He wasn't wrong. No matter what any of them reasoned, they had lived through too many things; Tony and Loki had fought on opposite sides of a war, one with consequences that touched every part of her life. In a way Loki had opened the door for Killian, and what she had become. But she closed her eyes it wasn't the fire she saw, or the sense of falling that overwhelmed her.
It was the memory of finding realizing she'd missed his phone call.
"Do you know how your army was defeated?" There was no accusation in her voice. Perhaps she was too tired for it, or too sympathetic. But this was important, and maybe, maybe in this moment when they were both so raw, he'd finally understand.
Or maybe it was an apology for what would inevitably come.
"Tony took a missile into the wormhole to save the entire world. And he thought he was going to die, so he tried to call me. He was going to say goodbye."
One moment out of so many horrible ones that had happened that day, and over the months since. One moment, and now that Pepper knew just what it meant to lose everything, to have no hope of living the life she should in her own world--how could she forgive him, even if that false persona wanted to?
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It was the memory of finding realizing she'd missed his phone call.
"Do you know how your army was defeated?" There was no accusation in her voice. Perhaps she was too tired for it, or too sympathetic. But this was important, and maybe, maybe in this moment when they were both so raw, he'd finally understand.
Or maybe it was an apology for what would inevitably come.
"Tony took a missile into the wormhole to save the entire world. And he thought he was going to die, so he tried to call me. He was going to say goodbye."
One moment out of so many horrible ones that had happened that day, and over the months since. One moment, and now that Pepper knew just what it meant to lose everything, to have no hope of living the life she should in her own world--how could she forgive him, even if that false persona wanted to?