dear_mun | (no subject)

...alright, you have a point there.

[A sigh. He'll just never win at this argument, will he...]

[He's not letting him get out of it that easily, anyway.]

They can do it. As tough as it feels, that's what the Avengers are good at. Give them the chance to prove it to you.

You really believe in it, huh?

[A smile as he says that.]

[Ah. Ouch, Bruce.]

I do.

I don't really believe in much, but I believe in them.

It must be good, if you can believe in them this much.

You think so?

[He's not actually so sure.]

If you're asking me to believe in them, I suppose you have a basis for a such a strong belief.

Well, I just know what they can do. I don't think it has anything to do with misplaced faith.

Never said it was misplaced. Just... notable.

Exaggerated. [Just go ahead and say what you mean, Bruce.]

[A small laugh.]

You're the one who said it first.

I know what they can do. I know what I can do... It's not wishful thinking. The Avengers will always manage. It's what they do.

[...man, there's not much he can say to that now, can he.]

Well, I concede. It's impossible to say something in response to that.

[He's a stubborn man. But he means well?]

...You believe me, right?

There's no reason why I shouldn't.

[Just, well, he's going to have to see it for himself to believe it properly.]

But?

[Tony is just as cynical. He sees that doubt.]

It's different.

I mean, we're different.

[They don't exactly have years and years and millions of misadventures to get them together.]

[Yeah, but that doesn't necessarily play against them. Tony makes a slight face.]

Sometimes different isn't such a bad thing.

And other times they are.

[Sigh.] Bruce... You can't run away from everyone.

No matter how far you go, eventually you're going to hit a wall.

[Damnit, Tony, don't say that. He knows, alright? He knows, but that doesn't stop him from trying because he has to.]

I can't risk it.

[Can't risk anything. Not when the other guy is there.]

You don't have a choice. Don't you get it? There's always someone.

This is the only option.

Even if I don't have it, I have to make one somehow. That's my choice.

How do you expect to do that? Has avoiding people really solved anything for you?

It's only delaying the inevitable. You can slow it down; put it off. But you can't stop it from happening.

Then what do you want me to do? Give up and die? I've tried that, and it didn't work. I shot myself in the head and the other guy just came out instead.