Bruce managed to keep steady up until the point where they confirmed the cure was successful, and the details were given to the team to head out. By then he knew he was sick, but he was careful enough not to make it obvious. He didn't want to worry the team that one of the main doctors was in danger, and he tried to keep it together as long as possible before he recognized he was too sick to truly help. This was after his first hallucination in which his father, who he hadn't thought about in years, showed up just to call him a freak. He went to bed.
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When they come back with the cure, Bruce is ready (or so he thinks) for the aftermath because by this time he knows what to expect. It doesn't make it easy. In the beginning it isn't terrible. He sees Betty, even speaks to her a few times. He tells her about everything that happened to him since they split up, and that he hopes she's happy. He tells her about Tony and Nat, and all of it is positive. Betty is a calming influence, so he's calm and honest during this time.
This changes drastically when he sees his father again and ends up scrambling so far up the bed that he practically climbs the wall behind him to get away. The sheer terror he is experiencing from the man and his harsh words and violent threats aren't rational. All he can do is beg him to stop and apologize over and over for being a freak and for everything being his fault.
When General Ross shows up, Bruce goes again in the opposite direction. He goes right to blinding fury and tries to climb off of the bed to fight him, only managing to fall on the ground weakly in the process. But he'll keep chasing what he thinks is Ross, threatening him with the Hulk and yelling that he'll kill him.
When it's all over and done with, Bruce very quietly slips out to give himself a breather after what he experienced. It won't last long as he knows he has to go back in and try to be a doctor again for the others, but to start with he simply disappears from bed when no one is there and walks hazily to the schoolhouse. There he'll sit down in a corner and do long breathing exercises to cope with what it brought up.
Bruce Banner | Recovery | ota
[ooc: people can reply to all the prompts in bold below if they want!]
When they come back with the cure, Bruce is ready (or so he thinks) for the aftermath because by this time he knows what to expect. It doesn't make it easy. In the beginning it isn't terrible. He sees Betty, even speaks to her a few times. He tells her about everything that happened to him since they split up, and that he hopes she's happy. He tells her about Tony and Nat, and all of it is positive. Betty is a calming influence, so he's calm and honest during this time.
This changes drastically when he sees his father again and ends up scrambling so far up the bed that he practically climbs the wall behind him to get away. The sheer terror he is experiencing from the man and his harsh words and violent threats aren't rational. All he can do is beg him to stop and apologize over and over for being a freak and for everything being his fault.
When General Ross shows up, Bruce goes again in the opposite direction. He goes right to blinding fury and tries to climb off of the bed to fight him, only managing to fall on the ground weakly in the process. But he'll keep chasing what he thinks is Ross, threatening him with the Hulk and yelling that he'll kill him.
When it's all over and done with, Bruce very quietly slips out to give himself a breather after what he experienced. It won't last long as he knows he has to go back in and try to be a doctor again for the others, but to start with he simply disappears from bed when no one is there and walks hazily to the schoolhouse. There he'll sit down in a corner and do long breathing exercises to cope with what it brought up.