Queen Maria Stark hasn't even been dead for a month, but King Howard is already rushing the wedding. He doesn't care about Tony's grief; he just wants the political alliance finalized. The plan is exactly what it's always been: Prince Tony is going to marry Princess Pepper Potts of Valerius, and that's final. Tony is miserable, angry, and completely checked out. He expects the wedding preparations to be a nightmare of royal protocols and fake smiles. He doesn't expect Sir Steve Rogers. Steve is Pepper's personal knight. annoyingly noble, incredibly fiercely protective, and constantly in Tony's space. Annoying prick. But as the wedding approaches, Tony finds himself spending less time planning a marriage he doesn't want, and more time trying to crack the armor of his fiance's handsome knight.