IRON RESOLVE

Dr. Helen Cho knows she shouldn't be watching, but she can' t quite bring herself to look away. Part of her wants to pretend like it's purely academic curiosity, but deep down inside she knows this has nothing to do with science and everything to do with hormones and simple biology.

While it was true that she'd grown up rather sheltered back in South Korea, with her brilliant mind being noticed by her parents and teachers and nurtured as well as protected from a very early age, that didn't mean Helen was an idiot. Nor was she so naïve or innocent as to be unobservant or oblivious to the relationship dynamics around her.

Just because she herself had never so much as had a boyfriend or a sexual experience, did not mean she was unaware of them. The internet was a big wide place and for all that the adults in her life had tried to keep her from such things, there had come a point where Helen had been old enough and curious enough to circumvent their efforts and peer into the abyss that was Western Culture.

Of course, Helen wasn't the only one from her generation to buck the will of her parents. South Korea in general was becoming a place where Western Entertainment and western thinking were both aped more and more by people her age and younger.

Helen was just one of the few from her generation who had stared into the abyss… and just shrugged her shoulders and carried on. She had not felt very strongly one way or the other about the 'perversity' and 'debauchery' of the West, as her parents had termed it. It was neither something she wanted to throw herself into, nor something she felt the need to decry particularly strongly. Rather, Helen only cared about science, and about her research. She wanted to make something of herself, to make her visions come to life. That's why she started U-GIN at such a young age, and why she'd poured her heart and soul into her pet project, the Regeneration Cradle.

It was also why, when THE Tony Stark had contacted her about working with her and U-GIN on the Cradle, Helen had leapt at the chance. And quite frankly, she'd had absolutely no regrets in the time since. From meeting Maya and learning about Extremis, to working with both the biologist and Stark himself on their projects side by side… it had been an experience second to none.

Tony Stark was truly the smartest man of their age from what Helen could tell. He just… he understood the Regeneration Cradle in a way that was almost preternatural. Sometimes he would show up with a solution to a problem regarding it before Helen had even run into the problem in question! And it wasn't just the Cradle either. He did the same with Extremis, finding solutions to even the most difficult problems facing the completion of Dr. Hansen's project.

All in all, working with Tony Stark and Maya Hansen for the past few months had been a privilege. She'd also enjoyed getting to know the estimable Pepper Potts, Tony's personal assistant slash girlfriend. Theirs was a strange relationship… almost akin to a fetish rather than something Helen would ever think could take place in the real world. And that was before one added Maya into the mix.

Because yes, Helen was quite aware that the trio were routinely fucking each other. She'd known for quite some time now. And in the beginning, she'd been grateful that none of them had tried to make any overtures towards her. Mostly because Helen hadn't known how she would react to such things. It wasn ' t like she judged them for their threesomes. But at the same time, so long as the Regeneration Cradle remained out of reach, Helen couldn't bring herself to focus on anything else.

… Now though, the Cradle was complete. And so was Extremis. Tony Stark had been healed completely, the shrapnel and the giant magnet in his chest removed one after the other. More than healed though, he'd become something more… something beyond human. Helen had to admit, she found it fascinating. His strength. Perhaps that's why she's standing outside of the slightly open door, watching through a crack as Stark, Hansen, and Potts 'bump uglies' with one another. With one eye, Helen peers into the room beyond, watching as Tony fucks Pepper on her back while Hansen lays right next to the red head. One of his hands gropes one of Maya's tits, even as the brunette moans and wiggles. Judging by the white fluid slowly coming out of her, he's already fucked her to completion and has now started in on Pepper.

She shouldn't be watching this. And yet… it's intoxicating. Not just because of the sex either, but because of the light orange glow in all three of their eyes. Dr. Stark has dosed both Ms. Potts and Dr. Hansen with Extremis, the same as he had. Helen can't exactly bring herself to feel jealous about that. Just watching them go at it, it's become obvious that ever since the surgery, Tony has had more energy than the two women can contend with.

Of course, they always could have- no. Helen flushes, trying to push such thoughts out of her head. But then, if she doesn't want to think about how she might have been willing to join in on the fun, she really shouldn't still be watching Tony fuck Pepper while fondling Maya from the crack in the doorway. Seriously, what is she doing? Sure, a part of her is fascinated by how Extremis will change their lives going forward. And also a part of her is fascinated by the way Tony Stark's muscular, toned, naked body ripples with every movement. And how Pepper and Maya look so fantastic as their own bodies shudder and shiver under his.

Without even realizing it, one of Helen's hands has slowly traveled down her body. She hisses when she suddenly feels her own palm pressing against the damn spot between her legs. Of course, fool that she is, she's a little too loud. Her hiss is heard by those within the bedroom and she barely manages to get out of the line of sight of the door in time as all movement within the room stops.

Helen holds her breath, not daring to try to retreat. If she attempts to leave, the enhanced trio within will definitely hear her then. She doesn't even breath, just standing there with the heel of her palm pressing into her crotch down between her legs. Finally … finally, she hears Tony start fucking Pepper again in the room beyond. She listens as both Pepper and Maya moan from the things that the genius billionaire is doing to them.

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