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]

"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'?"