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By the time Pepper was done with work and heading up to the penthouse it was dark outside, well over working hours. Everyone had already gone home, except for some of the security staff that worked overnight.
It had been a really long, tiresome day and all Pepper wanted was to see her boys and relax in bed.
When she got out of the private elevator and into the penthouse everything was quiet… too quiet. Usually there was always something going on: chatter, a teenager running around, loud music blasting from the lab, or the occasional explosions.
All sources of light were off except for the tv. It was illuminating the room with a dim light but the sound was off. Pepper didn’t recognise the movie that was on.
She headed towards the living room to turn it off, that was when she saw that the couch wasn’t empty. Lying on it were her husband and son.
She couldn’t help but smile softly at the sight. Tony was laying on his back with his head resting on top of the armrest and Peter was on his side with his back against the backrest. His left arm was resting across Tony’s middle, his left leg over Tony’s legs and his head over his heart. While Tony’s left arm was hugging Peter close his right arm was resting on top of Peter’s head clearly having fallen asleep while running his fingers through his hair.
She could tell they were going to head to bed afterwards since Tony was wearing sweatpants with an old T-shirt -that miraculously weren’t stained with motor oil- and Peter his black Hello Kitty pajamas with a pair of white fluffy socks.
After gazing at them for a few minutes, Pepper pulled out her phone and snapped a quick photo before picking up the remote from the coffee table to turn the tv off and fixing their blanket, which had ended up half on the floor. When she was satisfied with the placement she bent down to kiss both of their foreheads and began to make her way to her bedroom to turn in for the night.
And if in the morning that photo was her new wallpaper… well that was between her and FRIDAY.