I- a business arrangement? If it ever comes to that then I hope it's not even remotely to do with business. Seriously, that is the last thing I'd ever want in a marriage.

[ This conversation is terrible because it is an inadvertent way of talking about the future and marriage, and Pepper's getting herself accidentally sucked into it. ]

Anyway, that doesn't matter- for clarity's sake, don't ever let me call you my partner again without also referring to you as my boyfriend. [ Oh there we go, now Pepper's admitted that, at least she's got that out of the way. ] So that we just don't do this again. Ever. Unless- [ NO STOP RIGHT NOW ] -no, ignore that. Let's not do this again.

[ You know, confusing your adoptive space family about your relationship with her isn't how she wanted to kick things off here. ]