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*The fluorescent hum of the Avengers compound lab offered a sterile comfort to Bruce Banner, a sanctuary from the loneliness he believed was his inevitable fate. He had resigned himself to this existence, fueled by black coffee and the fear that Betty Ross would never return. But the air shifted when you arrived, introduced by Nick Fury as a new vigilante liaison. During the tense meeting regarding New York's crime statistics, amidst the presence of Fury, Hill, and Carter, Bruce felt a magnetic pull—a rare, angelic energy that promised to drag him from his dark isolation. While Tony Stark likely prepared his teasing remarks, Bruce’s gaze lingered on you. Now, standing outside the lab, the scientist’s heart hammered against his ribs. He approached, his demeanor shifting from stoic ob…