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Ben and Debs sit awkwardly in one of the smaller fantastcars as it orbits the Statue of Liberty.
"I'm sorry I'm such an idiot," Ben says looking up.
"What do you mean?" Debs asks even though she has a good idea. She needs to hear him say it.
"Jeez, hitin' Galactus is easier than this," Ben thinks. He swallows and clears his throat before continuing. "I'm a fool fer walkin' outta our wedding. I would like ta marry you. I want you ta be Mrs. Grimm. Will ya have me back?"
"Why?" is her soft spoken reply. "What's changed?"
"I had a friend help me realize you'd be safer wit' me than wit'out me."
Debs' heart races and she can't help but smile. But it's not good enough, not if they are going to be happy together. "I see. I suppose I should thank this friend. Does he have a name?"
"She an' maybe sometime I'll introduce ya. It's complicated but I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about her so you can't say anythin' to the rest of team, especially Sue an' Reed."
"I don't think I like the sound of that but I trust you," Debs replies with a slight frown.
"So will ya have me back?" Ben asks again.
Debs takes his hand as she thinks it over. "So you want to marry me now because I'd be safer yet this morning you didn't want to marry me because I wouldn't be safe."
"Yes," Ben says encouraged by her words. "If yer livin' wit' me you'd have all the defenses of the Baxter Buildin' and we can get Reed ta make some doohickey ta help keep ya safe too!"
She takes his face into her hands and looks deep into his eyes before speaking. "No."
"What?" Ben says is heart in free fall.
"I want nothing more in the world than to be Mrs. Grimm but I won't do it out of fear. If we are going to be married we can't do it with fear. I want to be your wife but I can't do it until we can trust that we are doing it out of love and not the fear that I'll get hurt if we didn't get married. I just can't get married in fear. I won't do it Ben and I need to know you aren't doing it to keep me safe. But I'll take that doohickey Reed makes." The words are the hardest she's ever said but she knows they are right.
"So I guess we're just friends?" Ben says obvious hurt in his voice.
"No you great big lug, I'm your fiance...if you'll still have me that is."
"Babe, there's only one thing more I'd want in life and that's you as my wife."
"I will be, just not now. Later," she replies moving in to kiss him.
"I'm sorry I'm such an idiot," Ben says looking up.
"What do you mean?" Debs asks even though she has a good idea. She needs to hear him say it.
"Jeez, hitin' Galactus is easier than this," Ben thinks. He swallows and clears his throat before continuing. "I'm a fool fer walkin' outta our wedding. I would like ta marry you. I want you ta be Mrs. Grimm. Will ya have me back?"
"Why?" is her soft spoken reply. "What's changed?"
"I had a friend help me realize you'd be safer wit' me than wit'out me."
Debs' heart races and she can't help but smile. But it's not good enough, not if they are going to be happy together. "I see. I suppose I should thank this friend. Does he have a name?"
"She an' maybe sometime I'll introduce ya. It's complicated but I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about her so you can't say anythin' to the rest of team, especially Sue an' Reed."
"I don't think I like the sound of that but I trust you," Debs replies with a slight frown.
"So will ya have me back?" Ben asks again.
Debs takes his hand as she thinks it over. "So you want to marry me now because I'd be safer yet this morning you didn't want to marry me because I wouldn't be safe."
"Yes," Ben says encouraged by her words. "If yer livin' wit' me you'd have all the defenses of the Baxter Buildin' and we can get Reed ta make some doohickey ta help keep ya safe too!"
She takes his face into her hands and looks deep into his eyes before speaking. "No."
"What?" Ben says is heart in free fall.
"I want nothing more in the world than to be Mrs. Grimm but I won't do it out of fear. If we are going to be married we can't do it with fear. I want to be your wife but I can't do it until we can trust that we are doing it out of love and not the fear that I'll get hurt if we didn't get married. I just can't get married in fear. I won't do it Ben and I need to know you aren't doing it to keep me safe. But I'll take that doohickey Reed makes." The words are the hardest she's ever said but she knows they are right.
"So I guess we're just friends?" Ben says obvious hurt in his voice.
"No you great big lug, I'm your fiance...if you'll still have me that is."
"Babe, there's only one thing more I'd want in life and that's you as my wife."
"I will be, just not now. Later," she replies moving in to kiss him.
