#Bruce Banner FF

[pierre-reads-comics]

Fantastic Four (1961) #12 — Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

[gammacousin]

✒️ Jennifer Walters just got a new habit in the latest chapter of A Ghost Thing

Rated: T

Genre: Family Drama/Comedy, Crack taken seriously

Warnings: Drug reference

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“Ask her about the cat,” Susan is standing crooked, lowered opacity fingers reaching mid-question.

“Never mind the cat!” Elaine nudges her sister, “How’s Morris?!”

Natasha selects the last question to repeat, sipping her tea.

Jennifer tilts her head from side to side, “Dad is Dad. He loves to fuss in the garage and take things apart. He's busy with a new convertible.”

Elaine holds her forehead, “Such frivolous spending. He could afford to update my headstone.”

“Ask Jenny if she's met a man!” Susan prods further.

Natasha lowers her mug, sitting in the sofa ‘with’ Elaine and Susan across from Jennifer, “Are you seeing anyone?”

“Ha!” Jennifer leans back, dodging behind her laugh, “I was. Things got awkward when I met his parents. They didn't like the whole, hey! I change colors! Thing.”

“Got it.”

“Yeah. I don't know why I can't find a decent man with a family who won't judge me. I mean, you manage well. You don't find it strange.”

“Not anymore. It, does take some time to adjust. Be patient.”

“Adjust to what?” Elaine glares with foggy eyes, “What's wrong with turning green?!”

“I'm back with a menu!” Bruce enters the living room with a laminated sheet.

“Oh wow,’ Natasha leans back, ‘where was this? In the attic?”

“I made it myself, thank you very much,” He looks in between the twosome, “What’ll it be?”

“Ooh uh,’ Jennifer taps her lip with her green painted nails, ‘hmm.”

Natasha crosses a knee in silence, “There are a lot of options.”

“Well?” Bruce impatiently urges his cousin to pick.

Jennifer lowers the paper, fingertips spread as they tap each other, “What else do you have?”

“What do you mean, ‘what else’? I have what's on the sheet,” he gestures, sitting on the edge of the table.

“It's just. It's quirky, cousin.”

“What's quirky about it?”

“Natalia!” Romanoff hears her mother lecture as she passes through, doing her best version of dusting from beyond the grave, “That table is a priceless gift from the Czar and not to be sat on!”

“Bruce?” Natasha rubs her temple.

“Yeah, what?” he looks over his shoulder.

“The table...”

He blinks.

She shuts her eyes as her mother goes off in Russian and answers quickly, “We have other furniture meant to be sat in.”

“Okay, okay!” Bruce stands, cautiously pressing the air as if the gesture will calm Natasha.

Her mother nods and continues through the next wall.

“I'm thinking,’ Jennifer looks upward toward the ceiling, ‘steak.”

“Steak,” Banner’s eyebrows lift.

“Yes. And mashed potatoes. Not from the bag.”

“That's not on the menu.”

“No, but that's what I want,” she smirks.

“Uh huh…That’s nice,’ Bruce takes his page back in a huff, ‘seriously?!”

“Seriously.”

Elaine throws her hands into the air, “Who spoiled HER? Natasha?! You go find the inheritance money and split it with Bruce.”

“Bruce will get mine when I,” Susan swipes a finger across her neck.

“You've been dead for years, Sue! Your money was divided up and given to the children years ago!” Elaine glares.

Susan's eyes widen, “What do you mean ‘dead’?! Who's dead?! Is my ex dead?”

“YES!”

“Finally! I should've shot him years ago.”

“SUSAN! So are YOU!”

...Read the Rest

[nicholasmoorethetwittermigrant]

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[hurtspideyparker]

What do you think about Marvel's move bringing back RDJ but now as Dr. Doom. I just wondered how this would affect Peter...

At first I was like OH MY GOD ROBERT DOWNEY JR. because I just adore! him! And of course I would love him back in Marvel, cuz I'm a sap and RDJ as Tony Stark revolutionized superhero cinema. Also "new mask same task" and striking the Tony Stark T pose? Legendary stuff.

Then I actually thought about the implications and the character, and I'm just not a fan. Bringing Downey back as anyone but Tony Stark is really weird, and doesn't make sense. Feels like an insane Tony Stark+Dr. Doom plot, which they made up just to get RDJ back cuz he's the money maker. Plus Dr. Doom deserves a new unique actor, especially a Romani one. I do love Dr. Doom as an MCU villain though, if he is cast properly. If they were gonna bring a Tony variant into the MCU make him a TONY variant, using Dr. Doom isn't it. Although under different circumstances I'd love to see more of RDJ as an antagonist, he's an incredible actor (his 1998 film US Marshalls started a fire in me for him to play more villains).

ANYWAYS - ignoring all the negative stuff, let's talk about Peter Parker!

I'd like to imagine a scene where Peter is fighting Doom - he's using his usual quips, being silly. He thinks it's just another day, another villain. Doom is incredibly strong and it's a tough fight, but Peter just manages the perfect hit to tear Doom's mask off.

Then he hesitates.

While scarred and cruel, the sight is still unmistakably familiar.

"Tony?"

Doom doesn't waver, he strikes Peter with deadly and immediate force in his moment of weakness.

Peter goes flying backwards, smashing through glass and brick.

He's hurt, badly, lying still on the floor beneath Doom. Bloody and torn Doom leaves him there, a pitiful and easily distracted kid. He doesn't know what he said, nor does he care. Von Doom just squashed a bug.

Left alone, Peter suffers from the ache in his body, the hit to his ego, and the biggest question - what did he see?

He questions whether he was drugged, or having a stress-induced hallucination. It doesn't make any sense for this to catch up to him in the middle of a battle. That's usually when he's most focused and level headed.

Sure, he used to see Mr. Stark. In billboard models with goatees, in the kind smile of a professor, in the corner of his eye when walking down the street. He never thought it was really him though, and it's been years since he's been struck so painfully with memories of his old mentor.

This, this is completely different. He stared right at Tony's face as clear as day.

Maybe Peter drags himself to the nearest hero. Still bloody and bruised, but he has to tell someone what he saw. Who is there? Who can he call? Hawkeye? Bruce Banner? Daredevil? They may not know Peter Parker, but he's still Spider-Man. He has a big name, and I'm curious who's taken notice.

Personally, I'd kill to finally get a Spider-Man and Fantastic Four team up in theatres. With the FF movie coming out and Doom being a big nemesis to the team I'm really hoping we get some Fantastic Four and Avengers interactions.

Anyways. Peter warns them, or does research on his own. He obsesses over this Doctor Doom.

Fast forward, maybe Doom and Peter work together against another evil, or Doom's own invention. Or maybe they're just near each other enough to get to know one another.

Doom and Stark do have some things in common, and I think that would strike a chord in Peter. Doom is an intellectual, a scientist, he's a self-absorbed perfectionist.

Doom commends Peter on his genius, his capabilities. Offers him a deal to join him and put his brain to good use. It would hit too close to home for Peter. A kid who wanted nothing more than to be like Tony Stark, to be strong and intelligent. To have his old mentor look at him and acknowledge his effort.

It messes with Peter's head and brings up his unresolved issues with Tony. It makes him sick.

Peter Parker got erased, and now it's like he's reliving his youth and trauma in some twisted and dark remake.

Maybe there's something bigger at play here. Maybe someone is haunting him, torturing him.

Laughing at him.

[laporcupina]

In light of the Doom casting, I thought I'd ask: do you have any thoughts on Fantastic Four in general? Comics, movies, individual characters, etc.?

I... don't? I mean, I have thoughts, but I don't think any of them are profound or useful to others. I've never really been a big FF person, not like I was with the X-Men or Cap or Daredevil at Marvel. Most of my FF comics reading came through those ginormous Marvel crossovers where you had to read across fifteen titles to keep the plot straight and that's the only reason anyone knew what was up with the Power Pack. I've read the big 616 arcs, I liked Ultimate FF until it got perversely weird (which was the fate of all Ultimates titles, some quicker than others), but... I should not be relied upon for thinky thoughts.

With that caveat... FF at its core is about family and I am not sure any of the movies have ever understood that, not really.

If I were writing the MCU movie, I'd maybe consider skipping the origin story and going straight to them in full stride, a celebrity family of superpowered adventurers. Like how The Old Guard started in media res. They would have easy affection and care for each other, a competent working relationship, and you could use the visual medium of a movie to establish their backstory through the publicity and social media stuff they would generate. Ben Grimm's Wikipedia page with a 'before' photo, f'rex. Or Neil deGrasse Tyson shitposting about Reed and Bruce Banner liking/upvoting every single one... and then you realize you're looking at it on Doom's screen.

[doctorstrangereview]

Marvel Feature #3

Cover Date: June 1972 On-Sale Date: January 18, 1972

The third installment of The Defenders finally gives a them they're own villain. He's not an original, but his previous appearances were pre-FF #1 so he's almost an original. The Defenders move onto their own title making this the last written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Ross Andru. Doc will start new solo adventures in Marvel Premiere soon as well. What does our final Defenders in Marvel Feature story have in store for us?

We begin with the capsule Castor and Pollux 1 returning to Earth. (Castor and Pollux are half-brother twins who, collectively, are know as Gemini.) Among those awaiting the capsule's return is General Thunderbolt Ross who's pitching in because the Hulk is on a break and being quiet. General Ross provides a bit of exposition telling us that something odd happened while the astronauts were in space. On a spacewalk, one of the astronauts encountered a white mist and then radio contact was lost.

The flashback ends and the capsule is heading to the ocean when suddenly a whirlpool appears, sucking the capsule underwater. Fortunately this is a great way to draw one of our trio into the story. Namor happens to be nearby. He follows the capsule down. Awaiting the capsule is a giant octopus that Roy calls a squid. Ross should have looked at more encyclopedias.

Namor returns the capsule to the awaiting shift and expresses his displeasure at having to harm a sea creature to rescue the land-lubbers.

This causes unreasonable anger in sailors aboard who decide "let's deck the dude who single-handedly rescued our guys!" This doesn't go too well for the sailors and Jim Wilson, a Hulk buddy, threatens Namor who mostly laughs it off. The astronauts exit from the capsule with attitudes.

Namor leaves and the newsies start taking lots of photos. The astronauts announce these are their last official pics. All of the photos fail to develop. The astronauts resign and almost instantly cut a deal for a TV show.

The show is unimaginatively called The Astro-nuts and appears to be some kind of children's show. One of the features is Xemnu from the magic planet.

The scary looking word balloon clues us into the fact that there is more going on here than we are being shown. Next we see a home viewer who says it's hokey, but he's compelled to watch it. The show continues with a bunch of childish antics. We see General Ross watching the show with Jim Wilson who both consider it rubbish. Jim splits. He has suspicions. He doesn't know how to contact Bruce so he heads to Doc's pad. Ross draws it a bit better this time.

Jim has an unpleasant encounter with his cab driver which is promptly sorted by Doc. He seems to have been standing nearby.

Doc's TV happens to be tuned to The Astro-nuts. Wong was watching it. Jim explains about the compelling nature of the show.

At the show, one of The Astro-nuts is having some buyer's remorse about the show while his partner in crime reminds him how rich they're going to be. Just the, Jim Wilson and "The Hulk" enter the studio with Hulkie expressing a desire to "make the world see he's not as bad as they think." Not a sterling endorsement, but we'll take what we can get. Once the deal is settled, Jim and "Hulk" fly out of there on Doc's cloak. Yup, "Hulk" was Doc in disguise. He's still good at that illusion thing.

It's four weeks later, the time when Xemnu promised to take all the little kiddies back to the magic planet with him. The Astro-nuts has had the heck merchandised out of it. The former astronauts are getting rich and Xemnu is now present at a rocket launch along with Jim Wilson and the Hulk-disguised Doc. Doc isn't feeling too good and it's more than just the strain of maintaining the illusion.

Bruce Banner happens to be walking past a shop with a TV playing the live broadcast and sees the Hulk-disguised Doc. This doesn't please him and Bruce releases his inner jolly green giant.

Real Hulk heads to the cape while Xemnu shows his real colors. Xemnu has acquired Pied Piper powers.

A senator's kid is affected by Xemnu which means it's time for people to get involved. Doc drops his disguise to face Xemnu.

Xemnu protects himself with a psychic shield, but Doc was able to peer into his mind for a moment. We flash back to Xemnu's appearances in Journey into Mystery, reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl. Xemnu's weakness is a mirror. Xemnu was turned into a gas which drifted back to his home world. The planet was lifeless because of a germ and the Xemnu cloud headed back into space where it encountered the astronauts. Doc is struck down by Xemnu, but manages to call out to Namor who wrecks the rocket. Namor attempts to take out Xemnu, but fails. The astronaut not possessed by Xemnu attempts to take him out, but is killed when crushed in Xemnu's claw.

The real Hulk arrives and Xemnu attempts to take him out, but his blasts are less effective against the green giant and he keeps coming. Hulk beats on Xemnu until he once again turns into a gas cloud. Doc believes he knows why Hulkie won.

The military personnel surround the Hulk making him less happy than a moment ago. The Hulk stomps on the ground causing all the gun-wielding dudes to fall. Namor reappears and the two depart, promising never to answer Doc's summons again. We know how well that will work!

Doc then skirts the whole consent thing by making everyone present forget the events. He tells Jim "The children will always survive, for in the long run, what else is there?"

This is something of an improvement over the previous issue. Gathering the three heroes seems more plausible. Resurrecting Xemnu (who was called The Hulk in his original appearances) while not a masterstroke, was clever and even more clever was incorporating his history. The appearances pre-date FF #1 and this is an early example of Atlas era story bleeding into modern Marvel continuity. Bill Everett returns to ink Ross Andru's pencils and does a better job than in Marvel Feature #1. His hand seems steadier and the lines sharper. It's a big improvement and closer to Sal Buscema's inks from the prior issue. I wonder what went through Bill's head inking his creation drawn by another artist?

Not being a Doc villain, Xemnu manages to keep the cast better balanced, but the Hulk could have had a larger role. It's a perfectly serviceable story. The Defenders get their own official title and followed by book length solo stories for Doc. Things are looking up!

[sambucky4everlark]

WELL, FUCKING FINALLY!!!!

If we had one more non-white male character with no romantic plot or even a mention of a romantic partner/interest I'd be mad as hell.

And no, I'm not saying that every character needs to have romance in its story, but the way Marvel always stretch to give a white man a love interest while they rarely make the effort to do the same with most of the few poc characters drives me crazy.

No but seriously:

Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor, Scott Lang, Peter Quill, Stephen Strange, Peter Parker, Bucky Barnes, Loki, Ikaris, Druig, Dane Whitman, Clint Barton, Steven Grant(Marc Spector) and Matt Murdock.

These are all the white male main characters from the mcu. Now guess how many of them has/had a romantic interest. If you guessed ALL OF THEM you are absolutely correct!!

Now the poc:

T'Challa, Sam Wilson, Shang-Chi, Phastos, Gilgamesh, Kingo and now Nick Fury.

...

This list is so ridiculously short that makes me want to add Rhodes and M'baku on it, but it's supposed to be a main character list so it wouldn't be fair. Anyway, guess how many of those have a romantic interest!

Exactly 4 out of 7!! And in case you're wondering those four are T'Challa, Phastos, Fury and Gilgamesh (even though some people don't consider him because he and Thena weren't an "explicit" couple Angelina Jolie confirmed that it was a romantic relationship).

I know it's kinda unfair to ask for more romance when we need more poc characters first, but it really pisses me of that the only few times Marvel decided that a character didn't need a partner was when said character wasn't white.

Like, c'mon, they'd go out of their way to give us some weird-ass couple like this

or this,

and this,

but they can't even simply mention that Shang has a girlfriend or a crush or fucking something!!

I mean, ffs for them is easier to create a love story to Vision and Drax who are literally a robot and an alien!! And it's not that I don't like their stories, I actually love them, it's just that I can't believe thay can do that but they can't get Sam a date or something like that.

And it doesn't need to happen only with main characters, like, how much would have costed to put an extra on set when Rhodes fell during civil war and say it was his wife??

Of course I would prefer a relationship better developed than the examples I gave, but the fact that they don't even did this shallow shit it's pretty alarming to me. It just shows how they don't really see poc characters as true characters but simply as demands to be attended so they can claim they support diversity inclusion.

[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

For the A-Z ask game: I, M, N

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

Well, I could say that Tumblr made me hate Supernatural, but to be honest, Supernatural (the writers and most of the actors) made me hate it. I'm trying to think of other fandoms I might have liked until Tumblr changed my mind. I know that there are fandoms I never had anything to do with and Tumblr made me never want to have anything to with them - Homestuck, ummm - Nightvale, probably a lot of others. I have a really extensive filter list on here of stuff I don't need to see endless posts of on my dash.

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Yikes. Just one? Tony Stark, definitely. Loki, obviously. Bruce Banner. Emma Frost, DEFINITELY. Bucky Barnes, Bobby Drake, Kurt Wagner, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton. Outside of Marvel, Rimble (from Zohra Greenhalgh's novels), Barlimo (same), Mercy Thompson (Patricia Briggs' novels), Colin Shea (What's Your Number), Eddie Munson and Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) - so many others, but I'll stop there.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

More love for Tony Stark (or at the least, less hate - or at least, people tagging their hate in a way that I could filter it out).

A lot more domestic, fluff, and heavy comfort fics.

Less (to no) fucking hate for m/f ships, ffs. Please.

A-Z Ask Game

[pageliveblogscomics]

I’m not sure that Mr. Fantastic is really contributing much to this effort in removing this wall here.

wat

I’m going to assume that this is a bunch of horseshit and move on.

At first I thought Doom was just accepting his death, but nope, he has a jetpack. Also, we get a nice bit of his ego. He doesn’t want anyone else to share in his knowledge, he’s the greatest scientific brain of all time. I guess that the toad men saying that it was Bruce Banner doesn’t count since that happened in a comic book in the FF continuity.

[ao3feed-irondadspiderson]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43296960

Family, Crushes, and Classes don't mix, apparently by Book_Addicted_Thing ‘Hey Penis!’ Flash yelled. Peter didn’t react, because his name was Peter and he didn’t feel addressed by Flash. ‘Penis Parker! Are you afraid of going to that place you say you work at but don’t really and now we’ll all see that you have never even seen the Avengers before? Because I would if I were you!’ Flash announced loudly. Peter grumbled. ‘I really do work there, and I don’t care what you would or wouldn’t do if you were even remotely like me,’ he yelled right back." my version of the field trip trope! sorry if I upload once after five weeks and then suddenly twice a day, my schedule is nonexistent and I upload like it. idk how to rate this, but people do swear in this fic, but there is no smut, so if swearing is a trigger for you then please watch out while reading this/don't read this if it's really bad, stay safe out there! Words: 1123, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Harley Keener, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones, Cassie Lang Relationships: Harley Keener/Peter Parker, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Thor, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Avengers Team & Peter Parker, Loki & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Shuri, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Everyone Additional Tags: Peter Parker's Field Trip to Stark Industries, Autistic Peter Parker, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Protective Avengers, Protective Tony Stark, Protective Steve Rogers, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Natasha Romanov, isn't it Romanoff though?, with a double ff?, google says so, and google knows all, Protective Harley Keener, Protective Loki (Marvel), Protective Shuri (Marvel), Protective Ned Leeds, Protective Michelle Jones, Domestic Avengers, Avengers Movie Night, Avengers Family, Bisexual Peter Parker, Gay Harley Keener, Peter Parker is a Mess, Avengers Quoting Vines, How is that not a tag, I'm disappointed in y'all, Dorks in Love, Flash Thompson Being A Jerk, Flash Thompson Bullies Peter Parker, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Attempt at Humor

[pierre-reads-comics]

Fantastic Four (1961) #12 — Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

Wow, actually feel a bit lost. Banner originally had to readminister gamma rays on himself to turn into the Hulk?

Was Banner getting angry as a trigger turning into the Hulk not a thing at the character's inception? Crazy.

[ao3feed-stevebucky]

Family, Crushes, and Classes don't mix, apparently

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/IjuSqXw

by Book_Addicted_Thing

‘Hey Penis!’ Flash yelled. Peter didn’t react, because his name was Peter and he didn’t feel addressed by Flash.

‘Penis Parker! Are you afraid of going to that place you say you work at but don’t really and now we’ll all see that you have never even seen the Avengers before? Because I would if I were you!’ Flash announced loudly.

Peter grumbled. ‘I really do work there, and I don’t care what you would or wouldn’t do if you were even remotely like me,’ he yelled right back."

my version of the field trip trope! sorry if I upload once after five weeks and then suddenly twice a day, my schedule is nonexistent and I upload like it. idk how to rate this, but people do swear in this fic, but there is no smut, so if swearing is a trigger for you then please watch out while reading this/don't read this if it's really bad, stay safe out there!

Words: 1123, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Harley Keener, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones, Cassie Lang

Relationships: Harley Keener/Peter Parker, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Thor, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Avengers Team & Peter Parker, Loki & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Shuri, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Everyone

Additional Tags: Peter Parker's Field Trip to Stark Industries, Autistic Peter Parker, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Protective Avengers, Protective Tony Stark, Protective Steve Rogers, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Natasha Romanov, isn't it Romanoff though?, with a double ff?, google says so, and google knows all, Protective Harley Keener, Protective Loki (Marvel), Protective Shuri (Marvel), Protective Ned Leeds, Protective Michelle Jones, Domestic Avengers, Avengers Movie Night, Avengers Family, Bisexual Peter Parker, Gay Harley Keener, Peter Parker is a Mess, Avengers Quoting Vines, How is that not a tag, I'm disappointed in y'all, Dorks in Love, Flash Thompson Being A Jerk, Flash Thompson Bullies Peter Parker, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Attempt at Humor, the Avengers Understand Mental Health, Mental Health is Taken Seriously Here Okay, Stress Is Taken Seriously

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/IjuSqXw

[steves-on-a-plane]

Of Tea and Tenacity

Words: 627 Pairing: Bruce Banner x Reader     Warnings: N/A            Summary: Reader has been lying about liking herbal teas and Bruce has been lying about liking a painting in the hall. The only thing they’re not lying about is loving each other. 

Lavender and Chamomile. That’s what Bruce Banner, the love of your life smelled like. That’s what his hundred and fifty count purple sheets smelled like. Purple was his favorite color and tea was his favorite drink. He was currently steeping a cup of something that contained beetroot, hibiscus petals and carrots. It tasted like dirt but smelled deceptively sweet and fruity. Bruce placed a freshly made mug at your elbow.

“Mm, my favorite.” You lied.

“I knew you’d say that.” He laughed. “That’s why I got you something different to try.”

“Oh? Something that taste like rocks instead?” You asked picking up the mug. You sniffed at it cautiously, but you knew smell wasn’t everything when it came to tea.

“How would you know what rocks taste like? You know what, never mind.” He shook his head. “The guy at the shop promised me this taste just like banana bread.”

“Now banana bread is a flavor I can get behind.” You braced yourself for the worst as you brought the mug up to your lips. There was still a hint of that grassy earth taste that came with teas, but above that were certainly hints of banana, almonds, walnuts. It was probably the best tea you’d ever had.  “This is amazing!”

“I know you’ve been pretending to like my usual stuff, so I thought we’d give something else a try.” He explained before drinking from his cup. “I’m just sorry it took me this long to realize you’ve been fake enjoying the tea. Makes me wonder if there’s anything else you’ve been fake enjoying…” You nearly choked on your tea when you realized what he was implying.

“Just because I don’t like your tea, doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy…other activities.” You promised. “I’m sorry I lied about liking your dirt water.” You teased him. You put down your mug and stepped away from the desk you’d been working at. “I did it because I love you.”

“I’m sorry I made you feel like you had to lie about liking my dirt water.” He laughed, slipping his arms around your waist.

“I forgive you.” You smiled. “I wouldn’t have suffered through drinking that stuff the past six months for just anyone and I would have suffered forever if it made you happy.”

“I never want anyone to suffer because of me.” Bruce said, very seriously.

“Ditto, Sweetheart.” You assured him. “So from now on we’ll confess to each other even the little things that bother us. I won’t lie about liking your tea and you don’t have to lie anymore about liking that poodle painting my mother sent us.”

“I really hate that poodle painting.” Bruce confessed. “I mean whose poodle is it? Why is it in Renascence garb? And why did your mother insist on sending it to us? All her note said was ‘It’s an aesthetic.’ What the hell does that mean?”

“I don’t know!” You laughed. “But I really appreciated you pretending all this time that you like it. Especially when she asked you about it last month.”

“Does this mean we can take it down?” He asked.

“Of course. I just wanted to see how long you were going to continue giving it shifty side eyes in the hallway before you asked. I was thinking we could replace it with that Monet print we bought on vacation?” You suggested.

“Monet it is.” He agreed. “Any other grievances you’d like to air in this moment?”

“Yes actually.” You confessed with a mischievous grin. “I’d like to address a grievance about the bedroom. Specifically, that we’re not in it right now.”

“Well that my dear, can quickly be changed.” Bruce swept your legs out from under you, carrying you bridal style to the bedroom.

[leavemeslowly]

big congrats to the fanfic writers who wrote 1940s Steve losing his virginity to an original female character

[panels-of-interest]

Hulk vs. She-Hulk.

[from The Incredible Hulk (1962) #282]

[comicsiswild]

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