Tony
He'd first been drawn to her by her intelligence, most likely. The unimpressed responses to his flirting. She was a focused, dedicated woman, sharp and clever... pretty too. That strawberry blond hair (not red, never red) and those olive green eyes and rare, soft smiles. Maybe not gorgeous, but certainly beautiful.
He could never get over how she fought away his demons with him. He knew, oh how well he knew, that he didn't deserves her. That wasn't in question. She didn't seem to realize it though, even though she took care of him when his self-destructive tendencies left him hungover or half-starved or dropping with exhaustion. What he always wondered was why. Why did she stay with him?
She ran his company with the strict, calm precision of a military commander, wrestling through tricky problems with stocks and company politics as if it were no trouble. And yet he knew she often got tired, knew by how she would fall asleep halfway through a movie night or she would snap at him. He knew she enjoyed being CEO, enjoyed the challenges and enjoyed not having to clean up his messes as often, but it was a big job. And she was just one very capable lady.
She was allergic to strawberries. That always seemed strange to him, since her hair was strawberry blond and her lips were strawberry red and she smelled vaguely like strawberries. Maybe it was strange that he associated her with that fruit so much, but he wasn't good at poetic thinking. Strawberry was about as good as she was going to get from him.
She had these great black stilettos she wore when she had an extra rough meeting to go to. She called them her war shoes, but he just called them sexy. She said she could probably impale one of those fat board members with them. That attitude had a great deal to do with why he loved her.
She could get so frightened sometimes, and those times she needed him to protect her, but she was tough as nails and stubborn. She didn't back down and she didn't give up. That impressed him, attracted him, reminded him who he'd married. Like the time she saved his life and took out Killian for him? He'd thought she was dead, and it was killing him because it had been his fault. He promised to catch her and he didn't... but then she was alright and, what was even more incredible, she didn't blame him for not catching her. It was only natural, then, that he gave up all those suits for her. She deserved at least that much from him, and certainly more.
His greatest fear was that he'd lose her. He knew he wasn't good at relationships, and she was always patient and put up with him, but what if he made a mistake? What if she left, or he failed to protect her? Failed to catch her again? And yet she was always promising to stay, because if she didn't he'd probably die within a few weeks with no one to make him eat and sleep when he had to. That was her way of telling him that she was worried about him, that she wanted him safe. That she would never leave. And damn, but he was grateful. He had a lot to learn, but lucky for him, she was a patient teacher.