"If fate-or-whatever-the-hell chooses to be kind? They'll both go home and do it all over again..."

Because such a fact made it much much easier to celebrate their wedding. Knowing Pepper and Tony weren't just in it for the Luceti haul, but for a hopeful ever after. Provided the Extremis scenario wasn't the be all and end all of Pepper's life; the Slayer's mouth bowed into a frown at the thought, and so she tried to shake it away. Banished it. And took the tablecloth'd pirate by his arm -- but not after deftly relieving him of his emptied bottle.