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Betty Ross (MCU) (elizabethross) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-03-15 23:36:00

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- crew quarters, ^ log, betty ross | mcu, bruce banner | mcu

WHO: Betty Ross & Bruce Banner
WHEN: 226403.13
WHERE: D7, and then around the ship.
WHAT: They catch up after eight years of running around each other.
WARNINGS: None that I can think of.
STATUS: Incomplete.

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Betty was being stubborn. He was saving the world. But she still thought Bruce could have called her-- could have left her a message. The last she heard from him was her necklace in the mail.

She was heartbroken, to be honest. She wanted a life with him. It was too late now. It was all too late. She wanted children with his last name, his eyes, his nose. Betty wanted to live in a house with him and teach biology at Culver and get tenure.

But now she was on a shapeship with a monster she helped create. A monster that hadn't spoke to her in years, who she watched save the world a few times. It was strange.

She waited eagerly for the sound of a knock. She had so much to say... it was going to choke her.

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50shadesofgreen
2017-03-18 10:09 pm UTC (link)

"I'll always know how amazing you are. You can only get smarter with time." And he knew SHIELD had some amazing scientists on staff. But none of them were Elizabeth Ross. She was brilliant and always had been.

Friends. He could manage friends. Couldn't he? Maybe. It was hard to picture. Managing to stay just friends with someone he'd loved so deeply for so long. Someone he'd hurt so badly... "If...if that's what you want. Of course. I don't want to hurt you. Ever."

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elizabethross
2017-03-18 11:12 pm UTC (link)

"I still love you, you know." She said it as if she were announcing the weather. It's raining, Bruce. I love you. "In love with you. I'll never stop. But if friends is all we can manage, I'll take it."

She suddenly seemed more closed off. Tinier, even, pulling her arms in close to herself. Betty just admitted to something that was painfully obvious but still embarrassing.

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50shadesofgreen
2017-03-19 02:33 pm UTC (link)

His breath caught. She couldn't. She wouldn't. All that time. His mind flashed back to a ring. A diamond ring he'd had saved for when the Gamma experiment was completed. Weeks later, he'd used it to but himself anonymity and a way out of the country. Dropping off Ross' radar. But he'd never once forgotten.

"Betty..." His voice was soft, but it usually was. Among his loud, outspoken teammates, he rarely had the need to speak up. "If... I mean, it isn't ideal. I know that. And being here probably makes it worse." Knowing he could blow up at any time was scary. "But... We could take it slow. Like the beginning. If... If you're willing to even try and forgive me."

And the consequences, he'd deal with one at a time. He needed Tony just then.

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elizabethross
2017-03-19 07:17 pm UTC (link)

She looked like she could cry. "Of course I forgive you. I'll always forgive you." Betty nodded, "Like the beginning. Start over." She forced a little smile then, reaching for his hand again.

"Just this time, we have another entity to consider. But I won't be afraid of you. Of him... as you call it." She released him then, "Let's go get food. Talk about what we've missed out on."

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50shadesofgreen
2017-03-20 01:28 pm UTC (link)

The hand not holding hers reached up, lightly stroking her cheek. He didn't deserve this. A second - no, a third chance. But he was entirely too grateful. So long as he didn't mess it up this time.

"Our first date will be a mess hall on the Enterprise. That'll be a story to tell." She wasn't afraid, but Bruce certainly was. She didn't feel Him there, under the surface, ready at a moment's notice to take over. She hadn't spent years coming to terms with His existence and the ways it affected Bruce's mind and body.

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	elizabethross 2017-03-20 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Do you remember our real first date?" She smiled at the fact that he called it a date. There was hope in her body now. It showed in her smile, in her eyes, in her voice. "Chinese food in my dorm after hours." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

50shadesofgreen
2017-03-20 10:10 pm UTC (link)

The hand she held shifted so that his fingers laced through hers. "I remember. I had planned on taking you out and then we got so busy studying that anything fit for a proper date would have been closed already."

Despite the many years that had passed, he could still see it clearly. The two of them cross-legged on her bed, passing takeout containers between them. Most guys might have taken advantage of being in a girl's dorm room. He hasn't even tried. Merely a soy sauce flavored kiss goodnight.

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elizabethross
2017-03-21 07:16 pm UTC (link)

She smiled at him so sweetly. "We have quite a history. Can't throw that away." That was why she was forgiving him. Because of all the times she was with him and never wanted it to end. Because of all the times she thought of marrying him, having children with him-- or even growing old without children. The children they taught were enough.

"I won't quit on you. If you don't quit on me."

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50shadesofgreen
2017-03-21 09:43 pm UTC (link)

He didn't deserve this. Not after everything. She was right. He'd behaved just like her father, deciding what was best for her. Letting Ross run him off, letting himself be forced into hiding. He'd needed SHIELD to keep him from getting locked away. And maybe, in his upcoming future, even that wouldn't be enough.

"You're one of the only people in the world I trust entirely. I'd never quit on you." Hide from her, maybe. But he couldn't just give up on everything they had.

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	elizabethross 2017-03-22 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	She raised their hands to her lips and kissed his hand. "Good." A lot of weird things had happened to them, this by far wasn't the weirdest. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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