AN: Same formatting as previous chapter.

Morning Bruce. How are you feeling?

Much better Tasha. How's everyone else?

They're good. Mostly still asleep, but I passed Tony and Steve in the canteen on my way down. I brought you breakfast.

Is that crepes? For breakfast? You know me too well.

This is bribery, and asking forgiveness.

I should be the one asking forgiveness. And why do I need bribing?

Because no one else can sort Tony out. He didn't sleep again last night, he spent the whole time building down in his lab. He's been doing this on and off all the time you've been missing. Can you sort him out please?

Send him up here later Tasha, I want to see him again anyway. Now, pass some pancakes over please?

Here. The doctor said you probably wouldn't be able to eat a lot yet, you've been starved for a while, so its best to take it slowly for now.

Okay, Tasha.

Rhodey, Sam and Vision said they would look in later, around lunch time or thereabouts, see how you are. They didn't want to crowd you too much yesterday.

Okay.

Was it Wanda's fault Bruce? She's blaming herself, thinks you left because of the mind thing she did.

No. No it wasn't her fault. I think, I think we had both had enough, the Hulk wanted to get away from everything, and I, I just kind of let him do it. I didn't even attempt to control him. It might have been a push towards us running, but I think we had been planning it for a while anyway.

You wanted me to go with you Bruce. I pushed you to stay, pushed you off that edge so the Other Guy would come out, so he could help us.

He was fighting alongside you with an aim to escape. He loves you Tasha, he didn't understand why you pushed us, why you made us swap.

Swap?

When I'm like this, I'm mostly Bruce Banner, and a small piece of the Hulk. When we get angry, or shocked, or scared, that swaps, he comes out, to protect us both. I'm not always completely there, sometimes I'm here but its like looking through a window, and I can't control him. Like on the helicarrier, with Loki. He was in control there, but all he wanted to do was get out. He was so confused. We've always thought the best way to protect each other, and those around us, is to get far far away from everyone else, so there's no one around we can hurt. A life of solitude is preferable to a life where people can be harmed. We never wanted to, would never want to, harm innocent people. We never wanted to kill innocents. I never wanted to kill anyone actually, but that's one point we disagree on. He doesn't mind killing with reason, but, he can't control it. Like I can't control him sometimes when I get stressed, he can't control himself when he gets angered. We try to stop it from happening, try to calm each other down. But our minds, and bodeies, aren't connected, almost aren't connected properly, and by the time the message gets across its too late. Too late to bring back those lives, to rebuild those buildings, to repair those families, to remove those memories. The recurring nightmares.

No one blames you Bruce.

They do. The orphans, the widows, the childless parents, the ones left behind.

But what about the ones who you saved. The wife who was nearly killed by the Chitauri. The child you protected from a falling car. The family you gave the time they needed to flee whilst you fought off the enemy which was going to kill them. They don't blame you. They sing your praises.

But what of the ones I have killed.

Bruce, oh Bruce. Few of us on this team have come this far without killing innocents. I'm a Black Widow, I was trained to kill people. Tony used to produce weapons which were used to kill people. Thor, he told us of a time when he tried to destroy a whole world, to cause the extinction of a whole species. We're no different Bruce, but will we let past actions define who we are today? I sincerely hope not, else no one will get anywhere. Yes, you've had some bad experiences in the past, haven't we all? But we can move on from them, move forward. Together, as a team, with a silly team name. A family name. We've created a family here Bruce, a messed up, sometimes dysfunctional family, but a family all the same.

Still family then. Especially after Tony gets us all living in the tower.

He's nearly there now.

I'm still waiting, expecting you to quote some Disney now Tasha, after that motivational speech.

'Ohana means family, and family means no one is left behind, or forgotten.'

So you do watch Disney films then? The famous Black Widow, secretly a Disney lover.

It was to educate Thor on our culture.

And you chose Disney and Harry Potter. I suppose there are worse things. Has he got onto Star Wars yet?

Not quite. He's still finishing off the Harry Potter films, then I think the plan was Lord of the Rings.

Its the Hobbit first Widow, then Lord of the Rings.

Hey Rhodey. You coming in or are you just going to loiter outside?

We're coming. Sam and Vision are here too.

Hey guys.

How are you Bruce?

Getting a bit better. Crepes helped.

Natasha, why didn't you make crepes for us?

Natasha, you made crepes? We love your crepes!

You weren't down yet, make them yourself.

But you make the best crepes.

I'll make them tomorrow, if you're up in time.

Yes!

Thank you Natasha.

Is there anything you need Dr Banner?

I think I'm okay for now, thank you.

We'll nip down for a bit later, okay? Let you rest for a bit.

Thanks guys, for coming down. I'll speak to you later.

AN: I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry, I am a terrible human being. I didn't mean to abandon fanfiction for so long, but life got in the way. I was on holiday for a couple of weeks, then a friend of mine came down for a few days who I haven't seen in about a year. And I finally got my GCSE results! If any of you receieved A level or GCSE results I hope you have the results you needed!

This chapter did not like being written to start with, so I apologise if it doesn't run properly, I really struggled with it, and still feel like they're out of character. I have no medical qualifications, so any thing medical is made up.