Negotiations

Or: The prologue to anything I might possibly write involving any of the Avengers at any point in the future, allowing me to love multiple apparently-mutually-exclusive ships at the same time.

When they showed him around Stark Industries, Dr. Banner was vague and charmingly ruffled and polite, but he didn't have any particular reaction to anything. It was obvious to Pepper how disappointed Tony was, and watching him clown to get the man's attention was so unpleasant that she was forced to take drastic action.

( sorry about that; here, I'm adding a spoiler cut, OK? )