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Word Count: 432
Pairing: TonyPepper
The Perfect Moment
Pepper tugged him over to the table and he sat down, amused despite himself at her obvious glee.
"We're really making gingerbread houses?" he asked, raising his eyebrow at her.
She nodded, smiling widely. "I promised Steve we'd fetch three decorated houses for his food table, so that's what we're going to do."
"Okay, but what has this got to do with me? I'm literally funding the thing, I don't also need to be involved in the actual cooking process. I'm not good at cooking, Pepper-Pot, you know this."
"I do, which is why the gingerbread is already made. You're just helping me assemble and decorate them."
Tony sighed, but then nodded. "Okay, okay. Only because I love you, though."
She smiled at him. "I love you too."
…
Building gingerbread houses was more fun that Tony thought it would be, and he lost himself in the details, piping and adding tiny candies to the house in front of him. Pepper worked beside him, their arms brushing against each other occasionally.
It was so domestic, Tony couldn't help but realise. It wasn't often that they got a chance to be domestic, both of them so busy with work all the time, but it was nice.
"We should do this more often," he murmured. "Well… maybe not exactly this, but… you know. Home-y things."
Pepper chuckled, but she leant into him a little. "You're right, we should try and make more time for this."
She pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Do you want a glass of wine?"
"Hmm. Open the red?" Tony replied softly.
As soon as she left the table, he slipped a small box from his pocket, and placed it inside the little door of the gingerbread house. He hadn't planned to do it this way, but the moment was too perfect to let it pass.
…
"All done," Tony announced, sitting back a little on his stool. Pepper looked at it and smiled, a pretty flush of happiness on her cheeks.
"It's adorable."
Tony grinned. "You should look inside it."
She blinked. "Huh? Tones, you know it's—"
"The door works, Pep. Open it up. Trust me."
She did as he said, her curiosity getting the better of her, and pulled a small black box from inside.
"Tony?"
"Marry me, Pep."
She opened the box to see a beautiful diamond looking back at her. She gasped, the beauty of the ring—and the surprise of the moment—taking her breath away.
She looked up at him, and as a single tear slipped down her cheek, she nodded. "Of course I'll marry you!"
Written for:
Amber's Attic: 26. Decorate a gingerbread house
Naughty Or Nice: Nice: 7. Building a Gingerbread House
12 Days of Shipmas: You ship is making holiday treats/food/dinner
Insane: 140: Diamond