New beginnings. He liked that. He'd lived more than a decade with Pepper as a significant part of his life, but he could still feel the start of something new in his fingertips when he thought about what this union would bring to their lives. Maybe it was sentimental and nostalgic to think of it as two lives becoming one, because hadn't they had that for awhile? But he even allowed himself romanticism occasionally, and his wedding day was as good of an excuse as any to employ it.

"Or maybe the end of old beginnings." He paused, thoughtful. "That sounded better in my head."