Bruce Banner

That's my secret Captain, I'm always angry.

[Earth-616]

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

Tony.

No.

[sᴛᴀʀᴋ. @StarkSalsus]

Step One: Create artificial landmass.
Step Two: Engineer active volcano.
Step Three: Induce eruption(s), with substantial containment field, obvs.
Step Four: More science. Iron out wrinkles.
Step Five: Dormant volcano super lair! 🌋🔜⛰

...Lab. I mean lab.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

( This and nothing else, no note, is left in @StarkSalsus’ lab )

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

( still without words, so says nothing at all. )

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

Happy Christmas to all those who celebrate. 🎁

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus ( He does know him well. But apparently that’s one-sided, since Tony doesn’t know when to leave Bruce’s private things... private.

Better calm than raging. Right ? )

Mmm — and why, perhaps, is it on your mind?

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

I don’t fucking believe you.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles Well, take care and I hope it isn’t too hard to come out the other side.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles Well, it’s clearly ticking you off that I pushed beyond asking if you were okay. So, I should have just left it there and not pried further.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles I wasn’t asking to do a good deed. I asked because I was genuinely concerned.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles I... all right.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus You sent people home..? Sounds like you were more afraid of Dr Other Guy losing his temper.

( he sips away, watching Tony over the rim. )

What’s on your mind.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles How do you figure?

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles It seems like you don’t want to talk about it, so I shouldn’t have pried.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus ( Bruce is... quiet. Calm. Perhaps that’s when he’s most dangerous. Or, at least, the most unpredictable. He’s had a few weeks to... mellow. But this might not last either. )

Always, especially when it’s later. ( he peers at a window. ) I assume it’s late, anyway...

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles Right. Sorry. I shouldn’t have pried.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles ...reading the script?

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus ( guess he’s just going to have to take a sip and see if it kills him or not. Shame for Tony that Bruce does understand chemistry as well as most branches of science.

Take a sip. If you dare. )

Mmhm. It’s a good distraction.

( he turns, handing over the drink. )

Here.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles Stupid question since I can guess it isn’t given the walk away comment — but all the same. All okay over there?

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@CptSpangles You ain’t kidding.

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus ( Bruce feels that prickly sensation on the back of his neck. Same one that always kicks in when he knows he’s being watched. He’s not going to be the first one to speak.

But at least he brewed enough for two cups. That’s a good sign, right? )

[Bruce Banner @AmAlwaysAngry]

@StarkSalsus I’ll be here.

( yep, he’s just... tinkering. Has been for weeks really. Nothing that has promise that’s for sure. But he sets that aside and goes to put on a fresh pot of tea. )