Natasha nodded. "okay, sounds good to me. he's a strong guy, he won't let this stop him." she admitted with a smile, hoping to god she was right. Bruce wouldn't let this beat him right? he was going to recover from this. "Hulk is just... an extension of Bruce's fight or flight response really." she admitted. "as Bruce explains it, Hulk is a personality adapted from the response to fear and has grown from there." she explained. "it took a while, but he is more than that now and he and Bruce are now able to communicate, kind of. and Hulk responds well to people, especially women because as far as Hulk knows, they are less of a threat to him." she admitted. "Betty is the one who handles him the best, but he trusts me pretty well too." she admitted with a smile. "he likes Tony too for some reason, but only if he's not in the suit." she admitted before smirking. "Good. means he likes you." she admitted with a chuckle. "means he trusts you." she admitted, well aware being called a duckling was supposed to be an insult but it had turned into more of a family based 'nickname' of sorts. sort of like calling your kids 'monkeys, pests or brats'.
"It totally does. no old man would listen to cold play, imagine Dragons, Adele or stuff like that!" he protested. "i do like that CD you loaned me though, can i keep it?" he asked hopefully. "oh your very welcome." Steve teased with a chuckle before he paused. "Bruce is hurt? Tony what happened?" he asked, worried. "Bruce doesn't normally stay hurt..." terrified for Bruce now. "Tony? you are a terrible liar." Steve pointed out. "it's fine, Tony. honest. i just... i thought if i found James things would be fine, he'd remember me and he'd be better... but things don't work that way..." he paused and then. "what did you just fly through?" he wondered. "Tony, please tell me you didn't fly through a building again." he pleaded. "that's it. we're all coming to the tower, unless you have an actually valid reason why we can't."