[ Pepper's forgotten all about watching TV and everything else too, to be honest, completely immersed in Tony and simply talking with him; basking in his warmth and presence and the fact that everything is finally, well and truly, well in their lives. ]

Mm, that's what I'm worried about, to be honest with you. [ She gives a soft little laugh, both endeared by the idea of a treehouse city and dreading it. Tony would make it happen if she didn't impose some limits to the project. ] Let's make it more like... a hamlet, okay? Let's agree on a hamlet, tops.

[ When he pretends innocence, she purses her lips and arches a pale brow, barely leashing her own sass for long enough to let him have his say. ]

She is perfectly angelic. [ Most of the time, anyway. But it's not too much of an exaggeration, in this case. Pepper's lips twitch, an amused sparkle alighting her own eyes now. ] But she did not get that from you. Well... maybe she got twelve percent of it from you.

[ She's never letting that one go, sorry. ]