Past Friends

Part 69: All The Muffins

You had to make several more batches of muffins as Hulk join you all for breakfast unexpectedly that morning. You were working under the assumption that Dr.Banner had a handle on his Big Green Buddy but I guess he still made an appearance from time to time outside of fighting. You were just glad he liked your muffins and so was everyone else, it kept him distracted and not breaking things so they were beyond grateful. This was actually your first interaction with the Hulk, you had seen him before in old footage as well as from a distance that one time he came back from a mission still in Hulk form.

You ask Hulk if he wanted more muffins as you walked out of the kitchen with another full tray, he gets excited and get up and comes over to you. The others get a little nervous but they're astounded when you aren't the least bit scared or anxious as you hold out the tray for Hulk take the muffins. He ended up taking the entire tray from you before sitting down right there in front of you to eat. The force of him suddenly sitting was enough to actually knock you on your ass. Once you got over the initial shock you couldn't help but burst out laughing as you stood back up. "Hey Hulk" you start, gently placing your hand on his arm to get his attention. "I'm going to go change out of my pajamas and when I come back I'll make more muffins, okay" you say as Hulk nods his head and you left the room waving goodbye. The others look on in shock at how calm Hulk was with you and they are beyond surprised you didn't run away the second you saw the Hulk, considering how jumpy you could be sometimes.

You head off to your bedroom to get ready but you couldn't help but worry about Loki and Thor. You had no way to reach them while they were off-world and had no idea when they'd be coming back or what kind of problems they would face while on Vanaheim. You kept telling yourself that everything would be okay, I mean Thor and Loki were big, strong and powerful Asgardians, there wasn't much they couldn't do. You eventually calmed down and went over to your closet to pick something out but you were having a tough time deciding.

You finally put on your distressed boyfriend jeans, your high tops, skin-tight long sleeves deep v-neck shirt and an oversized cropped hoodie with thumb holes. You kept your hair up in a messy bun before rushing back downstairs. You run back into Tony on your way down the hall and he stops you for a minute. He asks you to be more careful as Tony hands you the Arch Reactor necklace he just got you. You thank him for finding it as you put it back on you promise to take better care in the future before rushing off back to the kitchen.

You quickly grab the mittens and open the oven to pull out the next batch of muffins. You knew that the Hulk being a gamma reactor in his own right needed a lot of food and not wanting the big guy to get angry, well angrier you popped a couple more trays in the oven before leaving. Instead of mini muffins this time you opted for the baking pans that would make big ones. It took a little longer to cook but that also means you'd have more time to get dressed.

You walked back out handing a large serving dish of muffins over to Hulk, taking the empty tray from him. You clean up and wash everything from baking and breakfast before joining Hulk who made his way into the main area. You see Hulk notice the record player and before he could get up to touch it you offer to put on some music. You quickly make your way over to your record table and put on some nice relaxing retro Pop and Blues music.

The song "Put Your Head On My Shoulders" by Paul Anka comes on and you start to sing along and eventually so does Hulk. He really seems to like that song and gets you to play it multiple times as you both continue to sing along. You put on Elvis Presley songs after and start jamming and dancing with Hulk and Peter joins in as well. It would seem like Peter you had a deep and weird connection with Hulk and you two quickly became friends.

It was actually really nice out right now so you three decide to go sit outside for a bit, just chilling under a nearby tree. Peter gets up and runs back inside for some reason, you were sure why but you were beyond happy when he messages you asking what kind of ice cream you wanted from the freezer. You and Peter each had a small pint of bubblegum ice cream and cookie dough ice cream respectively while Hulk had a 4L tub of Neapolitan ice cream. You and Peter traded at some point to try the other's ice cream and found that although you did like the flavour the other had, you both made the right choice with the kind you chose.

You all decide to go for a walk together around the Compound's grounds, just chatting about life and whatever. Peter talks about school, you talk about tech, and Hulk talks about things he likes to smash. You then tell them you used to break old wooden shipping pallets when you were younger to let out all your frustration. You would use the scraps to build something afterwards, it was therapeutic somehow; just because something was broken doesn't mean it couldn't be put back together to make something beautiful. Peter talks about when gets angry or upset he swings through the city or finds an old abandoned building to hang out in. He tells you about this one time he was really upset he ended up punching and completely demolishing one of the main support columns in this one little building and how the next day it kind of fell apart. The building was supposed to be torn down soon anyway but Peter still felt kind of bad about it.

Hulk tells you guys there's somewhere he likes to go to smash, wanting to show you so you could smash together. You and Peter are both intrigued and agree to go so you all head back to the Compound to get ready and leave.