Being the Pepper Potts to Julian Dillingerâs Tony Stark..? Anyone? Just me?âŚokay.
Definitely a you fell first, he fell so, so much harder situation.
You started out as his PA, the woman he let handle the âboringâ parts of being a CEO. You took care of his meetings, banquets, phone calls and emails. You made sure his best suits were clean and ready for whenever he needed them and showed more girls than youâd like to think about out of his mansion. You got him coffees and food and made sure he was safe on every flight and journey he took..
You found him attractive from the beginning- his tattoos, the confident aura that seemed to surround him constantly, his sarcasm..
You shoved those feelings down because why on earth would your wayyy too hot boss ever even look at you like that?
Youâve always been there for every single one of his meetings and events- supporting him just to the sidelines, cheering him on silently.
You celebrated his wins with him- and watched the way he handled his losses.
There have been wayyy too many times youâd go into your office the next day to find a beautiful bouquet of flowers on your desk or a new bracelet or necklace after he was a dick or after he snapped at you. Giving you stuff. Itâs always been his way of apologising. And itâs always the same note attached to the gifts- âForgive me. -J.â
And- as much as you do love the range of shoes you have now, sometimes all you need is a simple âIâm sorry.â Just a good old fashioned face-to-face approach.
Heâs always been..closer to you. Much, much more civil. Youâre the only person in the history of his time as CEO that heâs let âboss him aroundâ other than his mother, anyone else thatâs even tried has ended up being sacked.
Itâs obvious he trusts you more than anyone else- heâs always blurting things out to you, calling you awesome when you realise things he didnât (before taking the idea for himself)
Youâre the only person with a pass into his personal lab and office. Youâve always often found yourself storming in there to persuade him home to get some rest- especially after countless days of working with little to no sleep and/or eating.
He knows, deep down, that if he ever decided to hand the company over to anyone (if he got bored or sick of being CEO) heâd give it all to you. Not that heâd tell you that- ever.
The first time you officially became anything more than his PA was at a Christmas party.
You wore this..beautiful dress- and had heels on that made your legs look like they go on for miles. He had never seen you dress for an occasion like this- and you intrigued him.
He had slipped in front of you, blocking your view of your date, so quickly and so casually that it took you a moment to realise it was your boss stood in-front of you and not Derek the coffee guy .
You had stayed behind to clean up after his co-workers had drank, smoked and partied all night and he (for once) decided to stop and actually..help you- he was drunk and high out of his mind but..he stayed back nonetheless.
It was the first night he realised just how important you were to him and the company. And how attractive you were.
He woke up the next day with a weird sense of urgency to see you. He started to think about you more- and not just when he needed help.
He tested the waters between the two of you for awhile afterwards. A new flirtatious comment every now and then- unexpected compliments and comments about how âgoodâ or âgorgeousâ you looked..
He started..actually falling for you. Which scared him a little bit. He stoped seeing girls- started actually getting rest when you told him he needed it, admitted when you were right, started to respect you moreâŚ
He even said sorry to you for the very first time after getting stressed over a certain area project heâs been working on for years on went wrong yet again.
Eventually, he asked you to dinner, claiming it would be âentirely professionalâ with that smug smirk of his..
It stayed professional for exactly 25 minutes before you ended up riding him in his, very expensive, sports car- your dress (that he bought for you) pushed up with his pants pulled down to his thighs.
The two of you started dating very soon after.
Your faces were on every magazine for weeks after- it was basically NYCs biggest scandal. Billionaire Julian Dillinger- known playboy -falls for his PA? Who knew!
You became..the single-handedly most important thing in his life.
Ares was suddenly no longer just about being âbetterâ but also knowing that if anything happened in the future- youâd be safe. With every click of his keyboard and line of code he finished, he thought of you.
The highlight of his day was no longer staying in his lab, typing away on his computer anymore. It was coming home and seeing you, in nothing but his shirt on his couch..
