[ He is one hundred percent okay with that, okay, he's not going to say a word about it, because he might actually want to do the same thing, but there's only one hero-type person around here allowed to have a nervous breakdown at a time, and right now she has the dubious honors. He just holds her close, tight but not restrictive, at least in as much as both are possible at the same time, and waits for the vehicle to finish landing. ] Missed you too.
[ He starts a fairly steady and low - just for her - stream of words just before he shifts to get up with her, and keeps it up while he goes inside. It serves the dual purpose of meaning he doesn't have the time to stop and chat with anyone else, and hopefully giving her something to concentrate on that doesn't actually require her concentration; he's just providing a small measure of distraction while he moves her again. It's nothing in particular, more or less the sort of things he was saying earlier, mixed with reassurances here and there, because that just seems like a thing to do. He's calmed Pepper down several times over the years - abating nerves and the like is actually something he knows how to do. He knows how to do most things when he puts his mind to them. ]
I forget - bed? Can I just check you for internal bleeding? I'm pretty sure I promised bed, but I - all I could check were external injuries, and I don't need you, you know, having something I couldn't see after you got all the way here. [ It's not bordering on plaintive at all, okay. This is just something that needs to be done. Please, Max. ] Then you can have bed. Or, ice cream, whatever you want.
weren't you the one who was supposed to be being clear?
[ He starts a fairly steady and low - just for her - stream of words just before he shifts to get up with her, and keeps it up while he goes inside. It serves the dual purpose of meaning he doesn't have the time to stop and chat with anyone else, and hopefully giving her something to concentrate on that doesn't actually require her concentration; he's just providing a small measure of distraction while he moves her again. It's nothing in particular, more or less the sort of things he was saying earlier, mixed with reassurances here and there, because that just seems like a thing to do. He's calmed Pepper down several times over the years - abating nerves and the like is actually something he knows how to do. He knows how to do most things when he puts his mind to them. ]
I forget - bed? Can I just check you for internal bleeding? I'm pretty sure I promised bed, but I - all I could check were external injuries, and I don't need you, you know, having something I couldn't see after you got all the way here. [ It's not bordering on plaintive at all, okay. This is just something that needs to be done. Please, Max. ] Then you can have bed. Or, ice cream, whatever you want.