes.