"You!" Bruce felt the heat flush his body, anger filling him.
"I'm so sorry! Are you alright!" The sincere apology in the man's voice made some of the anger leave him. But the loss of Bruce's first hot meal in days kept it from completely fading. The tall blond man had walked into Bruce sending his bowl of soup to the ground where it spilled into the cracks of broken concrete.
Homeless and unable to keep a job due to his anger issues a hot meal was rare. Bruce took a deep breath before focusing on the man who was holding out a twenty dollar bill, a distressed look on his face.
The green bill could not make sense to Bruce. His bowl of soup had only cost 6 dollars. The look on his face must have made the man worried because he pulled out another twenty before reaching out slowly and wrapping Bruce's hand around the money.
The man smiled once more before turning to face a red haired woman who was calling out "Steve, Let's go!"
The man turned, sparing one last look before running off to join her.
Bruce did not know why but he began to trail after him. He followed them, and the four others as they walked along the street.
"Why are you following us?" The dark voice sent a chill down Bruce's spine, almost as much as the blade that was pressed into his back.
"I…" Bruce slowly turned around, meeting eyes with the red head from before and the dark haired man.
"Steve already gave you forty dollars."
"I hope you are not planning to mug him."
"What! No. no! I just wanted to…" The two stares unnerved Bruce. He could see how much they wanted to protect the man.
"Your homeless aren't you?" The red haired woman spoke.
"Uh…well…yes."
"hmmm…" The two shared a look.
"He's gonna…"The man.
"No doubt." The woman.
"Might as well."
"Better than being stuck here for the next few days while he does his econ thing." The woman smirked.
"Good point." The shared another look. "Okay mister, what's your name." The man asked.
"Uh..I'm Bruce."
"Well Bruce, I'm Bucky, this is Natasha, and that Blond klutz from before is Steve. We are also traveling with Clint, Thor and Sam. SO…welcome to the family!"
"…what?"
"Let's go." Bruce was dragged along, too confused to react or fight.
And when they joined the rest Steve smiled at Bruce, slowly moved to give Bruce a hug.
"Welcome to the family! But do you mind taking a shower before getting in my van?" Laugher rang out around them and Bruce felt the tension leave his shoulders.