[While Bruce rests, Pepper stays true to her word. It does her some good too, to spend an afternoon on simpler tasks like scrubbing the laboratory clean. She should get used to being in an environment like this again, be able to visit her employees and her friends without having to work up the nerve because she knows Tony won't be there.
Whether or not she's achieved that in the handful of hours it takes her to get everything spotless remains to be seen—but there's no denying that she does feel a little better when it's over.
After that, she heads upstairs to change, quietly checking on Bruce's status with JARVIS before heading towards the kitchen. She doesn't know what he actually likes to eat, but given how ragged and worn he'd been, something light would probably be better. Soup is meant to be one of those comfort foods, harkening back to easier days, and more importantly, it keeps well even if it has to cook for awhile. She opts for a simple potato and corn chowder, figuring Bruce can raid the fridge if he decides he wants to add any sort of meat to the mix.
With that left on the stove, she settles down on the couch; business never sleeps, and Pepper means to catch up on what she's missed during these quiet afternoon hours. Intentions don't always work out, however, and without quite meaning to, Pepper dozes off with visual displays of emails and memos floating around her—although JARVIS does take the liberty of dimming them a bit.]
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Whether or not she's achieved that in the handful of hours it takes her to get everything spotless remains to be seen—but there's no denying that she does feel a little better when it's over.
After that, she heads upstairs to change, quietly checking on Bruce's status with JARVIS before heading towards the kitchen. She doesn't know what he actually likes to eat, but given how ragged and worn he'd been, something light would probably be better. Soup is meant to be one of those comfort foods, harkening back to easier days, and more importantly, it keeps well even if it has to cook for awhile. She opts for a simple potato and corn chowder, figuring Bruce can raid the fridge if he decides he wants to add any sort of meat to the mix.
With that left on the stove, she settles down on the couch; business never sleeps, and Pepper means to catch up on what she's missed during these quiet afternoon hours. Intentions don't always work out, however, and without quite meaning to, Pepper dozes off with visual displays of emails and memos floating around her—although JARVIS does take the liberty of dimming them a bit.]