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Stark’s secretary had called security, and two bulky men had walked in, prepared to haul her out. In a voice that had carried all the way down the hall

— Tony Stark swore to this day that he still had a ringing in his ears from it

she had bellowed to the guards, “Don’t you touch me! I have pepper spray!”

Tony Stark had burst out laughing.

                                                                                       – Iron Man Novelization, by Peter David