Enjoy yet another drabble!
Even though the two are usually working in separate labs, Bruce and Tony always manage to find one place where they can be together no matter how busy they are.
It's normally sometime around three in the morning when Tony goes searching for an absent Bruce, who is always near comatose from sleep-deprivation, working in the Hulk lab Tony had built in the Tower.
"Come on, Bruce," Tony tugs almost half-heartedly on the other man's arm, reluctant to make him stop something he's so passionate about, "Time for bed."
"Five minutes," Bruce mutters, desperately trying to prop tired eyes open, hands shaking as he holds some violently blue test tube up, only to have it snatched away by Tony.
"Now," he says sternly. "Tomorrow's another day."
While Tony is trying to be understanding of Bruce's desire to be rid of the Hulk, there comes a point where enough is enough and Bruce needs to rest. Before he works himself into a nervous breakdown.
Like always, Bruce eventually relents, allowing his partner to push him into the elevator and pull him into their bed.
Both are exhausted, and what starts as dreamless sleep on either side of the bed, barely touching, quickly morphs.
Overcome almost all at once by a terrible nightmare, Bruce lets out an almost imperceptible whimper, the nightmare drudging up horrible memories as he curls into the tightest fetal position he can manage.
As if Tony were unconsciously sensing the curly-haired man's horror, he moves, octopus-like, taking up an impossible amount of the bed space, covering the other's body, as if to reassure.
Naturally, Bruce fights the restraint that feels almost like a hug, scooting dangerously close to the edge of their king-sized bed as Tony moves ever closer, as insistent in sleep as in real life.
By the next morning, the two are a tangle of limp limbs, curled into one another, the sheets a mess and the comforter on the floor. But they wake up ready, ready to face another day.
And that's all that matters.
Soo...reviews would be great! Did you like it? Was it realistic? Is sleepy-Bruce adorable to you? TELL ME!
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xoxo Brenda