Lost and Found

[vr_trakowski]

This is my little virus-bunny from April, finished and tidied up.  Lost and Found is rated NC-17 for smut-lite, and is Iron Man and Tony/Pepper.  It's also more angsty than I usually get, but this is an idea I've wanted to explore for some time. Many, many thanks to cincoflex for betawork, enthusiasm, major reassurance, patiently rereading, and of course the banners. And a special thanks to mingsmommy for another POV and expert advice on Charleston! 

Comments

[boubabe14.livejournal.com]

...more angsty than I usually get...

Ha! I knew it wouldn't last. You did an amazing job with this backstory for Pepper. Loved it. And your ending was in usual *happy sigh* form :-)

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, I do have that whole obsessed with the happy ending thing going... ;P

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

The scenes between Pepper and Lois and Pepper and Willie were very moving. I like that Lois's reasons are left ambiguous, and that she and Willie weren't demonized, but their reactions were just as human and understandable as Pepper's.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wanted to leave Lois open-ended, so to speak--reconciliation was far too much a cliche. And people are so complicated...

[cabooklover.livejournal.com]

I meant to email you and tell you how much a enjoyed this one. I am a very bad, bad reader. Sorry about that.

BUT OMFG, I just loved this one. I LOVE PEPPER and she is such a mystery in some ways so it was great to read something that kind of fills in the blanks!

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, Pepper's an open question, really--more fun for us as writers but occasionally frustrating...

[tres_mechante.livejournal.com]

Oh, my dear, that was...was...*is speechless*

I loved this. Angsty, yes, and oh so painful. Too many stories have the birth family reunion end in a Hallmark moment, so it's wonderful to read one that shows the other possible outcome.

Tony is so caring, in his Tony-like way. I like that he thought about it before telling Jarvis to reveal the private information.

And at the end, with Tony listing the members of their little family unit - I giggled at that, because Jarvis and bots are sort of part of the family.

This is a wonderful bit of fleshing out of Pepper's story. It makes her more 'real', so to speak.

Beautifully done, VR. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thanks! :D I couldn't tell you why this one had such a hold of me, but it was worth the fever. And yes, I deliberately didn't have a happy ending waiting for Pepper. Too cliche. Well, and it wasn't in the original bunny, but still.