#b squared

I love their ship name omg

B²!

Crumbability; 6/10, the whole you eat frogs was the two of them in PL iirc, but idk if thy've interacted all that much otherwise

Compatability; 7.5/10, they're both just silly goofy guys yk

Cuteness; 8/10, I am imagining things now, the fanart possibilities...wow

Dynamic; 8/10, rivals to lovers, impeccable

Un-ickyness; 8/10, never put thought into them before!

Bree and @bop-y

Bruce has his own room. Tony doesn’t question it when Bruce orders the very expensive sound-proofing equipment, thinking it’s probably for the Hulk, should he make an appearance. 

It’s not. 

Well, not really. Occasionally, Hulk makes the theatrical debut that everyone dreads. 

In reality, Bruce screams and yells, knocking over things in his sleep. He’s suffered from nightmares since he could remember, although some were different in concept and in context. 

This is why whenever he does gain interest in someone, he never does anything about it. Because he can’t sleep through the night without yelling, without screaming himself hoarse. He’s tried everything to silence it short of hypnotism, and that’s because he’s too big of a skeptic. 

Bucky Barnes enters the picture after SHIELD falls, when his eyes are still a little too blank and he doesn’t know what a spork is. Bruce doesn’t know why that second fact has stuck in his head, but it has. 

Bucky only knows lack of his own control. Bruce only knows a complete hold on control. Both know for all the wrong reasons. 

Bruce is the only one that really doesn’t care about Bucky’s more dangerous habits, the ones that put everyone on edge. 

“Why don’t you hide?” Bucky asks once, voice raspy. It’s been a rough day, full of thrown knives and one particularly sharp plate-throw at Steve, which Bruce had to not laugh at. 

“If you think you can kill me, be my guest,” Bruce says dryly. “The government’s tried, so I’ve been waiting for something or someone they don’t know about to give it their best shot.” 

Bucky shouldn’t have laughed. 

But he does. 

Bruce grins a little at that, because maybe he’s found somebody who understands just how bad a life can be, and how funny it can be when you realize it. 

They kind of trade the stories being messed up together. 

“I still can’t look Steve in the eye and see him for who he is,” Bucky says. 

“An idiot?” Bruce offers. “I saw him break two coffee mugs yesterday.” 

Bucky laughs. 

Bruce goes next. 

“I can’t stop treating things with delicacy.” 

“Get a glass animal collection, maybe you’ll keep it,” Bucky offers. “Or, better yet, teach Thor how to treat things with care. He broke my hairbrush.” 

“How the hell did he do that?” 

It’s...refreshing, to talk to someone who’s as fucked up as him. 

And then it gets to the screaming matches. Apparently, Bucky does it as well. 

It isn’t until a mission goes sour and Bucky can’t stand to be alone that Bruce offers to stay with him. 

“I can’t promise I won’t scream,” Bucky says. 

“Me either,” Bruce says, smiling slowly. “So let’s get to sleeping.” 

Neither of them scream. It’s the first time it happens. 

Bruce is a man of science. He’s a true believer in the scientific method because if he ever trusts another person, it’ll be the day he decides to go back to college to get a degree in the arts. 

So they obviously have to spend more time together.