pass the wandering eyes of the ones that were left behind;

[trickshot]

WHO: banner & barton, take ii
WHERE: a street in the city
WHEN: today
WARNINGS: n/a
SUMMARY: walk dogs. meet acquaintances. drink coffee. ???. profit.
FORMAT: whatever sammo wants.

<sub>( it's about noon and it's a warm enough day for it to be uncomfortable outside. for some reason, clint decides to go outside. he drags bee-pug along with him, because the act can't quite be considered walking. the pug goes at a snail's pace, rolls gently bouncing as he toddles along. clint has the leash tucked under his arm and an eye scanning the sidewalk ahead of him. it's only by chance that he notices someone else across the street, someone with more to handle than just one lazy pug.

oh. it's bruce banner. )</sub>

Comments

[hulk]

[ Once he's sure they won't go and like. Maim each other or break their leashes or do anything but flop all over each other like they do, Bruce follows inside and.

For lack of knowing anybody else in the place and kind of coming in with the guy.

Slides in opposite of Clint. He orders a tea once the waitress brings over the coffee and hears another missus comment. ]

...Didn't know you were married.

[trickshot]

_{( he grins at the waitress, but when bruce comments his expression grows decidedly more somber. he shrugs, waving an idle hand. )}

Technically, I was. The 'till death do you part clause is pretty strict.

But we're both here, and we're together. So calling it that again just seems easiest.

[hulk]

So. [ b l i n k ] W- You actually went and. D- You were. ...Dead? Th-

[ He is torn between "CRAZY REALITY IS CRAZY" and "HOW THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN WORK". Very, very torn. ]

Ah. I mean, you could get re-married all over again, but. Yeah, that. Seems easier, so.

[trickshot]

_{( he looks down at his thumbs for about a minute, then just rolls his eyes. )}

Yeah, well. Occupational hazard of doing what I do is that you run into alien spaceships and crazy witches and kids who can alter reality, from time to time. I wouldn't recommend it, though. _{( the dying, not the heroing. )}

But you get to a point where you just kinda roll with it. Same way I handle this place, too, I guess.

[hulk]

...I can see why not.

[ Yeah, he's taking it you mean the other thing. Sorry. ]

Considering the only other option to go completely batty going and trying to figure things out. Yeah.

[ Oh, hey. It's tea showing up right in here. Sip. ]

[trickshot]

Thinking too much's never been my problem. _{( he looks at bruce pointedly. because it is probably his. )}

'Sides, you can't change it that way. I used to spend a bunch of time worrying over the how's and why's of how me and Bobbi both came back and what we were, now, but in the end it wasn't important.

[hulk]

That's not my biggest problem, okay, th- It's easily beat out by. Other, very obvious things. [ the lack of thinking is definitely a problem on your end, clint, just saying ]

Mm. [ a thoughtful pause ] Least you got her. All that really matters, right?

[trickshot]

Whatever you say, Banner. <sub>( still not looking convinced.

but then he just huffs a bit and runs a hand through his hair. )</sub>

Yeah. That's all that matters. Though she might disagree, sometimes.

[hulk]

[ Hulk is totally higher up on the problematic measuring stick, okay. ...Or any measuring stick.

But fine. Whatever. ]

What, she wants to go through the whole-- You know. Wedding deal again?

[trickshot]

Ha! Hell no. _{( that's not as humorous as he intends it to be. )}

She's the one who's against it. I just... don't think it just being the two of us is enough. There's a whole world--worlds--out there.

[hulk]

[ It takes him a couple of minutes to figure it out and. ]

O-oh, you're. You were talking about, l- Kids? Or.

[trickshot]

_{( and then clint literally spit his drink )}

What? No. I just meant--we're part of a team--and being here together is nice and all, but it's not--the point is...

The point is we can't just start a new life here and forget everything else.