TEASER for Into the Night Ch 14
aka âcould you tell I donât care about wedding plans even though Iâve frickinâ written over 50,000 words of an arranged marriage auâ also wow that font totally does look like a click-bait article header
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âYou didnât say there weregonna be dance lessons, too!â Darcy squawks indignantly, and Jane hands her a freshly re-filled champagne flute, like a true friend. âI thought today was supposed to be about relaxation.â
âOnly for the first dance; we just need you to not fall over,â Jane replies in what she probably thinks is a reassuring tone. Darcy mentally takes back the âtrue friendâ comment. Gee, thanks. At least Iâve never dropped a new laptop on the ground because âThor startled me.â
âAnd who said the day before a wedding was ever relaxing?â Pepper adds, rummaging through a pile of pie charts (when Fury promised that Ms. Potts would have everything covered, he definitely wasnât exaggerating). âSteve, could you pass me that notebook?â
Captain America himself (also known as the one Avenger who didnât bail) is sitting awkwardly at the other end of the table, his Dorito-chip proportions looking comically ridiculous in the context of one of Starkâs ergonomic desk chairs. He stares helplessly at the pile of identical black notebooks in front of him, and Darcy sinks lower in her seat.
11 a.m., and sheâs already certain that sheâs going to need a lot more Bellinis to be able to get through the day.
Loki isnât being forced to help with wedding prep. No, he managed to conveniently incur Thorâs wrath right before they were called down to the meeting room, and it simply couldnât wait, because âafter all, this is a matter of honour.â Darcy calls bullshit.
Bruce and Tony, meanwhile, had been let off the hook with their claim that they needed to, quote, âdo science.â And Clint and Natasha⌠well, those two have a habit of disappearing.
Darcyâs entire morning has consisted of Pepper holding near-identical colour swatches to her face and asking things like âDoes âTundra Dreamsâ or âCelery Saltâ look more⌠wedding?â
It feels like being at an optometrist appointment, Darcyâs palms growing sweaty as a clinical voice asks if Lens A or Lens B is better. Maybe this is actually a trick and theyâre the same colour. I mean, theyâre both fucking white. How many different shades could there possibly be? (Over fifty-seven, apparently â way, way over, but Darcy gave up after âCloudy Bliss.â)