A/N: So this is the first time I have published something on fanfiction in what, a year and a half? This will be a short drabble series for our one and only Bruce Banner (who does not get enough love) and it's just to help me get into the flow of writing again. I want to apologize to many of my fellow authors on here who have been waiting patiently for my other story which I still have not decided on whether I should continue or not. Please review, as I welcome all sorts and types whether they are flames or words of encouragement. (Flames will be laughed at while I hold a glass of champagne in my bathtub).
*Drabbles will not be in a specific order or timeline.
Pairing: Bruce Banner x OC
Fragile
When she returned from a private mission, covered in blood that was not her own, with eyes a little bit dimmer, when they were usually shining like stars, and a mouth with lips that quivered even though they stayed stuck in the brightest smile she could give, Bruce wanted to embrace her and tell her that she did good, but his irrational fear of hurting her physically when she was already hurting mentally held him back, and so he continued to watch her from afar, reassuring himself that someday, he would embrace her, when he wasn't as fragile as he was now.