dear_mun | (no subject)

You want me draped in your arms?

[Mental image.]

Even I think that would be overkill.

[Pretty much.]

Well, I don't mind being carted around as long as you aren't planning on beating me with one of my own limbs.

Bad idea, by the way. Forget I mentioned it.

[See, this is still a joke.]

[A laugh.]

No plans like that from me. You can relax.

[Jokes are good.]

No, I can't.

But thanks. I really... I appreciate the not wanting to kill me thing.

Like I said earlier, I could never hurt any of you.

[He'd rather try to kill himself first before doing that. Try, if only because the other guy doesn't let him die.]

It's not you. Don't get me wrong, I believe what you're saying.

[You want restless? Yeah. It's that same uneasy energy from one man who thinks far too much to another.]

Some things are a little harder to let go of.

[Oh Tony. Its really not that hard, this time.]

Can't say that I don't understand. [With a small smile.] Having problems seem to be a recurring theme among us.

[Yeah, but... Bruce.]

That's part of the fun, right? [Sarcasm, yay?]

Just- and don't take this the wrong way, but- just how much do you know?

[Have a blink.]

About...?

Us. Our world.

[Don't be a dick, Tony.]

I mean, I'm just curious.

Just the basics, and some specifics. Neither of us are very well informed on it. We know it mostly through what I think is called 'word of mouth osmosis'.

So... specifically.

If I say "space"...?

Planet Hulk?

[Very, very wryly.]

[And a flinch.] Yeah, okay, I asked for that.

So... we don't start fighting? Because I'd rather not.

I don't want to fight.

[Quietly, now.]

It's not like fighting is going to solve anything. [Or make things any better.]

Good. That's good, I... [Ugh, fuck sincerity.]

I'd prefer not to add to the list of people that want to break me in half. You know. Just for today.

You and me both. [A sadder smile now, because... yeah. It is sad, but what can he do when he's not from there?] I'm sure there are other people who'd like our spots instead.

[Nothing, but Tony isn't expecting that. He's just trying to avoid more fighting at the moment.]

Oh, plenty, but they can't have them. Can you imagine the problems that would start?

[A small laugh.]

Not wholly, but I'm sure that its bad enough.

It could be worse. Everything considered... It's not a total loss.

[He's not a hundred percent convinced, but he's trying hard to be.]

You and I aren't killing each other.

There's one victory down, at least. A million more to go from there?

A million and one on my last count. But that's our job.

That's what heroes are for.

Heroes, huh? I guess that's true.

[Yeah, Bruce totally doesn't consider himself as one.]

Heroes. It's that catch-all word for people we like.

[Yeah, nice try. Tony's danced around this one before.]

We do what other people don't or can't. It's easier to fit into that term than you think.