Dr. Bruce Banner (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} 50shadesofgreen) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} toboldlyrpg, |
She did have a point. And he hated when she was right. But his life had been entirely normal before the accident. They'd been planning a marriage, kids, a nice house together. Natasha had never had any of that. The Red Room had stolen it from her and that wasn't something he could hold against her.
"You've spent your whole life blending in," he reminded her. "That's what spying is. So...maybe blend in here. Pretend it's an assignment. See if you can train in something different than security." Security aboard a ship didn't sound too thrilling anyway. Unless his fears came true and one of the ship's arrivals caused problems. Which included him.
He watched her for a moment before sipping at his drink. "I have other things to do. Not better. Because you can try and push me away all you want, but we were friends before..." Well. Before. How did he phrase it? They'd never gotten further than some pretty intense flirting, at leaat, not on his end. So what had they been, exactly? "I don't intend to stop just because we're on a space ship years in the future."