[ after a helping of her blood from jenna and a trip down the rest of the way to the medbay, tony actually thinks that he should get pepper down here. part of him, a large part of him wonders how mad she's going to be and how she's going to feel when she sees that for once his stupidity actually ended in something he can't fix. ( he can, he just needs to build another eye, he thinks. but later, after he's recovered a bit. )

but another part of him just wants to see his fucking girlfriend, the one constant thing in his life. he just wants pepper to be near him and god he can't break any of this to her over the goddamn comm and it's with that thought. that thought that just keeps fluttering in his head that he sends a quick message sounding slightly drugged. ]

Hi. Pepper. I know, you're probably mad at me. God, I'm actually mad at myself at this point. Can you— I'll explain this if you just get down to medbay. For once this is one of those times when I need to tell you stuff in person. And am trying to do just that! I'm not dead, by the way. In case that wasn't obvious.

Just get down here.