Tanaya felt numb as she saw the Hulk for the first time in person. He gave off an aura of uncontrollable strength, and she refused to blame Bruce for anything that happened next. Which was a good thing. The hulk immediately lashed out at the two men closest to him, throwing them across the park, where they hit a tree with a dull thud and flopped to the ground motionless. He then turned to Tanaya and Dan, who let go of her immediately and tried to run.
The green guy hurtled after him, Tanaya running behind, desperate to stop him from doing something that Bruce would blame himself for. As the hulk had Dan pinned to the fence of the park, Tanaya ran between them and stretched her arms out.
"Bruce! You don't want to do this! Calm down!" The Hulk only growled in response before reaching out and grabbing Tanaya (giving Dan a chance to run away). He brought her up to his eye level and peered intently at her, seemingly curious.
Tanaya gulped nervously but held his gaze, hoping that minimal movement would help her In some way. After a while, Hulk huffed and poked her face with a big finger. Tanaya winced, his strength meant that she would definitely get a bruise but tried talking to him.
"Hulk, let me down please." After a moment pause, he did, staring intently at her all the while.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Avengers had recovered from the argument and were sitting around when they got a call from Fury.
"Would someone like to tell me how the hell the Hulk has been reported loose in the city? I want this dealt with." He barked at them when they answered his call, and they quickly suited up.
"Um, wasn't Tanaya with Bruce?" Tony asked, which made the others hurry even more as they rushed to his last known location.
Running into the park, nothing prepared them for what they saw. The Hulk was sitting cross legged in front of Tanaya, who was sitting in a similar position. He seemed to be listening as she sung a lullaby to him, and his breathing was getting calmer.
They watched, stunned, as he started turning back into Bruce (with Tanaya averting her eyes from his nudity)and once it was safe, they all rushed forward. Tony patted Tanaya on the back and asked if she was ok, before commenting on her "taming of the green beast" whilst Natasha took one of her shaking hands and stroked it soothingly.
Steve and Clint helped Bruce up, handing him the spare clothes that they had taken for him and guarding him whilst he put them on. Thor strode over to Tanaya and loudly exclaimed, "You have shown great valour Lady Tanaya!" and beamed down at her. Soon, they were all back in the living room drinking hot chocolates and relaxing. Bruce was extremely jittery and wouldn't look Tanaya in the eyes for more than a second before looking away, and Tanaya was simply grateful that all she had were a few bruises on her face.
She confronted Bruce as he tried to escape the room, "what is wrong?" she asked.
"You know what's wrong" seeing her confused face, he elaborated, "I hurt you. I am a menace." He tried to walk away again, but Tanaya stopped him. "You are not a menace, and you didn't hurt me. These bruises are from the men that YOU stopped from hurting me."
"None of them are from me?" he seemed hopeful, and Tanaya deliberately lied. "None. You did nothing but help me and respond when you were provoked. It was not your fault in anyway."
This seemed to comfort Bruce, and he smiled at her before retiring to his lab (where he hoped to stay for a long time). Satisfied, Tanaya walked back into the living room and was immediately addressed by Tony. "Why didn't you use the emergency signal device?" Oops, the thought hadn't even crossed her mind, "Um, I didn't really think about it. Kinda forgot."
"What if you had been hurt? What if you were injured by him? You scared me." The last part was almost whispered, and everyone stared at Tony, shocked.
After an awkward pause, Tony cleared his throat and continued "I am glad that you are ok, but signal if there are any more issues that you have, ok?" with that he left the room, and JARVIS helpfully mentioned that it was now midnight.
"You should be in bed Tanaya! You have school tomorrow!" Steve chastised her, ushering her to her room. Tanaya got changed into a baggy shirt and pants before settling into bed and trying to think of a decent excuse for her bruises. Oh well, it's not like anyone is going to ask me.
