And Pepper would take a deep breath, tell herself that no, she really shouldn't have slept with the very nice, but slightly frightening Irish gentleman, and then go back to trying to corral Tony into actually writing the MIT commencement speech.

(Which, I kinda wonder whether he'd still give? Or whether they nuked him and got somebody else? But if he does give it, I am utterly fascinated by what he'd say. And whether he'd just deliver it extemporaneously.)