When she began to find consciousness again, Darcy's eyelids felt too heavy to open. Everything seemed muffled and fuzzy. When her eyes finally opened she found herself in an unfamiliar room. Flashes of the day's events came back to her.

"Aw crap…" she groaned. "I have the worst luck ever."

"You were in an explosion, went through a window and only have minor injuries, I'd say you were pretty lucky." A familiar voice drawled.

"Do you visit all your employees in hospital or just the female ones?" she asked. "Urgh, I'm telling you I don't feel like these injuries are minor."

"I pushed the button, one of the doctor's will be here soon." He nodded towards the door. "Are you going to freak out on them because it would be good to know in advance?"

"Bite me." She muttered, her secret was out clearly and now they would all think she was a crazy person.

"Look, whatever happened is your own business. Actually it's also mine, since I hacked your file. I didn't tell anyone, before you ask." He said, pacing the room. "But you should have. Not everyone, you didn't want it common knowledge, I can get behind that. The fact is that you were in an emergency, you were injured and no one could get close to you because we had no idea. Even Foster didn't know. Bruce didn't know anything beyond that you don't like to be touched. When your job involves working with the Avengers keeping things this big a secret from everyone, not awesome."

"Alright, well now you know. Are you done?"

"Are you alright?" he asked quietly.

"I'm alive, as for alright…I guess alive is better than other people got." She sighed, relaxing back into the pillows. "Is everyone else alright?"

"The Team is in one piece, Shield lost two agents and there were some civilian fatalities. The doctor is going to need to touch you, you know that right?" he asked. "We need to know what to avoid or how to go about it without you attacking anyone or running."

"I don't know." She admitted. "I don't really know how to get around it, I've never really tried. I just don't touch people."

"That must suck." He commented.

"Sometimes, I guess it does." She agreed, because sometimes it did suck. Sometimes it sucked that the only person she used to feel safe hugging was dead. Sometimes it sucked that there had been guys she had liked but not been able to go out with because if they touched her she would freak out. Sometimes it sucked that she saw the people that were becoming her friends needing a hug and needing contact that she couldn't bring herself to give. "I…my arms at the worst. Anything that makes me feel grabbed or restrained."

"Which is going to make checking vitals a fun job." He smirked. "Do you remember what happened?"

"I remember something about a bomb, then I was in the air. When I came to there were loads of people. Barton, I remember Barton…crap I tried to hit him." She groaned. "I'm never going to be able to face anyone again."

"We've all got our secrets and quirks, I wouldn't worry too much." Tony shrugged.

"I remember Bruce being there."

"Bruce wasn't there until after you passed out." He frowned. "The Hulk was there."

"Yeah…yeah I remember." She nodded after a moment of thought.

"Jarvis, load footage from my arrival at the scene." He spoke into a tablet, before handing it to her.

There Darcy watched as the Hulk approached her. God was that her? She looked awful, not to mention the completely shellshocked look on her face as she dropped the metal pole in her hands when the Hulk reached out to her. She watched him awkwardly brush away her hair with hands that were too big to be anything but clumsy. "He looks like him doesn't he?" she said fondly, still watching as she passed out, the Hulk caught her and clip froze on an image of him shrinking back down to Bruce, still clinging to her.

"You're surprised about that?"

"From the way people talk, even the way Bruce talks…I was expecting a monster." She explained. "He didn't look like a monster to be."

"Would you let Bruce do it?" he asked thoughtfully.

"Do what?"

"Any touching the doctor needs doing." He explained, gesturing towards her rather bruised self.

"I…I don't know. It's less likely that I'll freak out though I guess." She nodded, not entirely sure that she wanted Bruce Banner to see her in this state but since he had seen her earlier already... "He gets it, that's how he knows. He might be able to be a bit more understanding than a stranger."

"Then you might want to explain the rest of it to him, someone needs to know." He nodded. "I'll go find out what's the what with the Doctor."

"Tony?" she called. He paused at the door. "Thanks for not blabbing to everyone."

"Like I said, we all have secrets." He said, shutting the door behind him.