The Avengers are property of Marvel/Disney. I write this out of pure personal pleasure, and the desire to bring happiness to other fans, not for money. Thanks.

Warning: This story will contain yaoi, it means love between men. As much as drama and suffering, world destruction, non or dub con (not know yet), maybe gore, and sex. Fluff at the end, don´t worry. ^^

Summary: They were one, they were three. Bruce was calm, Hulk was ire, and him… he was hate. Hate so deep it could swallow earth and everyone in it. Drown them in pain until all of them died. But maybe there´s one man who can´t be drown. Maybe there´s one man, who can embrace hate. A Devil Hulk, Bruce, Hulk/Tony love story.

Notes: Little by little here we come, in the next chapter starts the drama, jujuju I´m so evil.

This work is being beta readed by the fantastic Vida. ^^

Evil Hearts Can Love

Chapter 2- After memories

Days came and went in the Avenger Tower, and they slowly healed, returned to the laughter and companionship, two years' worth experiences together forged.

Clint played stupid videogames and threw arrow after arrow in the range, until he caught his valance again. Thor just went see Jane, and when he returned a week lather looks more like himself; goofy and noble, if not totally happy. Natasha would exhaust herself working out in the gym with Steve for hours on end, and the time spent together seemed to help both of them.

Tony… Tony just wanted to feel right again, and there were only two things that could do that for him; working on his inventions, and being with Bruce: the only one who ever could, and wanted, to understand. His something more, lover for nearly a year, and best friend for the one before that.

Pepper had noticed way before Tony, because she was intuitive as that, knew and cared for her boss and partner just as much as she loved him; observed their dance of friendship, short of so much more. The way they completed each other, matched step for step, in a way she couldn't hope to achieve. And just like she always noticed even the painful things she would have wanted to ignore, saw that she wasn't what Tony really needed. Not anymore. So, she did the only thing someone who really loved somebody else could do.

She broke up, and gave him her blessing.

He still can recall her painful, little, straining to be happy, smile. Her beautiful moist eyes and proud stance as she stood there, sweet and caring like only Pepper ever was to him, and ended their relationship.

"I love you Tony, don't you dare forget that, - and she smiled a bit wider, truly smiled, - but I'm not the only one, not the one you need the most."

It hurt, but in the end she had been right, just like she always was.

She still was the best friend he could hope for, and that, Pepper would forever be. But she wasn't a riddle, a mind capable of keeping up with his; even surpass it on its own field. She wasn't Bruce, who hides so much under his calm surface. So much so, it makes Tony feel like he's gazing inside dark water and getting enchanted by the shadows living deep within.

Bruce was so much more than the outside that could be gazed at, and he only hoped to discover it all in one lifetime.

He loved Bruce, loved all he was, and Hulk just as much. Green, strong, caring Hulk. Who (in fact) had so much sweetness in him that no one else seemed to notice. Well, save for the team, that is. They cared about him now, were friends with the angry one, even played and laughed with him every time he had to come forth, but Tony had still been the first who really saw him. That made him proud. Maybe he should have been more humble, but well… he was Tony Stark, after all.

Getting Bruce to give them an opportunity was difficult in the beginning. The scientist was so tense and guarded, Tony was afraid he would flee any second to who knows what third world country. But he stayed, started looking at Tony like some strange data he could not seem to understand. Tony tried to make himself better, care for Bruce. He had been doing that before too, but now he tried with a passion that amused Clint and made Thor beam, just as much as Cap blushed at his ever flamboyant attempts that made Bruce's lips curve into little amused smiles Tony started to collect.

Little by little they started opening up to one another, until finally, they started dating one autumn day ten months ago. Since then, they had been together nearly all the time, happiness spilling all around.

But ever since they were cursed…

Bruce had withdrew from them all, holed up in his own lab that he hadn't used in quite some time, ever since they had created a shared workplace so they could work and still be able to speak and joke around. Bruce didn't want to see the team, made up excuses for Tony. And it hurt… but Tony was not one to be set aside.

"Bruce, open the door please."

To be continued.