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You were in the kitchen with Wanda, her cooking something for tonight, probably a traditional Sokovian dish that her mother used to do, while your eyes were on your laptop, writing a science presentation that you wanted to show it to Bruce.
Sometimes, you’ll admit, you were lost on your notes, mostly thinking about him. You and Bruce are friends, you think, you have no idea what’s going on between the two of you. At the beginning, he was a mentor to you, someone who will help and guide you in the world of science. Then a few hugs happened, a few slow dances happened, especially a very sultry dance, one time when you drank a little bit too much.
"So, you and Banner?" Wanda suddenly cut you off from your thoughts while chopping onions like a pro.
"He’s a friend and a colleague, you know this."
"You know I can read minds right?" Wanda was inevitable, she knew everything about everyone.
You let a little chuckle, you were defeated, once again.
"Why don’t you just… tell him?" She looked at you for a minute before going back to mix the ingredients together.
"Do you think it’s easy to tell him that I love him? I don’t want this to ruin our friendship."
"Well you should open your eyes more because the way I see him looking at you sometimes it says it all."
"If you say so."
You looked at your watch, it was 19:12, you had to join Bruce for debriefing.
"Shit I’m late for the debriefing!" You quickly closed your laptop and grabbed your pen and notes.
"Stop thinking about him and maybe you won’t be late!"
As Wanda was mocking you, you go up to the stairs, joining Bruce. Your room was at two doors from his room so it was easy to find. You knock on his door once. He doesn’t respond. Maybe he’s listening to music so he didn’t hear it, totally normal. You knock a second time, once again, he doesn’t answer, that’s weird.
"Bruce?" You called him, still no answer.
You decided to take the matter into your own hands.
You gently open the door, your head popped out, checking if Bruce was in his office, but no signs of him. You slowly enter the room to check if he was somewhere else. As you approached his bed, you saw a lovely surprise.
See, the cool thing about Bruce’s room is that it was also his lab, that is probably why no one would see him during the day.
Bruce was sleeping, taking a nap actually. You smiled at the sight of the man you love the most sleeping like a baby.
You gently rubbed his shoulder to wake him up, after all, you didn’t forgot to show him your presentation.
"Wake up mister science…" You call him by his favorite nickname with your sweet voice.
He didn’t open his eyes but he could hear you. His hand gently grabbed yours, his thumb run through your knuckles, in a way to tell you that he wanted you to stay.
"Care to join me?" It was the only thing he said.
Your heart was beating, maybe it was a sign that he might feel the same, but it sounded a little bit too naive. So you didn’t say nothing and you went to his bed, your back facing him.
He got closer to you, wrapped his arm around your waist and rest his chin in your shoulder. You closed your eyes and smiled at this feeling. There was still hope, hopefully.
An hour passed and Wanda thought it was a good idea that she’ll bring yours and Bruce’s plates, so that you can eat together.
She knocked on his door but no answer, so she simply opened the door but she was very surprised by what she saw, you and Bruce, sleeping side by side.
Wanda smirked for a bit, she knew she won over you about your conversation earlier. She leaves the room, with you and Bruce sleeping, bodies against each other, a little bit of relax before working but mostly, the feelings not hidden anymore.