Tony takes a moment to tilt his head over, almost like a puppy might when he hears a command but isn’t sure what to do with it (and certainly has no intention of following it anyway). “The guy hasn’t had an incident in seven years. He can stand a little poking.” Steve is uptight, but not in a way that annoys him so much as amuses him. Tony simply has an affinity for the Hulk and for the scientist that encapsulated him.
Bruce Banner is everything he is and everything he isn’t all at once. Steve can’t quite compete with that yet, even with Tony’s knowledge of the future.
Walking away, he waves his hand at the blond and wanders down to the lab. It’s where the scepter is, and technically, they’re supposed to be analyzing it. It’s why he needs Bruce in a place where he won’t ask questions. He doesn’t realize that Bruce tends not to ask questions actually. He stays as far away from the action as possible. So, while he does in fact notice that Steve Rogers comes in for the scepter and he does in fact realize what Tony is doing, he’s not going to confront anyone about it. Certainly not the man that he’d been trying to emulate with his experiments, that’s for sure.
Unfortunately, Bruce isn’t the only one who’s noticed a sudden change in the status quo. Tony rolls his eyes and nudges his nose with his thumb to shoulder Steve away from the mess of SHIELD agents they’d just rendered unconscious trying to control the attack meant to be happening in less than an hour. “Problem. You just went AWOL, Cap.”
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Tony takes a moment to tilt his head over, almost like a puppy might when he hears a command but isn’t sure what to do with it (and certainly has no intention of following it anyway). “The guy hasn’t had an incident in seven years. He can stand a little poking.” Steve is uptight, but not in a way that annoys him so much as amuses him. Tony simply has an affinity for the Hulk and for the scientist that encapsulated him.
Bruce Banner is everything he is and everything he isn’t all at once. Steve can’t quite compete with that yet, even with Tony’s knowledge of the future.
Walking away, he waves his hand at the blond and wanders down to the lab. It’s where the scepter is, and technically, they’re supposed to be analyzing it. It’s why he needs Bruce in a place where he won’t ask questions. He doesn’t realize that Bruce tends not to ask questions actually. He stays as far away from the action as possible. So, while he does in fact notice that Steve Rogers comes in for the scepter and he does in fact realize what Tony is doing, he’s not going to confront anyone about it. Certainly not the man that he’d been trying to emulate with his experiments, that’s for sure.
Unfortunately, Bruce isn’t the only one who’s noticed a sudden change in the status quo. Tony rolls his eyes and nudges his nose with his thumb to shoulder Steve away from the mess of SHIELD agents they’d just rendered unconscious trying to control the attack meant to be happening in less than an hour. “Problem. You just went AWOL, Cap.”