Blood Wine

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Iron Man Crossover (Self-Made Hero)
Summary: faster to read
Word Count: 145
Rating: Gen

        Tony’s slightly less talkative, later; when Pepper asks about Xander’s issues with alcohol, he shrugs and states blandly, “Nearly drank himself dead.  I like him better alive.”
        He really needs to stop it with the deadpan things no one should say, Pepper thinks, heart aching like Xander’s must have, and Tony steps forward and holds her.  “I’ve gone sober for him before,” he whispers, and the fact that he has family, that he did what he could to be there for the kid in a way his own father never had…
        It’s sweet and she’s pretty sure she loves him.  “You’re still in trouble for not telling me about him, but…I’m pretty sure I agree with you.  I like him being alive too,” she responds, and by the fond look and the affectionate kiss she’s got the feeling that she’s living up to his expectations.