[ Her fingers trails the rim of her glass as she listens, her frown deepening. Is that really what he thinks? Is that really how he got rid of the suits in his universe? ]

But you'll always be Iron Man. You can't help that any more than you can help being Tony Stark.

And Pepper isn't the sort to bail just because you made a stupid decision, Tony. If she were, she would have left by now, several times over.