Marvelous Smalls

All Sizes

Bruce lundged, and caught you in his hand before you fell off the slippery table, and hit the ground.

He could feel you quivering in his hand, slowly he brought them up to check on them.

"Are, are you ok?" He whispered, holding you in his open hand.

You shook, and raised your head to meet his eyes. "I... I'm fine." You breathed out. Bruce pushed his glasses up his nose, and bit his lip.

"Ok... I'm going to put you down now." You take a small breath in, you could still run away. But instead of lowering you to the floor he stands, to take a few steps away from the table. Instead of the floor he puts you on the counter. You gulp, and back up when you're placed on the surface.

"My names Bruce, what's yours?"

You eye his hands nervously. "...(Y-y/N)."

"Oh....That's an interesting name..." He shifted in his seat.

You frown slightly, it wasn't that different. What was he talking about? "Umm..."

"Oh, er— hey," Bruce drums the counter with his hands. "You want these right" he steps away for a second, and grabs your tool bag off the table you fell off. "Here you go.."

You take the bag gratefully, and relax a little. "Thank you."

"Your welcome." Bruce scratches his head awkwardly. "Um, well.... I'll leave you be then—"

"Wait!" You cry. After some digging around in your bag, you pull up your broken hook. "I'm... I'm stuck."

Bruce tilts his head. "Huh?"

"I .. I can't get down.." you explain.

"Oh."

You feel heat rise to your cheeks as bruce offers his hand to you to step on. You do so quickly, and he lowers you to the ground.

"Ok... I'll see you erm, around?" Bruce asks hesitantly.

You look at him. He kneels before you and seems almost, if not more, nervous than you! You nod. "Yeah, I'll see you.."

He gave you a small smile. "Ok."

You smiled back, and turned to walk away, unafraid.

***

That was some time ago, you looked back on your first encounters with Bruce with some embarrassment.

"Can you please pass me the chip (Y/N)?"

You hurried across the surface of the table, and grabbed a flat green piece of technology. "This thing?" You asked holding it up.

"Yeah, thanks." You passed ot over to him,and he inserted it into the machine. "There we go, now we juts—" suddenly from the devise a great bolt of electricity shot out. You could literally see the path of the electricity as it courses through his body. He collasped silently on the floor, his body, steaming.

"Bruce!" You shouted and ran over to the edge. "Bruce are you ok?"

He squirmed, clenching his fist, and baring his teeth, on the floor. A low groan crawls out. Before your eyes, you watch the meek scientist turn green—

And grow!

Gasping, you staggered back to the wall, as his lumbering form stands. His head swivels around, he shuffles atound irritably like a provoked animal looking for something to fight. It's not long before he turned his body in your direction, and spotted you. His eyes seem to narrow in frustration as if trying to remember something he forgot.

For a few moments, neither of you move.

Then his hand twitches forward, and you let out a piercing scream. It was the wrong move to make, he in turn let's out a roar. Sinking to your knees, you curl in defensively as a few terrified tears spilling out.

You were going to die!

With your head pressed against your knees, you didn't see the look of guilt that washed over his face. He shuffled forward towards the counter, and lowered a giant finger towards you.

You jerk at the touch, and only curl in together as an enormous hand circles around you, lifting you up.

"Hey," a rumbly voice grunts. You can hear Bruce in the voice, even though it sounds nearly nothing like him.

Gradually, your lift your head. He looks down at you a bit curiously, and shifts his hand slightly to look at you.

"..{Y/N}...?" He asks. You barely nod. He gaffawed, his face breaking into a wide playful grin. "Tiny!"

You wiped your tears away, and sniff. "Yeah..."

He snorted and set his hand on the table. Well not on it, but hovering closely over it. You climb out and step back to look at him. "..Bruce?"

"Hulk." He states.

You blink. "Where's... Where's Bruce?"

He looked slightly annoyed. "He gone, hulk here— meet {Y/N}!"

"Oh." Was all you could say, you pursed your lips, not sure of what to do.

"Puny man come back later." Hulk nodded.

You sigh. "Alright, thank you,.....Hulk."

He grins again, though this time it's gentler. "Hulk hold tiny?" He pulled his hand towards you. You flinched, but when the hand didn't jab, or touch you you relaxed....slightly.

"O-k, be careful."

Hulk nodded eagerly, and stood as still as stone as you got on, holding onto his thumb for balance. The vein pulsed like a heart.

Hulk raised you up. "{Y/N}... Like hulk?"

You smike weakly. This was a lot to take in, but you nodded. "Y-yeah, I like you buddy."