And here it sits...

[agilebrit]

At a little over 8500 words.

And of course, I realized this morning that I've spent a hell of a lot of time in not!Tony's head and not very much at all in not!Pepper's head.

Because seriously. Why in the world would she marry this guy? He's a self-destructive risk-taker with a smart mouth who has no regard for the people around him. This changes somewhat during their captivity, but when all's said and done, a tiger is a tiger and has a really hard time changing its stripes.

So now I have to go back and find or write in some sort of redeeming quality, something that would make her say "Okay" when he says "Marry me." I mean, duh, of course he wants to marry her, he can't tie his shoes without her there walking him through it, but I need to find a sane reason for her to reciprocate other than "We've just been through a hideous trauma together, let's have babies!"

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[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

Or she could just say "No".

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

No, she can't because this is romance and there's a formula and after all they've been through I want them to have the Happily Ever After.

He is insanely protective of her during all this. I guess I could have her notice that and remark that it's a side of him she's never seen...

[lady-moriel.livejournal.com]

Especially if, for instance, he gets hurt by their captors trying to protect her when he can't even physically do so--his mouth running off again without consulting with his brain, just for a different reason than usual.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*snerk* He can't physically do much of anything. The left side of his body took the brunt of a (controlled as possible) plane crash. He's...sort of broken. And concussed.

OMG, I can't wait to post this...