Uni, Beer and Science

"Oi Banner! Where d'you put the remote?" He called from the sofa. "It's probably in the bag of pretzels from the movie last night!" I shouted back. I regained my focus and continued writing my Physics essay. "A study of a radiation and its harms/uses" was quite a hard essay to write, especially as there was so much to say about Gamma.

"Still can't find it Bruce!" I rolled my eyes and got up from my desk. I rummaged around in the piles of washing up and found the TV remote buried under countless pots and pans. "Here you go," I said, chucking the remote at his face. "Ouch. Nerd." I laughed at his reaction. "You seeing Nat this evening?" I asked cautiously. Clint was quiet for a few minutes.

"I hope so. I got her flowers and everything." A burst of laughter left my mouth before I could stop it and he scowled at me. "Sorry Clint. Try and make her feel wanted, yeah? Oh and don't bring her back here?" Clint gave me a questioning look. "Why? Are you bringing someone home?" He winked at me, being sarcastic.

"Oh ha ha, very funny. No, but I find her rather scary and you know I'm not good around other people." He got up from the sofa and tried to read my essay. "Oh come on, Nat isn't 'other people', she's like me!" I filed away my essay ready for handing it in the next day. "But I've known you since we were four. I've known Nat, in total, for a matter of hours. You never bring here over here."

"That's because you get all weird and quiet. To be honest, you're irritating like that. If you were just yourself then it would be a lot easier." I sighed and sat on the sofa, joined by Clint a minute later. "Look, if I were Nat then I imagine she'd want to be with just you. I don't like coming back to my room to see my roommate when I thought I were going to he alone, so why should she be treated any different?"

Clint groaned and turned up the volume in the TV. "Tell you what, I'll go out for the evening and then you can bring her back here ok?" I was trying to make an effort for Nat's sake. Clint was a lovely guy but he was a hell of a slob, taking short cuts if he could. We watched the rest of the program and he got changed, ready to meet Nat from her room on the lower floor. I, on the other hand, simply put on my jumper and went downstairs to the internet cafe, taking my laptop with me. "Good luck Clint!" I called, closing the door firmly behind me.

I didn't have many friends on campus, and I liked it that way. It kept me out of socially awkward situations and I was then also less likely to reveal my hidden side which often scared people. Clint had only seen my like it once when he managed to spill coffee over my final essay last year. The writing was ruined and I had to do all 3-months worth of work in one night. Suffice to say I've had to be held back a year because of it.

I arrived in the cafe and bought myself a cup of coffee. Choosing the comfy sofa's, I sat down and began typing on my laptop. I could hear a party in the conference room next-door and kept my fingers crossed mentally that it wouldn't spill over into the cafe. A few hours into the evening, I put my head back to have a nap. I knew I couldn't head back to the room until the early hours of the morning, so I'd better keep my energy up.

There was a sudden crash and a pane of glass between the conference room and the cafe smashed into thousands of tiny pieces. I stood up in shock and hurried to the person who had fallen through. I helped him up and brushed the shards of glass off of him without bothering to see who he was first. I was in for another shock when I did. "Stark?" I whispered.

A very drunk Tony Stark grinned at me and offered his hand for me to shake. I did so, using it as a way to steady him. The older students running the cafe interrupted the rest of the party-goers and everyone went back to their rooms. I sat Tony down in the opposite seat to my comfy sofa chair and gave him the rest if my coffee.

He took a minute to clear his head and then looked at me in silence. "I have no idea who the hell you are, but I'm going to tell you a secret. You know, 'cause I'm great like that. I mean, everyone loves me, right?" I couldn't help but laugh a bit.

Tony lent closer to me, as if to whisper. Instead, he rather loudly said "I'm as fabulously gay as a little fluffy unicorn that farts rainbows! Blueberry?" I looked down and there was a packet of space-ready dried blueberries in his hand. I said no and he popped one casually into his mouth.

"So yeah, stranger. Do you like blueberries then? Or do you just want me to leave?" I felt myself wanting to get closer to him, to feel his lips on mine. I shook my head. "No, I'm on a diet. Just lentils and low-carbs." He chuckled and ate another blueberry. "Well that sucks!" I laughed with him.

With no warning, he held my chin and tilted my head, placing a soft kiss on my mouth. "I think I should get you back to your room..." I said slowly, not wanting to stop talking to the eye candy of the university. He laughed and agreed. I put my laptop behind the counter and helped walk him back to his room.

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