AN: The following is based on this prompt: The day has finally come! Your OTP has gotten married! Imagine them dancing to their first song…
"Sir?" JARVIS interrupted.
Tony had an earpiece so that only he could hear the AI so that the reception dinner would not be disturbed. He laughed as Rhodey finished telling the end of a story about them in college, and then said, "Are they here, JARVIS?"
"Yes, Sir, your special guests have arrived, and everything is ready."
"Tell them that it is showtime, J."
"Yes, Sir."
Turning to his bride, Tony said, "Come on, I think it's time that we had our first dance." He extended his hand to Pepper, and together they stood up to leave the table.
"I'll give you guys fair warning now," Rhodey said in a low voice as they watched the newlyweds started to slowly make their way to the center of the dance floor, "Tony asked Pepper to let him pick out their first song, and she **agreed** to it."
Natasha muttered something in Russian, and Clint gave his partner a look, "You can say **that** again."
"Amen," a few voices at the table said together in harmony.
"I must be the **only** person here who doesn't speak Russian," Bruce said.
"Not quite," Rhodey interjected as the scientist turned to the duo of master assassins. "Although I have a pretty good idea what she just said without a translation."
"I also do not speak this language," Thor said.
"What did you say?"
"I said that Stark's taste in music is for pure, unadulterated-" Natasha began.
"Crap," Clint finished.
"That's an understatement," Rhodey muttered, not wanting to interrupt the exchange between the two spies.
Natasha gave him an annoyed look, "Going for a loose translation, Barton?"
The archer shrugged, "I was **trying** to be polite, Nat. There **are** kids present after all!"
She rolled her eyes, and then looked at everyone else, "Just prepare yourselves for your ears to bleed."
It took a little while for Tony and Pepper to reach the center of the dance floor as many of the guests they'd invited from the company stopped them to wish them their congratulations. The lights in the room dimmed when they reached their destination, and everyone's gave their attention to them as a spotlight shined on them.
"And here we go," Rhodey muttered, praying his friend didn't choose something that'd make Pepper reconsider her decision to marry him.
The newlyweds stood poised for the music to begin, blissfully lost in each other's eyes, their arms wrapped around their partner's body. At the wedding party's table everyone held their breaths, ready to cover their ears if Rhodey's warning proved to be self-fulfilling.
And then the music began.
It was not what any of them had been expecting as guitar began playing soft, **country** sounding chords.
A lone male voice began to sing, "Livin' with me, it ain't easy. But I do every day, and sometimes even now I wanna run away…"
It was a good thing that the enemies of the human race did not attack at this moment since even a small child armed with just a feather could have knocked Earth's mightiest heroes out for the count.
"But there you are, you're tryin' to please me. Yeah you stand your ground, it's more than I deserve…"
Listening to the words of the song, Rhodey whistled. **I should have had more confidence in Tony about this. After all, he loves Pepper than I ever thought he could love one woman!**
When she heard the beginning of the song Pepper had arched an intrigued eyebrow at her husband, drawing a knowing smile from him.
He leaned close to her, whispering in her ear, "Just listen to the words... this is how I **us** and **you**."
Now as the chorus came around, Pepper found herself blinking back tears.
"I've taken more than I've been given. I've taken for granted this life I'm livin'. I don't know why heaven above blessed me with your sweet love. Though I never tell you what you're worth, it's more than I deserve."
"Oh, Tony," she said, caressing his face, "You deserve so much more than you think you do."
It was his turn to get misty eyed, and kissing her hand, Tony smiled mischievously smiled the second verse started, "Keep listening."
"It's just your style to wear a smile, oh baby you wear it well. If I had my way, I'd dress you in nothin' else."
Everyone in the room saw Pepper blush a deep red. with that line.
Clint gave a razz loud enough to be heard on the dance floor, which went completely unnoticed by its sole occupants. He shrugged at the lack of response from the billionaire, then said, "And there's the Tony Stark we all know and love so."
"So come on here and lay down, a little while... 'Cause you right now, you're more than I deserve." Tony watched as his wife's blush deepened into a crimson, and as the chorus came up again, she gave him a curious look, "What? What's that look?"
She hesitated a long moment then told him, "I don't know what to make of you is all, Mr. Stark."
"Why? Do you hate the song? 'Cause I know I should have went with that Celine-"
Pepper's mouth crashed against his, and he didn't get another word out until way after the song had ended. "The song was ***perfect***! I loved it and couldn't have picked out anything better myself if I had been the one to make that decision."
"Really?"
"Yes, really," she said, her eyes glowing with the depth of everything she was feeling, "I **love** you, Tony. With every breath I take, and I meant what I said. You deserve so much more than you think you do."
"I still don't think I deserve you, you know," he said, voice husky and eyes bright, "But I do thank Heaven above for your sweet, sweet love. I love you, Pepper Potts Stark, and I'm going to spend the rest of my life showing you just how much."
EN: I know that my series is named after the Celine Dion song The Greatest Reward but the more thought I gave this, the more I just knew More Than I Deserve by Christian Kane (look it on YouTube) was the perfect song for Tony/Pepper if I wanted to do the unusual thing by having him be the one to pick out the first song they dance to as husband and wife.
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