Title: Tony Stark is Not Getting Married (Today)
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers Movie)
Pairing: Tony Stark/Bruce Banner; Tony Stark/Pepper Potts; Bruce Banner/Betty Ross; Pepper Potts/Betty Ross
Categories: AU, Domestic, First Time, Romance
Length: Medium (4,500)
Warnings: Group Marriage; Mentions of past violence

Author on LJ: circ_bamboo
Website: Circ_Bamboo's Ao3

Summary: Like the title says, Tony Stark is not getting married, even though the three other people he needs (wants) are all right there. (Sedoretu AU.)

Review: For those of you who aren't familiar with the Sedoretu premise, it is a form of group marriage created by Ursula K. Le Guin in which society is based on the idea that in addition to two genders; people are also divided by something called moieties, which date back to that world's old religious sects. A Sedoretu Marriage is a marriage between four people. A man and woman of the "Evening" moiety and a man and woman of the "Morning" moiety.

While all four are connected romantically, each of the spouses is only sexually connected with the two spouses that belong to the oposite moiety.  Which means that each spouse is expected to have one heterosexual relationship, one homosexual relationship, and one non-sexual relationship.

For the sake of this story Tony Stark and Betty Ross are of the Evening moiety, while Pepper Potts and Bruce Banner are of the Morning moiety. World building for such an unusual societal structure is obviously tricky, but Circ handles it well. The story manages to remain light and fun despite the romantic dificulties and everybody is very in character (with the possible exeptions of Betty Ross who I don't have a good frame of reference for. This story is a fun and fluffy domestic piece and a good way to ease into the idea of Sedoretu style marriages.

Tony Stark is Not Getting Married (Today)