The mission should have been a walk in the park. It should have been in and out and without incident. Of course the things that were supposed to be easy almost never were. Somehow, out of sheer, blind luck - or the universe really having it in for him, Steve wasn’t sure which - their walk in the park, in and out mission put them smack dab in the corner of the world Bruce Banner had decided to hole himself up in.
It could have gone worse, all things considered. But for Steve, it felt pretty damn bad right about then. His jaw clenched as he watched where Natasha and Bruce sat together in the back corner of the quinjet. She had a hand on his arm and their heads were tilted in close as Natasha talked to him softly. He tried to remind himself that it didn't necessarily mean anything. They w
