They had finally taken away the IV and heart monitor. Bruce was happy the IV was gone mainly because it was annoying. However, he had a much bigger reason for being happy the heart monitor was gone. As his time with Loki had progressed he had noticed how his heart would increase ever so slightly at little things. Sometimes it would do so simply when he watched Loki sleep and other times it would do so when Loki was confused or doing something else cute. Why do I keep seeing him as cute?, he thought to himself again.
His heart never got fast enough so that he would turn into the Hulk but it was still noticeable enough. However, neither he nor Loki ever spoke of it.
Nonetheless, Bruce had caught himself looking at Loki and more and more often he wished for Loki to put his hand on his like he had when he was trying to get Bruce to stop from flinching.
Bruce, unlike some people, knew what he was feeling and wasn't going to deny it to himself. However, he wanted to know why his feelings towards Loki had changed all of the sudden. There was a small part of him that did find Loki attractive now but he had discovered this after he had realized he had fallen for him. Though Loki had tried to kill him in the past, Loki now seemed so much more caring and kind even when he argued and frowned.
Loki had become a great friend and he couldn't help but feel safer with him there by his bedside. Every time he had a nightmare all he had to do was think of how his arms had wrapped around him and he calmed down almost immediately.
He really knew how he felt about Loki and even what he wanted. However, even though he knew Loki didn't hate him, he couldn't be sure if he cared for him as well in the same way.
Little did Bruce know, though, was that he did feel the same way. Loki just didn't understand it yet.