The US Air Force One touched down, Pepper and Happy waiting for it in the airstrip. Pepper's eyes were flushed and her makeup was running.
The ramp lowered, and inside the plane Rhodey pulled Tony to his feet and supported him as he slowly walked down the ramp. He looked worlds better than he had looked when Rhodey had found him in the desert, but still not quite himself. His right arm was in a sling.
It was odd, after seeing the frowning tower of metal that had been the first Iron Man Suit, to watch its maker picking his steps and leaning on the arm of his friend as he came home.
As medical personnel came running up with a stretcher. "Are you kidding me with this? Get rid of that," Tony scoffed, with a dismissive gesture toward the stretcher.
Pepper smiled through her tears as Tony walked up to her. "Hm," he said. "Your eyes are red. Few tears for you long-lost boss?"
"Tears of joy," Pepper replied, staring as if she could never stare enough. "I hate job hunting."
"Yeah, vacation's over," Tony said, looking around and stood still as he spotted Scarlet standing near the limo.
Tony and Scarlet were both frozen in their spots for what seemed like hours just staring at each other. In all honesty, this felt like this was a dream, the two of them were both scared to even blink in fear that this wasn't real. Scarlet didn't even know who moved first, but they slowly started walking towards each other, but then it progressed into sprinting, afraid that something bad might happen. When they finally collided, Tony embraced her like their lives depended on it. Scarlet hadn't even realized it, but she was actually crying.
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