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flashback from 2012 (a/n: please remember in 2012, Hailey is still with Hydra)
Hailey sat on Bruce Banner's desk, who was looking down at some data. She stayed silent, patiently waiting until Bruce finally looked up to her.
"Yes?" Bruce asked, clearly wanting to be left alone at the moment.
"It wasn't your fault, you know" she said, looking down at him, "What happened with Natasha. It wasn't your fault"
"It was the big guy's fault" Bruce mumbled, looking back down at his papers.
"It's no one's fault, except Loki's. He tricked you, he tricked all of us"
"But not you" Bruce frowned, looking up to Hailey, "You knew what was going to happen, you were in the right places in the right moments"
"I just observe a lot, Banner. I stay back and watch and learn. It has proven to be useful" she chuckled.
"Whatever" Bruce mumbled, "It still happened"
"But you shouldn't blame yourself for it. But I'm going to be honest, I'm curious about this green thing you've got going on"
As awful it was to say it, Hailey needed to get more information on the Hulk. Hydra had him on their visors, keeping check on him, and had sent Hailey out to gather information.
"You're gonna tell me I should go see a doctor?" Bruce looked at Hailey, a light smile over his lips.
She chuckled, glancing away from him for a moment. "Well... I guess you already did that. No, like I said, I like to sit back and observe. I observed you a lot, Banner"
"And?"
"You call that green thing the big guy, as if he's another person. But he appears only when you gets frustrated and angry"
"So?" Bruce frowned, sitting back in his chair as he listened to Hailey, interested in what he had to say to her.
"Well, he is a part of you. A very big, green thing, yeah but still a part of you. And he talks"
"You call that talking?" Bruce chuckled.
"Ah, you know what I mean" she rolled her eyes, "I mean, when I get angry, I do some... meditation. Yoga. God, I never understood the difference but—"
"Your point?" Bruce cut her off.
"Yeah. So everyone has their own methods to calm themselves down when they're stressed or angry"
"I have that, too. I take a deep breath and step away from any situation that could make me angry"
"Yeah but I'm not talking about Bruce Banner right now. I'm talking about the big green thing. What if... you come up with a way to calm him down and maybe you two could cooperate. You know, you turn whenever you want and he lets you back in control whenever you want"
"You think that would be possible?" Bruce raised his eyebrows.
"Yeah" she shrugged, "With training of course. And it's gonna be a long, painful, full of tears process but I think it could be worth it"
"What are you thinking about? I mean, what could calm him?"
"I don't think you like when people say that but really, he's just an angry version of you. Maybe what calms you down also calms him down. What calms you down?"
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Broken Soldiers | Bucky Barnes x OC
Fiksi Penggemar"Just you" he whispered, swallowing as he bobbed his head down, "There's nothing in my head but you" he softly chuckled, making her heart literally stop. "What ?" the word escaped her lips before she could even think about it. It was barely even a w...
