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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:01 pm
Bruce just laughed, almost a giggle but not quite. “you are the biggest dork i have ever met you know that right?” he said with a grin. “I love it, every second of it. But you are a total dork” he said leaning over to press his lips to tony’s quickly.
"Mm," Tony murmured upon receiving the peck. "Does that mean I might be able to lure you down here sometime? Maybe get us on a hood and check out the 'internal combustion'?" he made the innuendo with a less-than-subtle wink.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:10 pm
The innuendo flew right over Bruces head, “I dont know how to break this to you tony, but im crap with cars. Always have been, cant tell the engine from the tailpipe.” He said smiling at how passionately tony spoke about the cars.
Tony did giggle. Bruce wouldn't be innocent long, that he promised himself. "Here, come here, let me show you real quick," he got out of the R8, motioning the other scientist towards the front of the vehicle.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:31 pm
s**t, what did i get myself into. He thought to himself, however he got out of the car and navigated his way to the front of the car. “tony, mechanics has never been my thing, and i am 100% okay with that really…you dont have to teach me. I prefer to walk anyway…”
"Uh huh," Tony nodded to all of this, up until the point Bruce joined him in front of the grill. He then seized the other man by the shoulders and let himself fall onto the hood of the R8, pulling Dr. Banner over on top of him. The suspension bounced with the impact of both their bodies, and provocatively Tony coiled his legs around his boyfriend's middle. "How's this for 'mechanics'?" he murmured headily.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:41 pm
Bruce thought back to what tony had just said and felt his face turn bright red “oh god you meant sex. I am so pathetic” he ranted not even noting the provocative position his boyfriend was in below him. “seriously could i be any more of a virgin.” he asked patheticly.
"Well, biologically speaking, no..." Tony rambled a bit. "But I fully intend to fix that," he grinned again and gave a testing gyration of his hips, trying to get Banner to notice.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:51 pm
Bruce felt tony’s hips grind into his but he was too distracted thinking about how stupid he was to react, not that he would know how. He was probably the stupidest person that tony had ever slept with, or not slept with considering he had a freaking sex god wrapped around his middle and he wasnt doing anything about it. ” oh god, there is seriously something wrong with me” he groaned.
"Big guy," Tony grabbed Bruce by either side of his face, interrupting him, focusing him, "relax. The science of 'love' is all about instinct." The engineer pawed down Bruce's front. "Let him out a little... you'll see..." By 'him', of course Tony was referring to the Hulk, encouraging Bruce to stifle his alter ego just a little less.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:08 pm
Bruce frowned, pushing tony’s legs off of him. “can we just go work in the lab?” he asked. He really had no right to be upset, but he didnt really think tony understood that they were two separate things. Him and the other guy, he might have been stuck with him… but it wasnt like he asked for it. He wasn’t the other guy, and… he seemed to be who tony wanted. Not bruce. He stepped away from the car, trying to make himself smile but finding himself unable to do it.
'Too fast,' Tony thought, slamming on the mental brakes. He got up quickly and grabbed Bruce by the shoulders, rubbing them gently. "Yeah, of course we can. Sorry, I was just... ah... you know, being an idiot again. Seems to be a recuring problem," he tried to joke.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:20 pm
Bruce felt himself flinch under the touch, he couldnt help it. this was what he didnt want, granted it was a bit more complicated than being a one night stand.. but he still felt used. Like tony was only dating him to get to the hulk, hell he had said it himself. He had dated Women, and he had dated men, but he hadnt dated a large green rage monster, and bruce…Well he was a man, and in his eyes. Not a very interesting one at that.
"Please tell me what you're thinking in that gorgeous head of yours, Bruce," Tony pleaded, cupping the physicist's face again and giving him his best puppy-dog eyes. "You're killing me here, I can't stand thinking I just said something to hurt you..."
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:39 pm
Bruce just frowned, he didnt even know how to explain if he wanted to. “its nothing.” he said pulling away so he wouldnt have to look tony in the eyes. “Im just being stupid.” he said with a frown, he was though right? here was the guy of his dreams, laid out on the hood of a car practically begging him to ******** him and bruce was standing there almost crying like a girl because he was scared it wasn’t sincere. Bruce was being stupider than he had ever been and he couldn’t stop himself. What the hell was wrong with me he thought.
Tony just pushed some of Bruce's fluffy hair aside and leaned forward to kiss his forehead. "Stupid, my a**. Let's get up to the lab. I'd like to see you /try/ to claim you're stupid while crunching equations on paper that I couldn't solve by hand if my life depended on it."
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:51 pm
bruce turned his shoulder wiping his eyes quickly. “yeah, ill meet you up there. Just give me a minute” he couldnt just not go to the lab, it had been his idea. But he didnt want to, he frowned. every touch felt like… it wasnt meant for him. Like he was just a compensation prize to hold tony over until he got upset enough to let the other guy go and then tony could have who he really wanted. god he sounded paranoid and he knew it but it didnt stop the tears from stinging his eyes.
Tony frowned, hesitating. It didn't feel right to just 'go on ahead' and leave his date here in the garage after (clearly) upsetting him. The innovator put his hands on his own hips. "What, do you need to powder your nose? I'm not buying it, c'mon," he said, trying to pull Bruce along by the wrist.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:02 pm
“please stop” he whispered trying not to let on that he was crying. “just please stop touching me” tears pouring out of his eyes despite how hard he was trying to hold them in. please just leave me here with my stupid self crying over how stupid im being and how ive already managed to find a way to ******** this relationship up and it hasnt even been going 12 hours. he didnt say any of that, but hell was he thinking it.
Tony let go immediately when told. He didn't understand the request, but he would respect it regardless, no matter how hard he wanted to hug the other man to console him. The engineer folded his hands up under his own armpits and took a step back.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:25 pm
Tears were silently falling down bruces face now, he just didnt have the energy to pretend. “I-i I’m not gonna be a-a consolation prize, J-just someone who is the-re when the one you R-really want isnt.” He took a deep shuddering breath before continuing. “I dont know Ho-how i managed to ******** this up so bad already, But” He let out a whimpering sob, “but I’m going to leave you alone, and when the other guy comes around, well.” Bruce was full on crying now, “well I hope you work it out I know he loves you as much as I do, Maybe more.” Bruce started to walk towards the edge of the garage, he didnt care where he was going he just had to get somewhere where he felt like maybe he was actually wanted.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, is /that/ what this is all about?" Tony hurriedly stepped in front of Bruce to stop him from getting too far, still respecting the other scientist's request to remain 'hands-off'. "You think I only want you for... him??" he asked incredulously.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:18 pm
“Do I look like a 10 year old girl Tony? I might be acting like one with all the stupid sobbing, but that doesn’t mean I’m really that dim witted.” he almost screamed tears pouring down his face, there was no point even trying a relationship with someone who doesn’t want you, Bruce reminded himself. “I get it okay, I’m as close as you’re going to get to him on every day intervals, and yeah its fantastic that you’ve finally found a new conquest having already dominated men and women. Maybe Loki should be next, Ice giant and all” Bruce spat, he didnt know where this was all coming from all he knew was he was hurt. He was hurt knowing that when tony was wrapped around him, he wasnt thinking about him. It wasnt fair. ” but Im really not up for this whole whatever this is. I love you, me, but you… you love him. You asked for him, more than once” Bruce couldnt breath, he was sure he looked positively awful right now sobbing and pouring his heart out but he couldnt make himself stop. “I’m just, I-m gonna go and when he comes around, im sure he will find you. ” He whispered, “J-just do me a favor, just, leave before he becomes me again okay? because this hurts too much to do again.”
Tony stood there, flabbergasted. Yeah, he'd bombed a lot of would-be relationships in a matter of days, but this had to be a brand new record for the playboy. He guessed that was why he was referred to by that particular title. Though all those times it he hadn't gotten hurt and this was entirely different. His throat seized up, a small amount of moisture in his own eyes. "I g-guess Chinese is off then...?" he smiled sadly in spite of how he was feeling.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:35 pm
“i dont know,” bruce replied tears still stinging his eyes ” does he like chinese because my prefrences dont really matter anymore do they.” he muttered staring down at his feet. He had really wanted this to work. He really had, but he had fooled himself into thinking someone was interested in him… the one person that didnt treat him like a monster, only wanted him because of the monster.
For some reason he couldn't help but wonder just /how much/ Chinese food the Hulk could chow down in a single sitting, it would probably need to be measured in cubic feet. Stupid thoughts aside though, Tony found himself grasping at straws. "They mean the world to me, Bruce. I guess I'm just awful at showing it." He took a seat on the floor and huddled up.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:40 pm
Bruce had run out of tears by this point, but that didnt mean he was any less upset. ” Tony, would it be fair for you to sleep with me while you were thinking about steve?” he asked trying to make the other man understand how he felt.
The engineer made a face like he'd bit into a sour grape. "Way to make me lose my appetite, big guy," he said, obviously missing the point.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:58 pm
” Tony shut up and take something seriously for one second.” he said frowning again. “the point of this is that it wouldn’t be fair, at all, and its still not fair to do it with the other guy. we are not the same person, he is not me, and im not him and you cant ask me to be him because I just cant do that. He takes over my dahm body enough without encouragement.” Bruce leaned back against the car closest to him. “and i know you love him, so just stop pretending to care about me… because im telling you that you can have him without bothering with me. I mean who would want me anyway, Im pathetic and i have no idea what to say half the time.” he said frowning and sliding down to the ground, clutching his knees to his chest. “i can see why when you’re with me you want him, but that doesn’t mean i have to like it, and it doesnt mean i have to put up with it” he said hoping maybe tony would understand. that small traitorous part of him hoping that tony would tell him he wanted him, maybe even both of them…separately but he knew that wouldn’t happen.
Tony stared at a small crack in the garage pavement, brown eyes unblinking. Even with his problem-solving proficiency, he couldn't get his head around how to solve this. He'd confessed to Bruce that he loved him, but some deep-seated insecure part of the other man refused to believe it. That much was clear. And while the Other Guy existed, it was liable to stay that way. Tony swallowed roughly. "What if..." he started to say, then found himself choking up. He cleared his throat and tried again, "What if I agreed to help you. On your research. Y-you know, t-to get rid of him?" Oh God, he felt awful just saying it, like a traitor... betraying a best friend who had once saved his life but now he was going to turn around and stab him right in the ******** back, but he didn't know how else to prove to Bruce that his feelings were genuine.
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