It kept me from attacking anyone. [She says it too quickly, perhaps. However small a thing that might seem, it had meant everything to Pepper when she felt the first pangs of hunger, had looked at people and felt an instinct to bite into them.
But for that one miracle, there had been a price.]
Tony stayed with me. [Stayed and watched her suffering, took all of it onto his own shoulders. Pepper swallows thickly, well aware of the blame Tony claimed for himself despite her mistakes--despite the hell they'd all been in.] Even after we heard about the bomb, he refused to leave.
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But for that one miracle, there had been a price.]
Tony stayed with me. [Stayed and watched her suffering, took all of it onto his own shoulders. Pepper swallows thickly, well aware of the blame Tony claimed for himself despite her mistakes--despite the hell they'd all been in.] Even after we heard about the bomb, he refused to leave.