tushanshu_logs | [OPEN] Red, blue, orange and green. No yellow snow cones!

Characters: Jack Frost, OPEN
Date: Backdated to the afternoon of Jan 11th
Location: At one of the playgrounds in Keeliai.
Situation: Deciding to surprise some kedan kids as they're getting out of school at the end of the week, Jack provides snow cones.
Warnings/Rating: CUTE?

It had taken quite a few trips to the various markets scattered around the city when he finally found what he was looking for in the Fire Sector: little pots of flavoured syrup. Jack had happily forked over his juulan for a wide selection of them and had brought them to a playground where he knew that children liked to visit once they were out of school. At the end of the week, Jack wanted to give them a special treat.

Now he was sitting on a picnic table with a pile of the cleanest, purest snow he could conjure and a field of cups ready for small hands to fill them before getting dollops of sweet syrup. Pretty soon kids were flocking to the playground with excited laughter as they told their friends, and their friends told more friends. It didn't take long for murmurings about "the snow boy!" to start making its way around.

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"I haven't known you for very long and even I think you either have a crazy job description or you go way beyond what he's paying you for."

"I do. My job description is to attend to any of Tony's needs." It sounded worse then it really was. Tony had never actually made a pass at her till after Afghanistan and the accident. Now, well, now things were different.

Jack made a show of thinking about it. "Well, I guess that's all right since you seem fine with it. But that had better not change!"

"Oh?" That made her smirk. She'd never actually had someone protective of her. Especially when it came to Tony. "Are you going to make him pay if he breaks my heart?" Really, this shouldn't be as funny as it was.

"You don't think he'd do that, do you?" Jack seems to be taking the question seriously.

"After twelve years I knew what I was getting into. No, I don't think he's going to break my heart." It's really sweet that he's worrying about her so much. She'll have to let Tony know that he's got a rival. "Actually he's been doing his best to be a good boyfriend. It's pretty impressive."

"Then there's no reason for me to get involved," Jack said with a nod, and it was hard to tell whether he was still joking around or not.

"I appreciate the sentiment though." She really did. She appreciated how much Jack cared about her. Pepper reached out and gave his shoulder a squeeze, ignoring the icy cold that his body radiated.

He gave Pepper a grateful look; understandably he didn't get a lot of physical contact and even small instances like that one were appreciated.

"Anytime," he replied.

Then he'll clearly love being around Pepper. She enjoys physical contact even if it's just a shoulder pat. Pepper looks down at her feet, legs stretched out over the seat. "Actually, you're the only person that knows about Tony and I. It's not something that comes up often." And Jack was actually observant enough to catch her slip up. Back home it was obviously public domain, but here, it was more of a well kept secret.

"The only...?" Jack echoed. "Oh-- were you trying to keep it a secret? I didn't know, should I have not said anything?"

Pepper shakes her head. "Not really. I'm just not sure how to explain it to people. It's not very professional to date your boss." She doesn't even realize that she'd tapping the back of her shoes against the bench. "With Tony and I it's different though. I'm fully capable of being his personal secretary and his girlfriend. Especially when we both know that the company comes first." Even she thinks it sounds stupid. She feels like she's justifying it, which she is. She hates that she has to at the same time. Even if it's just in her mind.

She purses her lips, frowning. The inner bottom of her lip is being kneaded by her teeth. "Honestly, after the accident it was harder for us not to be together." She thought about everything that had gone between them since Afghanistan. It really had been harder since then for them to stay separate and keep their feelings to themselves. Even Natalie knew before they did that they should be together.

Jack wasn't really sure about the whole "company comes first" part but he didn't speak up about it, trusting that Pepper knew what she was doing.

"I'm not an expert or anything, but I don't think you can date a title, just a person. So you're dating Tony, not your boss. But that's just how I see it."

Pepper knew what she was doing, but she had a hard time explaining it.

"I am. It's just difficult to explain to others. It also still feels weird calling Tony my boyfriend." Which was completely silly, but true.

"I could always announce it from the rooftops and save you the trouble?" he offered, though it was clear he'd never do it against her wishes.

She couldn't help smirking. "I think I'll pass. I'll tell people as it comes up." She pursed her lips. "I'm not hiding it, I'm just waiting till the time is right to tell people." She knew it would come out eventually. She just didn't know how to tell people about it. Or really if calling Tony her 'boyfriend' was the right term.

"I hope the right time comes soon for you," Jack replies. "What does Tony thing about it?"

"Nothing really." She admits. Tony's been too busy to think much of anything. In fact he's sort of been too busy to even be a couple. Pepper doesn't mind. In fact she completely understands. The fact that he's still being faithful means more then anyone could really understand. "And it isn't that I'm trying not to tell people. It just hasn't come up."

"I'd offer you better advice but it's not something I've ever had to worry about," Jack replied wryly. "Not sure if that's a good or bad thing."

"I don't think I really need advice on it." She felt she was doing just fine. She and Tony were doing just fine after all.

[OPEN] Red, blue, orange and green. No yellow snow cones!

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