"How you doing in there?" Bruce's voice crackled over the intercom.

"Dandy." Helen stared at the white plastic a few inches away from her face, trying not to let the cramped conditions panic her. The MRI scanner had been slightly updated and tweaked by Bruce and Tony to accommodate Helen's overreacting powers and somehow they thought she was skinny enough to squeeze into such a small space.

"Has anything come up?" She asked.

"Weelll," he started, "I can't determine anything until it's all uploaded."

Helen sighed and closed her eyes to listen to the hum and whir of the machine.

"How's your girlfriend?"

Girlfriend? She frowned then suddenly realised what he meant, "Oh yes. She's fine. Yeah."

"Have you been getting up to much?"

Helen tried not to snort. It would be hard to leave the house with Loki let alone do anything and apart from bedroom plus more activities, there wasn't much they had done. "Not really. The snow storm stops us most of the time. Would you know of anywhere to go?"

Bruce chuckled, "If I know somewhere, I've probably broken it."

"You haven't hulked out for months. You're good at keeping control."

"I have my ways. How do you control yours?"

Helen hesitated, "Tony gave me some tools. I let off steam through them."

"And…"

"And I charge Tony's power grid too, sometimes." She muttered reluctantly.

"And…"

She huffed, "also Tony's suits."

"That's not good. How about the fluctuations and memory lapses?"

Helen's heart skipped a beat and in her silence, Bruce spoke.

"It wasn't hard to not notice, these tests on you don't just tell me about your Tesseract power usage."

"And here I thought I hid it so well."

"Does your girlfriend know?"

"Bits and pieces." She didn't want him to know, he had enough things to worry about, "I don't want to worry…or scare her away."

"Ah." Recognition fell between them then there was a beeping noise and lights flickered on.

"Okay. You get yourself sorted and I'll meet you outside."

The machine pushed her out on the bed and the moment she was free, she sat up and took a deep breath, glad to be in an open space and she began pulling on her clothes, noticing with a flush that there was a bite mark on her hip. She'd get him for that. She walked out of the MRI room, smirking stupidly to herself and approached Bruce who was leant against a desk. He looked over her and smiled to himself, looking through the paperwork.

"So, anything different?"

"Same as last time but I want you to come in everyday for check-ups. We can't let this increase in fluctuations pass."

"Really? But..like…"

"If you can detach yourself from your girlfriend for this long, I'm sure you can manage." He said, smiling down at the paperwork.

"You make me sound clingy? Am I being clingy?" Maybe she should try and stay out longer.

He chuckled, "No. it's fine. Just enjoy yourself."

She smiled and scratched her head, "So, everything's pretty average now, right?"

"Yes. Everything's fine. You go on home."

Helen grabbed her coat and pulled it on, "Okay. Don't stay too long tonight and don't let Tony nag you."

"I've turned off all coms."

"Thanks for everything Bruce." She smiled, "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Have fun with your girlfriend." He smiled after her as she walked to the door and she waved back to him, a large smile on her face.

The door closed and Bruce's smile faded into a frown, he looked to the paper in his hands and his worry lines creased heavily. He stood with a sigh. "Jarvis. Could you show me Helen's previous tests?"

"Of course sir."

Helen's tests appeared on numerous screens and his shoulders dropped.

"Damn."