"People pay in eggs?" he asks, grinning at Pepper. "We need to reassess your salary, Ms. Potts." He's teasing, but that's a good sign, as good of a sign as it is to be filling his belly like this.

The stress has been cut in half since Bruce returned. Tony missed him. Sort of wishes he was there for the attack in Malibu... But would the Hulk have realized Pepper was friend, not foe?

He likes to think so. He did put her in the suit after all.