tampered | (no subject)

When; Saturday, 10/27
Rating; Unknown, but Circus-related body horror in many threads
Characters; Bruce Banner, Luke, Serrure, Sif, Asami Sato, open to anyone in City Solutions or with a good reason to be there
Summary; Bruce has ended up treating several of the Circus' victims and now they're cluttering up his lab and apartment. Open post for people to visit Luke, Serrure, and Asami or pester Bruce (and possibly Sif)
Log;

Bruce's lab and apartment hadn't been intended as a makeshift hospital ward, but there they were. He'd set Asami up in his bedroom and Luke and Serrure were still kept in separate rooms to keep their magnetism from dragging their wounded bodies back together.

He's immediately available by network, but at the moment he's in his kitchen brewing up some chamomile tea. More accurately the water's heating and he has his forehead pressed against the stainless steel door of his fridge.

[ooc: Just set up threads for the various temporary residents for easy visitation.]

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[Yes, very nearly. She ends up pinching the bridge of her nose, suddenly too aware of the sexual adventures of Loki. And knowing about them, of any Loki, really, is giving her a headache. A terrible headache.]

I think I should not have asked.

Perhaps. The heart was a bad two weeks. I would not want to--well, I WOULD, but I didn't.

It sounds complicated and you should sleep. [And stop telling her where all that has been, okay. She's not inching slowly away, what sort of coward would do that?]

I can't, Sif, or I would. I only sleep for so long before it becomes unbearable.

Is it the pain, or nightmares?

Oh: pain, I'm not one for nightmares, I try not to dwell.

I have no easy remedy for that.

I know. I was just saying. [A pause.] You should go to Serrure.

Yes. Yes, I should.

So. The. Thanks, for the water.

And my charming company?

Thank you for being here and knowing and not minding.

You can compliment me another day. [She smiles, and makes to leave before pausing. Truth be told, she will probably not visit again. Yes, they may try and attempt to be on friendly terms, but there will always be hesitance and alertness on her side. And she knows so little of him, of Luke, that he would not take a priority on her visitation list. So, most likely she will not see him vulnerable or in pain again, but recuperated when he finally is.

And she remembers he said he liked being close to people. And the story of the cave, which could be true as much as it could be a well-spun story. Still, it has her turning around again, and walking solemnly to his bedside one more time.

She reaches out and wraps her hand around his wrist. Touch. As much as she can and will give, but to last him some, in case the tale was true.]

I shall, I think, I will write you an ode. I am already writing Axl one, it seems the best way.

[He thinks Sif is leaving. He doesn't at all expect her to turn around again, and, oh, he thinks he follows. It's hard to but he is instantly reassured anyway, that she's been listening, that she's presently here. All he manages aloud is "oh," quietly. He can't verbalise anything else. Putting his other hand over hers at his wrist, he smiles at her.]

[When she returns it, it's faint, like she hasn't yet gotten used to the idea of smiling at - she needs to stop thinking of him in terms of her Loki, when he is not; she's granted Serrure that reprieve, it would cause less headaches to grant him the same - well, faint and tentative. But she lets him touch, and even lifts her other hand to pat the back of his covering hers.

The smile widens a bit. She titls her head.] Try not to start giving names to our would-be children already, will you.

[This surprises a laugh out of Luke. The serious moment isn't broken, so much, but the tension eases.]

Ah. But. I know a Sif. What makes you think I've not started already?