Pepper sat up the moment Loki showed up, she sat up properly once instructed, her face was a mess and her eyes were red and puffy from all her crying. “I'm not hungry.” Pepper said softly hugging Loki once she had finished wiping her tears and makeup away, she didn't want to put pressure on Loki, or cause any stress considering she was pregnant and all. But Pepper needed a friend and she definitely needed some closer.<br/><br/>Johnny held her close and let her speak, the first part once again he didn't quite understand. But then she gathered herself a little and spoke in a way he could understand. He wrapped his arms around her still small waist and held her close until she finished talking. “Steph, you had a dad. He might have been the worst kind. So now you know what to avoid. My parents both died. My uncle took us in but the moment she could Sue got a job and got us out of there. They were nice enough but they were never our parents. Steph, I don't know how to be a dad, I can barely be an adult and a boyfriend hun. Then I went into space and now I catch fire. When I'm sad, or happy or too horny. So I have to buy a lot of clothes. And sometimes the only thing I can wear is the space suit, So you are a super soldier, and you have to have a lot of sex and eat all the time. So what. We have a problem we solve it. We'll be a mom and a dad the same way okay? But there actually has to be a problem first. And so far there isn't. Tony and Pepper had problems before you were around, what makes you think Pepper isn't stressed out of her wits with just Tony? And the press and the business? Loki went over after Pepper called. You just keep being his friend and things will work themselves out. Besides I'm pretty certain if Clint and Bucky had a problem they would have told you by now sweety.” Johnny said beginning to pet her hair in a hopefully soothing way. Johnny was doing his best to stay a normal temperature for Steph while she needed soothing. He was just glad she had come back no matter how much he had upset her.