Pepper Potts

Pepper Potts is the super personal assistant of Tony Stark, managing his personal and business life on a daily basis. She is super in the meaning that she is always on top of the situation that entails Tony Stark's life. There are some things that are even secret to her but she knows his suit measurements and the food he enjoys eating. Of course, she has been working for him for the past five years with her own little language she has between herself and Tony. The little nuances he makes, she knows well what they all mean. Her marriage fell apart slowly because she was more involved in her work than her husband.

Background
She is known for being the personal assistant to the famous Tony Stark, seen often talking to many of his secretary staff and also at any of the gala events he hosts. She is the liaison to many of the company clients. Her entanglement with her boss is deep but all at a professional level, considering she knows his quirks and flaws. She knows where he is before he does, when he isn't being his secret self that she doesn't know about, currently.

She has been Stark's personal assistant for five years now, even before she graduated college. Juggling classes while organizing Tony's was a super challenge at first but worse that work was decaying her marriage to Eric Hayden. He was her high school sweetheart and they married right before going to college. She majored in Business and Management with jobs primarily in being an office assistant. Her chance to be an office manager was waylaid when she chose to work for Tony Stark as his personal assistant.

By the time Eric divorced Pepper, she already traveled the globe, being by Tony's side when needed and heading off to handle business in his name. Her repertoire of knowledge grew to encompass cultures and languages, learning French and Japanese, not fluently but passable. She is very tactful and diplomatic for her business life save for Tony to whom she is brutally honest with.

She is still somewhat shy, otherwise, keeping in the background to let others shine. Her perceptive talents allow her to anticipate others, namely Tony. In the last year, she has become more of a motivational coach to help her be a better advisor to Tony. Her tidbits of wisdom is what she injects into Stark International when she can, hoping that will help her boss achieve his goals better.

Her life beyond her work barely exists. She visits her family and relatives, maybe once every two years but they are understanding of her busy life. Not much to say about friends, considering most of those from college send her postcards to keep her updated. She writes back, of course or makes short phone calls.

Stress for Pepper isn't often since she is always organizing Tony's life. The only time she is stressed is during the times when she can't find him. Yet, it isn't enough for her to turn to any vices. Her side hobby is baking. Perhaps her motto is 'One way to the heart is through the stomach.' Whatever it is, cookies and muffins seem to calm others down for her to approach them through her shyness.

Personality
She is smart and intelligent but shy for the most part unless she is talking to Tony Stark, her bosy. She is rather blunt with him but still very tactful. Pepper isn't one to want power. She merely wants to be the one to organize everything that Tony does and will do. Over the several years of working for him, she can anticipate his moods, emotions and thoughts extremely well.

Her dedication to him has lost her marriage to Eric Hayden, whom she cares for but not as deeply as she thought she once felt.

Who she really is remains a mystery to everyone because she strives to contain all her personal problems to herself. Yet, when she is stressed in anyway, she will be baking some sort of sweet. Rest of the time, she does her best to be the emotional pillar for others, namely her boss whom she admires highly.

Her drive and motivation in life is to be the best liaison, only because she desires to feel connected. More connected to what she has had her whole life. By traveling and being Tony's assistant, she can connect him to the world.

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