Which you could still turn off, thus defeating the purpose entirely.

[Bruce, you have no idea how much experience Pepper has with this. "Successfully getting Tony out of the lab" should be a bullet point on her resume.]

I was responsible for making sure Tony took care of himself for a long time before we were together. That included designing the aspects of his workshop geared towards that end. [So yes, there's a list. Respect the list, Bruce. Also comfortable furniture is totally a trap that you'e letting yourself fall into, just saying.]

Right. Up until you get something truly fascinating to work on, in which case you might need someone to bodily drag you out. [Okay, so maybe she's exaggerating--or projecting. But the thing is, before all the mess with Killian, Pepper had gotten so wrapped up in her own work that she let Tony get away with so much more than she should have. It culminated when he tried to skip out on date night in favor of working in the lab--and created a set of armor that responded to his unconscious commands to protect him by attacking his lover in bed.

She doesn't want to go down that road again. Not with Tony, or any of her other friends.]