Do you keep your secret away from all you meet?

[honeyibrokeharlem]

Who| Bruce Banner and Tony Stark
What| Bruce has a secret he's going to share.
Where| In a park under a tree some way's away from the path, smack in a blind spot.
When| Day after the Lonestar Post
Warnings/Notes| Science bro nerdery. Will add more as they come up.

It was a relaxing afternoon. Bruce rested under the shade of a tree, which he suspected to be genetically engineered, since the changing leaves were almost an eyesore with their vibrant colors. He had a book to read and a notebook to write in. He scrawled in it, long and beautiful equations and equivalencies and proportionalities as they came to him, usually only writing briefly before returning to his book.

He, after all, has time to kill, and it wouldn't do to look anxious when he's supposed to be relaxing.

Comments

[arrogantalloy]

"Well Pepper doesn't let me on the furniture in greasy jeans and band shirts. It ruins the fabric."

He comes back with a little defensively, after all, ever since he took on Pepper as his personal assistant she's never let him get grease anywhere outside the workshop, and fails to guilt him about adding to the cleaners workload.

He listens with intent with what he's saying, then smiles slowly.

"Any computer, huh? Well that works out well. Timing wise, our buddy Lonestar's on the look out for computer parts for me, and with the tools Steve got me in that same blackout I'll be well on my way to, while not J.A.R.V.I.S something close enough who could do just that."

He dusts off his hands as he sits up bringing his knees up as he does and resting his elbows on them.

"You know, I could probably kiss you for this."

[honeyibrokeharlem]

"Anything approaching JARVIS would be great right now. I'm trying to keep up with what surveillance I can do on the Capitol, but I'm just one person and I need to be subtle about it." Tony is easily the most brilliant engineer Bruce has ever met. If anyone can whip up a computer that they could use to sift through all the Capitol's surveillance data, it's Tony.

And it wouldn't be Tony if he didn't throw in a little flirting with it.

Bruce smirks, arching one eyebrow at Tony. "I think you can restrain yourself." He doesn't think Tony would actually kiss him, perhaps foolishly. "I promise I won't be jealous of Steve if you do."

[arrogantalloy]

"I can't promise it'll be soon, because who knows what I'm going to end up with, I'll probably have to create everything from scratch especially the AI itself. Which is going to be annoying but nothing I can't handle, I mean I built a particle accelerator in an afternoon by myself, it's just fiddly."

As Bruce suggests he can restrain himself Tony instead leans closer to him, because really, next to Steve, Bruce is Tony's most favourite person to tease.

"Well if I do kiss you, you won't have to be jealous, because you'll know how good he got from me."

[honeyibrokeharlem]

"Keep me posted. I can give you the passwords so you can access everything too in the meantime. It will look less obvious if multiple people are alternating on different computers." Bruce has faith Tony will be able to whip something up, especially with how much pent up creative energy the man has been forced to restrain.

Bruce doesn't lean back, because that would be letting Tony win. He just keeps his brow arched, his voice deadpan, and without thinking too hard about it, he says, "Like you would."

As soon as he says that, he realizes that was probably the wrong thing to say to a man who turns everything into a challenge.

[arrogantalloy]

"I promise you'll wake up in post-it notes every other morning." He teases, though there is a chance he'll try it at least three times.

Tony can tell in Bruce's eyes that he has just realised he's issued Tony a challenge, and it only makes him grin all the more as he closes the distance between them until there's only 3 inches between them.

"You know, I would."

Then he closes the gap and kisses Bruce. It's not all that intrusive, or forceful, but rather polite, even friendly, and it is almost most certainly playful.

[honeyibrokeharlem]

Bruce's first thought is, well, what did I really expect? That's what he gets for questioning the lengths Tony will go to tease him. Hopefully, he's learned his lesson.

If it had been intrusive, he would have freaked out. Instead, it's playful and friendly and about everything Tony has ever been with him, so it lasts for a few seconds, with Bruce just internally laughing at himself, at the ridiculousness of his life.

And then he pulls away, his smile finally reaching his eyes (the first time it has since he came to this horrible place) as he instinctively touches his mouth. "Okay. Point taken. You would."

He should be freaking out more, since he's never kissed a man before (hasn't actually kissed anyone in years), but Tony has a way of wiggling past his boundaries and making him forget they were there in the first place. "I asked for that."

[arrogantalloy]

Tony just gives him a smugly pleased with himself look before stretching his back, not used to sitting like he is while on the ground.

"Isn't there a saying about never challenging fools or the rich?"

Really he could be wrong about that, but he's at least sure there's something very close to that out there somewhere.

"So, now you're done hitting on me. What was it you wanted to tell me in this 'secret grotto'?"