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 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:04 am
Bruce walked to his room, upset. So tony knew how he felt and was making fun of him for it. He knew tony was a joker and that sometimes he took things too far but this, this was excessive. This hurt, a lot. He tucked himself into bed and let the tears he had been holding in upstairs tumble from his eyes, not intending to leave this bed for any reason.
(What a girl. Pfft.)
Tony took a leisurely shower, being sure to shave to make his signature Van Dyke prominent, as well as blow dry his hair and re-apply gel, such that by the time he was done he was practically feeling like a new man. He got dressed, a hop in his step. "Hey JARVIS, where's Dr. Banner?" he asked his AI. "In his suite, sir." Tony frowned somewhat. "Still?" That seemed weird. Oh well, might as well drop in on him. The engineer turned off in that direction.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:11 am
Bruce hugged his knees to his chest, “J-J-Jarivs, dont let him in. Please dont let him in” he begged to the AI realizing that after tony got out of his noutouriously long showers he would probably just come to his room and barge in. Bruce didnt want him to know how much his words effected him, he pulled the blanket over his head and hid from the world.
When Tony tried the handle, it didn't budge, locked. "Sir, Dr. Banner has requested I not allow you entry," JARVIS informed him and the engineer scoffed. He shifted on his feet in the hall, not quite sure what to make of that. "Hey Bruce," he tried to speak through the door, loud enough the physicist should be able to hear him. He tapped it with the back of his knuckles. "What's up, buddy? You okay in there?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:17 am
Bruce groaned underneath his blanket “go away tony, im not in the mood to be made fun of right now” he yelled at the door before curling into a smaller ball and taking the blankets with him.
He breathed a small sigh of relief when he got a response. Not that he knew what he was really worried about. But still. He gave a cough into his hand. "I wasn't gonna make fun of you," he said, a little confused. "I just wanted to take you to the park. Maybe pick up an ice cream on the way." He licked his lips, hoping the offer would entice and lure the other man out.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:29 am
“why would you want to do that, some reporter might think we’re on a date. Imagine the headline, ‘stark on date with lab partner’ how horrible we couldnt have that happen” Bruce said sarcasm dripping from every word as he remembered tony’s words from upstairs. He knew tony flirted with everyone and that he was setting himself up to get hurt when he thought that for a second perhaps he was different, but he wasnt. He was just being stupid. “why don’t you bring pepper, Or Steve. They’re much more acceptable.” he cried out.
Tony gave a little snort. "Would be far from the worst thing the press has said about me during my career," he grumbled under his breath. "Bruce, I don't give a damn what they smack on the front of the newspapers, you should know that," he expounded. He leaned his back against the door with a huff, stuffing his hands in his trouser pockets and staring at his polished shoes. "I just wanted to have a good time with you."
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:34 am
“jarvis” bruce mumbled from under the blanket. “you can let him in now.” He didnt know why he was letting tony in, only that he wasnt going to let himself think that he was special again. He wasn’t obviously, Tony flirted with anything with a pulse and if he happened to flirt with bruce. It was because he knew he would get a response nothing more.
The door unlocked and opened suddenly while Tony was still leaned up against it, and the engineer flailed his arms in mid-air as he toppled backwards and landed hard on his a** in the threshold of Banner's suite. "Oww..." he winced, rubbing at his tailbone.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:41 am
“stop being such an idiot, i didnt let you in so you could fall on your a**.” Bruce sniffled never letting his head from under the blanket.
Tony picked himself up off the floor, dusting himself off. "Well, falling on my a** hadn't /exactly/ been my plan either," he chuckled gently. He frowned somewhat and moved to take a seat on the bed warily. "Okay if I sit here?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:49 am
“givin that i cant see where you are im going to go with yes as long as you dont keep falling on your a** because im going to get the urge to laugh and i am not in the mood for laughter.” Bruce said annoyed from his hiding place in the center of the bed. “Its bad enough that you found out, but did you have to make fun of me for it? I mean I know im not important but can we stop with the whole joke now. I get it, ill leave you alone”
Okay, that explained a lot. Delicate situations. Not his strong point. Tony set his jaw and reached forward, rapidly tugging the blanket off Banner and exposing him, messy hair and all. "Found out what?" he bluffed, putting on his best 'I-have-no-clue-what-you're-talking-about-but-I-wish-you-weren't-upset' look.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:55 am
“shut up tony, i dont know how you know but you know. Shouldnt have freaking hugged you, what normal person hugs their friend like that” he asked attempting to hide himself under the blanket again. Looking at tony while he rejected him, again was not something Bruce really wanted at the moment.
"Gay best friend?" Tony ventured sheepishly, trying a little humor.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:03 am
“exactly,” Bruce groaned “no wonder you figured it out i couldnt have been more obvious and now you’re going to make fun of me forever because you know i can’t leave” Bruce curled up smaller into a ball at the thought of the idea, perhaps he could avoid tony while still in the same house, that would make the other guy happy and he wouldnt have to go trough this every day.
"Well, if /you/ won't go with me to the park, maybe the Other Guy will," Tony said, leaning over the ball that was his lab partner. He took aim and began poking Bruce in the side with his finger playfully.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:11 am
“tony i swear i might kill you” bruce yelled trough his attempts not to laugh. “seriously why would you want to go to the park with me?” Bruce asked.
"Because I like your company? Having you around, near me. Because I like your witty conversation, and your smile?" he tacked on the sweet sentiment, hoping it would send the right signal.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:21 am
Bruce was just confused, if Tony wasnt kidding than. “oh god i am such an idiot please just leave me here to die.”
"Idiots don't have double PhDs, now come on," he grabbed Banner's sleeve. "Let's go have some fun, okay?" He tugged the man up from bed.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:28 am
Bruce allowed himself to be pulled from the bed, Hair mussed he glanced down at the shirt he had thrown on so that he wouldnt think so much about tony’s massage earlier. It was aweful, a wreck, a shirt he had almost hulked out in but gained control right at the tail end so it was streached and ripped and torn in so many places. “let me change before the tabloids get a good look at me”
"Better comb your hair too," Tony said jokingly, then kicked himself mentally. "Sorry," he said with a wince, "said I wasn't gonna make fun of you and then off I go." He coughed and studied his shoes again. He really was awful at this interpersonal relations thing. Machines were /so/ much easier to understand.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:40 am
Bruce pulled his shirt over his head and dropped it on the ground, “That kind of teasing i can take, but i thought…everything you- I thought you were just stringing me along for the fun of it.” he managed while searching the room for a presentable shirt, He grabbed his bag and dumped it upsidown immidiatly reaching out for the picture and looking at it. The thought of being so close to people still scared him, but not as much now. He grabbed a shirt from the pile and shrugged it on before taking the photo and setting it on his end table right by his bedside.
"I know I'm insensitive, but c'mon," he chuckled, "I'm not a heel." Tony noticed Banner set the photoframe on the endtable, spying a glance at what was behind the little pane of glass. "You were gonna take that with you?" he asked softly, looking at the younger scientist.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:07 am
bruce glanced at tony to see where he was looking and smiled “i couldnt completly leave you behind now could i. I needed a reminder of why i stayed as long as i did, and also a reminder of why it was so dangerous for me to stay.” Bruce frowned he knew the other guy wouldn’t hurt Tony on purpous but accidents happened, a lot. “and i know you’re not a TOTAL jerk, sometimes i just forget when im worried about being rejected.”
"What's to reject?" he asked rhetorically, "C'mon." Tony looped his arm around Bruce's midsection and tugged him close such that their hips knocked together.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:15 pm
Bruce gasped, grinning and wrapping his arms around tony’s shoulders. pulling their faces closer together and resting his forhead on Tony’s. “I could get used to this” he said with a laugh.He smiled, Nose brushing against Tony’s. “so, about that whole going to the park thing. How about we make it a picnic I’m still hungry and I’m sure Jarvis knows how to make a good picnic basket”
"I think I already am," Tony gave the man a wink. He hummed. "A picnic, eh? That's about as cheesy as it gets," he teased yet again, unable to help himself and he added a poke to Bruce's stomach.
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