"Yes!" She said breathless, "Yes, I'll marry you!"

Hal quickly placed the ring on her finger and pulled her close to him. He picked her up and spun her around but stopped when he heard clapping. Both were shocked to find the entire courtyard had stopped and watched the proposal, "I guess Gryon wasn't joking about this being the planet's favorite place to propose."

Tori laughed, "Oh my god, it's almost midnight on earth."

He looked at her worried, "What time did your dad want us back by?"

The answer was clear from the look in her eyes and he quickly grabbed them, pushing his ring as fast as he could to get her back home before Tony sent the Corps out after his ass. Pepper had decided to throw a party for them tonight, she said because she was confident that Tori would say yes, and the father of the bride had been confident that if they were even one minute late he could have Hal castrated from galaxies away.

They landed on the balcony at 11:59 and Hal actually watched at the clock changed from one minute to the next. While he watched the clock Tori was watching the lights come on and everyone she cared about yell "Congratulations!"

Tony stepped forward first hugged his daughter, "I'm so happy for you, princess, I want nothing but for you to be happy!"

"Thank-you, Daddy," Tori said simply. They both knew that she didn't just mean for his approval, or protection, or the last month, but for everything.

He quickly passed her over to Pepper and looked at his future son in law, "Cutting it sort of close aren't you?"

"Yeah I know, I lost track of time, but my balls tapped me on the shoulder in warning."

"Well you're lucky, I had to promise Pepper that I wouldn't threaten you to within an inch of your life anymore, so come on in and enjoy the party."

All the women fawned over Tori and her ring, asking her questions and not stopping until they got an answer. Tony only hung around long enough to hear the answer to his most pressing question before moving to help his daughter escape to her friends.

"So, Tori, Hal, when are you two thinking of getting married?" Betty asked about an hour after they arrived.

"That's completely up to her, I'm just happy to be the groom in the equation," Hal quipped earning a laugh from the women and grumbles from most of the men who thought he must have called in a favor from God!

Tori giggled, "Actually it'll be a pretty long engagement; I want to graduate M.I.T. before I start planning a wedding."

Pepper saw Tony pump his fist happily, though he had the decency to keep it low and out of sight of Tori or their guests. With the assurance that even with Tori's brains he still had two years for her to get the degree she wanted, he practically skipped over to the couple and helped them get away from the gathered hens. That was more than enough time to ensure that he really did approve of Hal.

Once Tori was settled with her friends and Tony was happily chatting with Bruce and Oliver in a secluded corner, Hal moved onto the balcony to get some air. He just stood there for a moment, looking into the party, watching his future wife. It probably wouldn't be that hard, given enough incentive, to get her to move up the wedding. There was a part of him that had been upset by what the media said, though he'd never mentioned it to anyone; someone like Tori would generally end up with someone like Conner and he would generally end up with someone in the Air Force.

As he stood there watching her, he didn't see the flash of green that grabbed him, until he was already trapped and being pulled to the beach below.

…..

When he landed, or more accurately was thrown, onto the beach it took his eyes a moment to focus on what was going on around him but the growl broke through his sound berrier. As everything became clearer he recognized his team and the Avengers as they stood around him in a large circle, effectively trapping him because even if he went up, the team could stop him.

"Hello," he said carefully, standing up to face them.

"Do you know what being a godfather entails, Hal?"

The boy jumped from surprise and rounded to face Colonel Rhodes as the man pushed off of the building and joined him within the circle.

"I know what I'm hoping it doesn't entail," the boy said honestly.

"See being a godfather," Rhodey continued like he hadn't said anything "means that when you hear your best friend roped into not threating the life out of his future son in law, you step in and do it for him."

"Yeah but see I have this thing called a fiancé to stop you."

Rhodey laughed, "Yes but she'd have to find out about it first, Hal and she's not going to find out about it is she?"

Hal noted that Banner, who was every inch decked out as the ten foot beast he'd only heard about up until that point, took a step forward and growled, "I'm guessing I need to say no."

"See Hal I've been her godfather since she was born but over the course of time I'm not the only one who's become very protective of Tori. Now you have to figure out the answer to a very important question; knowing that all of us are ready to kick your ass up one side and down the others, do you still want to marry my niece?"

Hal squared his shoulders to the man ready to defend his wanting to marry Tori but stopped when the Colonel raised his hand.

"I don't want you to answer now. I want you to go back upstairs and think about it long and hard because if you are doing this for the wrong reasons, we're going to have another of these conversations and we won't be as friendly."

He tried to look at his team for support but found that they were just as intent in this as Rhodes and the Avengers. Hal stood shocked as all of them moved to go back into the party through Tony's workshop.

"Hal?" Tori called from above him.

Jarred but still of autopilot he used his ring to float up to the deck and looked down at his fiancé.

"Hey, I thought you'd gotten spooked and run off already," She said, hugging him.

"No, I… I was just thinking about how lucky I am…," he told her.

"Ahh, well you better come inside because Dad wants to do a toast for you and I before he sends everyone out for the night."

As she scooted inside he couldn't help but mutter, "…even if my in-laws are fucking terrifying!"

Once Hal had come back in Tony stood up, "Alright everyone I'll keep this short but Pepper needs something to blackmail Tori with so she'll give a speech at our wedding in a few months… Princess, I love you to pieces, you are the light of my life, and I want nothing more than for you to be happy. I prayed when you were little that you'd find someone who'd keep you just as safe as I would."

"Hal, I think by now you know what's going to happen if you screw this up, so I don't think it needs to be rehashed… Congratulations and I love you, Princess."

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Parley! Oh wait, wrong fandom... Please don't kill me! I beg of you!

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