"Hey Bruce." Tony greeted his friend as he entered the lab. The two had converted an entire floor of the Tower to be their own lab. Bruce nodded to Tony as he went to his table. On it were various piles of gears, screws, nails, pieces of metal and billion other random things. Papers were scattered everywhere, cups sat in the corners or were used as paperweights. Bruce's tables were more organized. Papers in nice stacks, all his projects had about a foot of space between them, all his cups were set next to his computer.
"Hey Tony. Whatcha working on today?" The other scientist asked as he typed on his computer. Tony swept a hand at his tables. "All of that?" Bruce questioned, quirking an eyebrow. Tony nodded and took a sip of his coffee. Bruce chuckled and looked at his projects. He was trying to decide which on he should work on. He decided on the anti-electric floor he was working on for the Tower. Ever since Thor was staying at the Tower more, he also brought his hammer. The floors were always being repaired because of the god.
After two hours of working silently, Tony spoke up. "How's the electric floorboards going?" He asked, looking up from his pile of junk. Bruce had four large panels done of the stuff, it was hard to make.
"Slow. This is going to take months to finish." He sighed, setting his tools down. He scrubbed his unshaven face and sipped his cold coffee.
"Don't worry, it'll get done." Tony reassured him, a small smile on his lips. Bruce smiled at him and went back to work. "Jarvis, we need some music." Tony called.
"What shall I play sir?" The ceiling asked. I'll never get use to that. Bruce thought as he listened to Tony chat with Jarvis.
"Something nice, upbeat." Tony answered, glancing at Bruce. Some instrumental piece played throughout the room. Bruce went back to a work, a smile on his face.
Another hour went by before Steve came wandering down. "You two want some food?" The captain asked. Bruce nodded as Tony shook his head.
"Tony, you need to eat." Bruce told his friend, hands on hips.
"Yes Mom." Tony grumbled sarcastically. Bruce snorted and followed the two up to the main level. The other Avengers were around the table, sandwiches and chips clustered on their plates. The two scientists created their own sandwiches and sat with their friends.
"Good to see you two above ground." Clint joked, popping a chip into his chip. Tony snorted and sipped his soda.
"Well some of us have important things to do each day." He told his plate. Clint rolled his eyes. The two finished quickly and disappeared under again.
"Tony, did you have to say that to Clint?" Bruce asked as they arrived at the lab. Tony shrugged.
"Probably." The other man replied. Bruce sighed and went to his station. An hour went by before Tony made a noise. "i'm bored." Tony whined, wandering over to Bruce. "I want to do fun science." Tony pawed at Bruce's arm. The curly haired man sighed and set his tools down.
"Really Tony? You're acting like a child." Bruce told his friend. Tony stuck his bottom lip out and made puppy eyes at Bruce. "Fine, we'll do fun science." Tony grinned and went to his tables and pulled out a chemistry set. "You have that because?" Bruce asked.
"For fun." Tony snorted like Bruce was an idiot. The other Avenger rolled his eyes and stepped over. Tony started to measure out stuff. "Do you know what any of this is?" Bruce asked, wary. Tony shook his head, a giant grin on his face. Oh no. Bruce thought, stepping back a little.
"Don't worry Brucie, we'll be fine." Tony waved a hand and started to mix things. Bruce watched as things combined to make new chemicals. Tony poured two together and it started to glow. Tony grinned at Bruce and set the beaker aside. He grabbed two more and poured them together, a strange smell wafting out.
"Yuck." Bruce wrinkled his nose. Tony's lips curled up at the smell and he set it aside.
"Come try." Tony waved his friend over and Bruce stepped towards the table. "Grab two and mix." Tony pointed to the six beakers filled with powders and liquids. Bruce grabbed a palish yellow powder and a blue liquid. He poured a tiny amount of powder into the liquid and watched it dissolve. He flinched, waiting for it to explode. Good. He added the rest. The two combined to start to bubble and froth. He set the beaker down and watched it turn to fog and drift out. Wow, that was cool. He grabbed a brownish powder and a pure white liquid and dumped them together, creating a murky liquid that mirrored images.
They played for a few hours before the first explosion happened. Tony was swirling a billion ingredients into a beaker, he had the total mad scientist look going on. Bruce was adding things to his mirroring liquid when he heard BOOM! He felt the heat of the blast and looked up. Tony's hair was blown back and he had some soot on his face. The beaker in his hand had black marks up the neck. Bruce couldn't help but laugh. He was doubled over with laughter when Nat and Steve came down.
"What happened?" Nat asked, her eyes wide when she looked at Tony. Steve snickered.
"Uhh, experiment." Tony played it off, dragging a rag over his face. Nat raised an eyebrow and went back upstairs. Steve followed suit. Three more explosions happened that day, after the second one, Nat and Steve stopped coming down. Bruce hadn't had that much fun with science since forever.