"Steph, baby... You aren't getting fat. You are growing people. That's amazing. You are amazing, I am so lucky to have found a woman like you." Johnny promised giving her some more soft kisses on her forehead and the top of her head too. She was always so harsh on herself thanks to her upbringing but honestly Johnny didn't have to hold himself back around Steph and Loki and that was amazing. He sighed softly as she struggled about Tony. "I think you have two options Babe, the first is to keep your friendship the way it is. Keep up the rules and just keep the friendship the way it has always been, or Sit down with him and tell him everything. Let him know that Pepper loved him so much and cared about him that she wanted him time to get used to more people in his life before some of these bigger issues were thrown in his face as well. Tell him you care about him. It may cause another Civil war moment, But you two got over that and that was about Bucky murdering his parents. This is a lot less serious than that." Johnny said, he hated giving her advice on how to seduce other men, but he knew she would go to some of her other partners if he didn't answer and he honestly was okay with her sleeping with others because she needed it.<br/><br/>"You help me so much already Loki, no one else can test our defenses and equipment like you can. Honestly you save us years of trial tests and paperwork and government issues. You are practically an angel. Pepper sniffled softly as Loki pampered her and let her cry. Honestly she couldn't do this around Tony because it usually set him off, and she hadn't many other close friends or even family she could open up to and be vulnerable with. "I don't have the time to take time off Loki, If I tried to do that now the media would get worse the company would drop stock prices and lose even more face. We are trying to be the new green company, I simply can't take time off now. But thanks for the offer, One of these days I'm going to have to meet these kids of yours. You've told me a little about them and I've researched as much as I could but... if they are anything like you they must be amazing people." Pepper said resting her head on the back cushions of her couch, relaxing now and focusing more on this time right now.