As your suiting up and ready to leave you hear a knock on your door, you open it to see a hot tempered Bruce eager to make his way in. You close the door behind him and pour him a glass of water as he sits on your bed.
"Hey Bruce, what happened?"
He starts fidgeting about with his watch and seems to be taking deeper breaths.
"Bruce look im here, okay. Just take slow and steady breaths and talk to me"
"My aunt. She..she-" he cups his face in his hands and rubs it as if to wake himself up from the nightmare he's living in.
You put you hand on his shoulder to gain his eye contact, to which he bursts out crying.
"They said she died in her sleep last night" tears, much against his wishes and attempts to contain them, were forcing their way down his face.
"Oh my God, wait what? How?" You gasp at him with wide eyes in shock and disbelief.
"I- I don't know, they just called you know and, and- God help me" he stutters through small sobs.
You immediately wrap your arms around him to hug and hold him close to you, like he would do when you had a breakdown.
"I'm so, so sorry. Its okay I've got you, everythings gonna be alright"
He buries his head into your chest as you stroke his hair from behind, allowing him to release and share his sadness with you.
"They don't even know what happened, it was so sudden and there were no signs of anything either. And they just found her by her bed-i, i can't-" you see the hurt in his eyes like never before. You knew he was close to his aunt but this sudden event seemed too much for him to handle, especially for a guy known for his patience.
You hear a loud knock on the door as Tony makes his way inside, as if there was any point knocking in the first place.
"Y/N we're waiting for you, what's taking so long?" He asks before noticing you hugging Bruce, not an unusual sight but this seemed more serious.
"Tony not now, please" you speak calmly in order not to provoke your friends emotions further.
Now with a deep look of concern he nods and mouths that he'll get your brother to go instead so you could stay with Bruce. You knew Clint wasn't going to be pleased by this as he also had a lack of sleep from that late night mission.
As Tony leaves Bruce turns to you,
"Thank you, Y/N, but i can get by on my own"
"The thing is, you don't have to. Im with you till the end of the line, Bruce"
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Avengers: The Hunted (Avengers × Reader)
FanfictionPast of loss and tension, Present loyalty in question, Future blinded by deception. Y/N finds herself lost in a heavy dawn over her oasis, but wistful romances and fate draws her grounded for an afterglow of belonging *[With Plot Twists]* ~ "Whene...
