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Bruce? Hulk?

(Third POV)

"Well, he's scared", Nat told them as they walked away from Tony's home and back to the car.

"He's not wrong", Steve said.

"Yeah, but, I mean, what are we gonna do?", Scott asked. "We need him. What, are we gonna stop?"

"No, I wanna do it right", Steve said. "We're gonna need a really big brain."

"Bigger than his?", Scott turned around to look at Tony's house.

Sage and Pietro looked at Steve an knew what he meant and smiled.

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(Timeskip)

"Come on, I feel like I'm the only one eating here", Bruce said, or we'll the new Bruce.

They were now in a cafe place with Steve and Nat sitting on one side of the booth, and Scott and Pietro with Sage on Pietro's lap as there was no room. And a half Bruce half Hulk eating at the head of the little table.

"Try some of that", he pointed at one of the dishes. "Have some eggs."

"I'm so confused", Scott shook his head.

"These are confusing times", Bruce chuckled.

"Right, no, no. That's not what I meant", Scott stuttered a bit.

"Nah, I get it. I'm kidding!", Bruce put his big green hand out. "I know, it's crazy. I'm wearing shirts now."

"Yeah. What? How? Why?", Scott was the only one talking and asking questions, everyone else just sitting thinking how Bruce got like this.

"Five years ago, we got our asses beat. Except it was worse for me 'cause I lost twice. First, Hulk loose, then Banner lost....and then, we all lost."

"No one blamed you, Bruce", Nat said straight after he said that.

"I did", Bruce told her. "For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease something to get rid of. But then, I started looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in the gamma lab. I put the brains and the brawn together...and now look at me", Bruce gestures to himself. "Best of both worlds."

"That's what Hannah Montana said", Sage whispered to Pietro, who had to keep his laughs in but Sage could tell as his chest was rumbling, desperate to let out the laugh.

"Excuse me, Mr.Hulk?", three kids came up, one girl and two boys.

"Yes", Bruce asked.

"Can we get a photo?", the girl asked.

"100%, little person", Bruce told her. "Come on, step on up. Do you mind?", Bruce asked Scott, holding out the phone.

"Oh, yeah, yeah", Scott nodded, grabbing the phone.

"Thanks", Bruce said, taking his glasses off. "Say 'green'."

"Green", the three kids said, as they smiled and Scott took the photo.

"Did you get that?", Bruce asked him.

"That's a good one", Scott looked at the photo, before holding the phone out to the kids. "Did you want to grab one with me? I'm Ant-Man."

Pietro coughed into his elbow to not laugh, and Sage would have hit him if she wasn't trying not to laugh either from the awkward looks on the kids faces.

Bruce pointed at Scott with a smile and turned to the kids, but Scott made a weird gesture before saying. "They're Hulk fans. They don't know Ant-Man."

"No, no-"

"Nobody does", Scott cut Bruce off.

"No, he wants you to take a picture with him", Bruce nudged the littlest boy.

"I don't want a picture", the little boy said.

"Yeah, look, he's even saying no, he doesn't. I get it", Scott said.

"But come on. The kid...-"

"I don't want a picture with them", Scott said, and that's what made Pietro and Sage finally burst out laughing, Nat and Steve giving them harsh looks, but they didn't care.

"He's gonna feel bad", Bruce turned to the kids.

"Sorry", Scott said, holding out the phone still.

"They're happy to do it. They said they'll do it", Bruce told Scott.

"I don't want to do it", Scott said again.

"No, you feel bad", Bruce told him.

"Take the goddamn phone", Scott told the kids.

"Thank you, Mr.Hulk", the girl said, as the three took the phone and walked away.

"No, it was great, kids. Thank you very much", Bruce said.

"Hulk out!", the kids and Bruce said at the same time.

"Bruce", Steve called him.

"Dab", Bruce dabbed, making Sage and Pietro cringe before laughing again.

"Bruce."

"Listen to your mom", Bruce yelled to the kids ignoring Steve. "She knows better."

"Can you guys not?", Steve said to Sage and Pietro, who's topped laughing the second they heard his Captain America voice. "Now, about what we were saying", he turned to Bruce.

"Right", Bruce nodded. "The whole time travel do-over? Eh, guys, it's outside of my area of expertise."

"Well, you pulled this off", Nat feather to his new look. "I remember a time when that seemed pretty impossible too."

"Yeah, well I thought going on diet with Sage was possible", Pietro muttered, but Sage heard him and laughed again.