"Oh god I'm so sorry!"
Teenage Darcy's voice rang out through the coffee shop as she ran into a guy about her age, spilling coffee all over both of them. "It's fine. I'll just get so-" The man stopped as they both looked up.
Woah. Darcy thought, observing him. He's hot.
He looked about her age, 17, with brown hair and deep brown eyes, like melted chocolate. He had a look of upmost concern on his face
"Can I- get you a coffee or something? To repay for the accident?" The man asked, and Darcy quickly shook her head. "No, no. It was my fault, you don't have to do anything."
Bruce Banner smiled. "No. I insist."
"So... What's your name?" Darcy asked, trying and failing to casually make chitchat with the handsome stranger. "Bruce. Bruce Banner. How about you?"
"Larcy Dewis. I mean Lewis Darcy. I mean- UGH. DARCY. LEWIS."
Bruce chuckled. "You are a very quirky person, Larcy Dewis."
The girl laughed. "I'm never going to be called Darcy by you, am I?" She asked, and her newfound friend shook his head. "Thought not."
They stayed there for a good three hours, and by the time the shop closed, they were both obviously in love.
. "Wait." She stopped him when he was on the sidewalk, outside of the shop. "Thank you. For- for running into me." She said, and Bruce grinned. "It was my pleasure, really."
"We should do this again sometime."
Bruce suddenly looked crushed. "I- actually, I can't. I'm moving tomorrow to New York. College, y'know."
"Oh." Darcy's face fell. "Do you have a phone?"
"No. I lost it, believe it or not."
"Oh." Darcy felt like crying. "E-Email?" She choked out. Another shake of the head. Suddenly, Bruce touched her smooth face. "It's ok, Darcy. I know. I love you already, too. But I have to move. We'll meet again someday. I swear." He kissed her cheek. "I swear too! I'll find you if I ever hear about you again!" She shouted, and Bruce smiled slightly as he
walked away.
All of this came flooding back to Darcy Lewis as she set wide and slightly teary eyes on the man in the news.
Bruce Banner.
The Hulk.
She rushed over to her phone and dialed Jane's number. She picked up after about 4 rings. "Hello?" Darcy sad frantically, trying hard not to hyperventilate. "Good. You're up. We need to go meet the Avengers. Call your boyfriend and get us there. NOW."
"What? What do you mean no? PLEASE! I HAVE to meet Br- the Hulk." The young woman was almost chokinng on her words now, but still Jane's answer was the same. Darcy's voice turned squeaky and a tear fell down her cheek. "Please. Please. PLEASE." She asked shakily. I've lost him once, I'm not losing him again. Darcy thought frantically. Jane sighed on the other end. "Why do you want to meet Hulk so bad?"
"Because... I know him. He knows me. And... I made a promise. I promised I'd find him. I swore it on my life."
Silence. And then: "Fine. Be ready in 10 minutes."