"Congress likes to blame the ones they can touch, I guess. SHIELD has control over Barton and Natasha. Nobody wants to blame Captain America for anything. Thor is untouchable right now. You're the one they know the best." Bruce hesitated at offering himself, though he knew he should. He guiltily ignored it.
"I had wanted to meet you for some time now. I had applied to the company before my... accident." Bruce shrugged. "Still don't know if I got a call back. The other guy came along not too much later." Bruce hadn't been sure which he had been angrier about, either: the lost opportunity or the monster within himself. Sitting here, next to the Tony Stark, was ridiculously thrilling.