"Robert Parr, will you have this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?" the priest is saying, but Bob is mostly distracted by the pissed-off vibes radiating from his future wife, who, by the way, looks absolutely smoking in her silky white gown and veil.
"You're late," Helen says through gritted teeth. "When you asked me if I was doing anything later, I didn't realize you'd actually forgotten. I thought it was playful banter."
She is, of course, referring to his lack of time management skills. After a typical afternoon of fighting crime together, he'd jokingly asked her out, then she'd bounded off to get ready for the nuptials, while he'd...gotten distracted.
It's not his fault that so many people need saving all the time, okay?
"It was playful banter," he insists, half-listening to the priest going on in front of them.
Helen finally turns to him, chocolate eyes narrowed. Briefly, he considers that this angered expression does nothing to detract from her beauty. "Cutting it kinda close, don't you think?"
He throws one of her favorite phrases back at her. "You need to be more...flexible."
No dice.
"I love you, but if we're gonna make this work, you've gotta be more than Mr. lncredible," she mutters, suddenly sounding a little too worried for his liking. "You know that. Don't you?"
"...So long as you both shall live?"
Recent word from up above indicates that the Superhero Relocation Program will be passed in the next few weeks or so; Supers will be forced into hiding, and the government will sever all support for future legal representation and damages. Bob knows that hard times are ahead. But he's strangely at peace with the idea of this next adventure, his most important one yet: marriage.
"I do," Bob says, answering them both.
"I pronounce this couple husband and wife."
They share a brief but impassioned kiss as their small group of wedding guests bursts into cheers and applause, and just like that, the storm in Helen's eyes has cleared.
"As long as we both shall live," she whispers, her voice laced with affection. "No matter what happens."
"Hey, come on," Bob laughs, putting his worries about the future aside for the time being. "We're superheroes. What could happen?"
