i like (the idea of) you

“You know, for a supposed billionaire genius, you’re kind of tragic,” Pepper states, her hip eased against the table that Tony is currently taking over in the middle of Widner Library on a Friday night. He has a mix of thick textbooks with incredibly long titles and an unhealthy amount of disposable coffee cups.This should be a normal circumstance: just a student burning the midnight oil and a fellow student poking fun before marching on to their own set of coursework. Instead, it’s Virginia Potts—Student Library Assistant and Harvard School of Business attendee—bothering Tony Stark—MIT Student, generally kind of a pain in Pepper’s ass.After meeting at a party, Pepper Potts and Tony Stark sort of become friends, which includes a lot of bickering, flirting, and maybe feeling more for each other than either of them are letting on.