Bruce was always very good at waving off responsibility from other people and readily taking it into his own lap. Everyone else's feelings were valid, so it wouldn't occur to him to require anyone else to shrug off Wanda's actions, but for himself, it was on him. He really did suspect that what happened was inevitable. The Hulk was a wild card. No one could prepare for when one day he decided to stop listening. But he knew Tony didn't see it that way. It was kind, he gave them both the benefit of the doubt, but also frustrating, because he felt like they all got too complacent about the danger he represented.
That was done for now though. He almost brought up that Kira said sometimes powers came back, but decided not to; hopefully it simply wouldn't happen. A part of Bruce might be sad the Hulk was effectively dead, but he wasn't sad at all that he didn't have to fear for these people being around him.
He'd definitely prefer to talk about the Hulk than romance, because one he understood well, and the other was an impossibility. Bruce's face was hot and his ears were pink, and he was partly pleased, being teased over something so normal, and also unnerved since this was a new option for him. He just laughed at Tony saying he was attractive, shaking his head. "I'm pretty sure you are regularly ranked in those magazine most attractive people in the world things, so comparatively, I'm as average as a person could be. Which is fine! It's fine. I know I'm surrounded by super models, it doesn't bother me." Bruce preferred being overlooked.
"If I was living in some dream world where she'd look at Thor and then look at me and make that choice, it still would be asking a lot of someone who could have anyone. I tried to explain to Nat what a prize I wasn't, but ... it really doesn't matter. I've been okay all this time without." He was so much in his head about all of these things he'd probably need anxiety meds just to try and go on a date. There was no one else Bruce would talk about this with than Tony, who he knew wouldn't judge him, but also, yikes.
"Bull? Bull who? What?" Bruce was very perceptive ... except when he very much wasn't.
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That was done for now though. He almost brought up that Kira said sometimes powers came back, but decided not to; hopefully it simply wouldn't happen. A part of Bruce might be sad the Hulk was effectively dead, but he wasn't sad at all that he didn't have to fear for these people being around him.
He'd definitely prefer to talk about the Hulk than romance, because one he understood well, and the other was an impossibility. Bruce's face was hot and his ears were pink, and he was partly pleased, being teased over something so normal, and also unnerved since this was a new option for him. He just laughed at Tony saying he was attractive, shaking his head. "I'm pretty sure you are regularly ranked in those magazine most attractive people in the world things, so comparatively, I'm as average as a person could be. Which is fine! It's fine. I know I'm surrounded by super models, it doesn't bother me." Bruce preferred being overlooked.
"If I was living in some dream world where she'd look at Thor and then look at me and make that choice, it still would be asking a lot of someone who could have anyone. I tried to explain to Nat what a prize I wasn't, but ... it really doesn't matter. I've been okay all this time without." He was so much in his head about all of these things he'd probably need anxiety meds just to try and go on a date. There was no one else Bruce would talk about this with than Tony, who he knew wouldn't judge him, but also, yikes.
"Bull? Bull who? What?" Bruce was very perceptive ... except when he very much wasn't.