Pepper was pleased that he had woken up, it usually took her a while considering how he was always hung over. She had taken notice of the empty bottles left on the side, some of it even on the floor. It worried to see him like this, even though he assured her that it was nothing. She would be lying if she said that he was the same guy she knew when she first started working for him. His state of mind only seemed to have gotten worse ever since the incident with Loki. "You're hung over again aren't you?" she bluntly spoke as she watched him sit up. He was a mess, he reeked of oil and sweat not that it should have been surprising considering how he rarely takes care of himself. Taking care of him was part of her job, well that was what Pepper had assumed considering how she managed everything for him. 

"You need to get up because you have a meeting, you would have known if you were listening to me when I came by yesterday," she reminded. There was something off about him, usually he was groggy in the mornings maybe a little grouchy, but never angry. It was the first time that he had glared at her. She gasped as she watched him punch the wall, "Tony?!" 

"Tony, hey! Where are you going?" she called out, still startled from seeing him act out the way he did. Quickly she followed him up to the kitchen, where the smell of strong coffee was present. She had made a cup of coffee along with toast before she headed down to wake up. "You have a meeting in ten minutes, this is important. They are discussing future plans of Stark Industries, we've delayed this for weeks now." She spoke seriously, he had promised her yesterday that he would attend the meeting today, though she knew that had to be partly because he was busy. Tony usually promised things without even realizing what they were, especially when it came to work.