When you love somebody and bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood - yugimutos (weatheredlaw) - The Avengers (2012. Writing I <3 You - outerealm - Avengers (2012) - Fandom. He had gotten used to having no paper.
Paper was a rare and valuable commodity in third-world countries, especially money paper. Newspapers were used as caulk, plugging up holes, cardboard was used as walls and roofs, or if you were lucky to have scrap metal for that, used as makeshift mattresses. Pens were rare enough as well- they were stolen from anywhere they could be taken, desperate people needing them to fill out job applications on the equally rare pieces of paper. Some even gave up what they could to pay others to read for them because they could not.
He was lucky enough to have a pen, and in lieu of a pen, sometimes a half-burnt stick would work. Right now however he would give anything to have something to write on. They were holed up in a ramshackle cabin, way out in the Canadian wilderness, waiting for the snowstorm to abate enough that S.H.I.E.L.D. could pick them up. He really, really needed to keep awake. Fingers twitched in effort to restrain himself. Be My Unintended - Lotus - The Avengers (2012), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe. How Many Scientists Does it Take to Screw in the Stark Tower? - Chapter 1 - cognomen - The Avengers (2012. Chapter Text It's the surprising parts that are getting to Bruce the most.
There's a lot about Tony Stark that's not much of a surprise - not the ego, not the attitude and not that he backs most of that up with a dizzying capacity to learn and apply just about anything he really wants to. Tony obviously wasn't resting on Howard Stark's laurels anymore - he'd torn the whole company down and put it back together again. So what was truly surprising Bruce wasn't usually his actions, it was his reasons. Honestly, Bruce hadn't gone into this looking to form any lasting attachments - if he was honest with himself, he knew better. Stark had poked right through that, deliberately learning a foreign field of scientific study just to be able to converse on the same level as Bruce could - and with a true understanding of the subject.
"I know what you're doing," Tony Stark says, his voice raised to be hear d over the sound of wind and highway travel. "Sure. Bruising - Sonora - The Avengers (2012. Control - snack_size - The Avengers (2012), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe. For Science - caras_galadhon (Galadriel) - The Avengers (2012. "You're sure?
" Bruce hesitates, thumb tucked up against his palm, ignoring the urge to push forward, to watch all five of his slick fingers slide home. "Of course I am. " Bruce doesn't have to look up to know Tony's rolling his eyes; he can practically hear them revolve, even above the strained impatience in his voice. "Is there a problem? Because if there's a problem, if you want to back out, I can get JARVIS to do it. "Tony. " "--I think I've almost got the articulation perfectly adjusted, so it bends just so, although I'm still working on making the suckers, well, suck--I'm dying to try out the hand. " "Tony. " "There were some initial problems with the underlying structure, but I think I've finally managed to get the fine tuning down pat, and now each and every finger curls right up into a fi-- Oh god.
" Bruce revels in the tiny thrill that runs through him as he thrusts his fingers shallowly into Tony, shutting him up the only way he knows how. "Yeah, like that. Oh god. "More. " "--No. I don't want them like I want you - Ark - The Avengers (2012. These days it seems like practically everyone has had a go at Bruce.
Practically everyone. Tony isn't an idiot by any stretch of the imagination, and also he has the most high-tech surveillance system on Earth and other planets besides. He can zoom in and count the strands of dark hair on Bruce's head if he wants to, analyze their follicle growth and propensity to gray. Instead he stares at all the evidence with mounting pique. Pique is the word for it, he thinks. “Jarvis. “Certainly, sir.” The view onscreen is crystal clear, well lit. A beat and the other shadow shifts, and Clint, wearing nothing whatsoever spectacularly, moves forward and hugs Bruce, too. Be My Unintended - Lotus - The Avengers (2012), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe. You're not the only one with restraint - DevilishKurumi - The Avengers (2012.
The first time Tony suggests doing something a little more "interesting" than playing with the gizmos in his R&D department, Bruce says no.
He doesn't try to clarify his answer, nor does he make any effort to explain to Tony that it's not because he isn't necessarily interested - it's because one misstep and the Other Guy will show up, and the Other Guy? Yeah, he's not so interested in the "interesting" stuff. Bruce leaves New York for South America shortly after the first invitation and when Tony calls (or comes to visit, because he's the richest man in the world and he can fly wherever he wants), he never brings it up. He talks about the Mark VII, and how he's adjusting the way it attaches because it nearly broke his wrist that one time; he talks a little about gamma radiation and once in a while he'll bring up Pepper. Mostly only when Bruce asks after her. He comes back four weeks later, and Pepper compliments his tan.
Emergency Pants - some_stars - The Avengers (2012. "Everything okay in there?
" Cap yells from the next room, as soon as the explosion is over. "Awesome! " Tony yells back.