...what is, is. What has happened cannot be changed. I don't blame you for being away Luke, really. This is their mess that has spilled out into the village unduly. I warned Clint not to attack Loki the first hour he was here. I told him it would not end well.
[She sags back against the counter, weary. Worn. But resolute. She'd done what was in the best interests of those not at all involved in their conflict. However Steve and Stark saw her now, however Pepper looked at her? Didn't matter. She'd done what she could to protect those she was able, for whatever it might have been worth. She'd kept her word to Saori, to Loki, to Clint. Balancing obligations and keeping her good name was difficult without a longstanding reputation.
Somehow she's managed. She hopes.]
This is something you and Ben are far better suited to handle than me. I'm a surgeon, not a diplomat, not a hero. It is not my place to be involved. It worries me that Pepper seems so very intent on leaving herself in the middle of this as well- I know Stark is the man she loves but this is beyond dangerous, especially for her.
[Action] October 5th
[She sags back against the counter, weary. Worn. But resolute. She'd done what was in the best interests of those not at all involved in their conflict. However Steve and Stark saw her now, however Pepper looked at her? Didn't matter. She'd done what she could to protect those she was able, for whatever it might have been worth. She'd kept her word to Saori, to Loki, to Clint. Balancing obligations and keeping her good name was difficult without a longstanding reputation.
Somehow she's managed. She hopes.]
This is something you and Ben are far better suited to handle than me. I'm a surgeon, not a diplomat, not a hero. It is not my place to be involved. It worries me that Pepper seems so very intent on leaving herself in the middle of this as well- I know Stark is the man she loves but this is beyond dangerous, especially for her.