Okay, that looks like a no. Or at the very least, a displeased. Which is about when Tony remembers Betty and the fact that he’s most emphatically not a woman. He isn’t sure how that figures in to Bruce’s interest in him, but maybe the Hulk has absolutely no leeway on the sexuality spectrum and he’s just disgusted him. Except then he mentions Bruce’s name like that disgusts him, and Tony has to revaluate the assumptions that he’s making.
“Well, I don’t know. I mean, I figured I couldn’t have you, so…” The words are no sooner out of his mouth than he realizes that flirting with the Hulk might be a bad idea, not just because of what the Hulk might think, but because of how Bruce might take it too.
“I do.” He sobers up, quits joking around and looks at him, serious and intent. “I want him. I want both of you. You’re both important to me, and I’m not going to alienate one just to have the other. So if me and him are going to do this, I want to know that you’re okay with it. Because if you’re not, then, I don’t know, then we need to figure out something that works. You get a say too. You’re just as involved as the rest of us.”
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“Well, I don’t know. I mean, I figured I couldn’t have you, so…” The words are no sooner out of his mouth than he realizes that flirting with the Hulk might be a bad idea, not just because of what the Hulk might think, but because of how Bruce might take it too.
“I do.” He sobers up, quits joking around and looks at him, serious and intent. “I want him. I want both of you. You’re both important to me, and I’m not going to alienate one just to have the other. So if me and him are going to do this, I want to know that you’re okay with it. Because if you’re not, then, I don’t know, then we need to figure out something that works. You get a say too. You’re just as involved as the rest of us.”