"So... Does this make you mad?" Tony asked, poking Bruce in the side with a pencil. Bruce jumped, sighed, and shook his head. Tony poked him again, in the face, evoking the exact same reaction.

Natasha and Calico exchanged weary looks, both of them mumbling "That dumb ass..." under their breath. Steve fiddled with the front of his shirt, his big baby blue eyes darting from Calico to Tony to Bruce, as if he expected somebody to explode (or Hulk out).

"Get your asses in gear! - Banner, you stay behind. Loki's been spotted!" Fury yelled, interrupting Tony and Bruce.

"Wait right here. You know, because Loki's been spotted." Tony repeated, patting the top of Calico's head. Calico looked over at Bruce and immediately formed an idea to get revenge for him.

"But I want to go!" Calico fake-whined, throwing her arms around Tony and pouting up at him. It didn't work. Bruce, Natasha and Steve watched with interested eyes, wondering if Tony would let her go, and if he knew Calico was simply getting back at him. Fury rolled his eyes and groaned.

"Just let her go, Stark!"

"Hell no! She's a defenseless little something, and this man's a goddamned mass murderer!"

"Did he just call me a something...?"

"Look, if you behave you'll be able to see Loki when we capture him. Just sit down and hang out with Banner. Don't you like Banner?" Fury reasoned, making Bruce jump at the mention of his name. Calico perked at the mention of the God with genuine excitement.

"Alright, I'm cool!"

"Great, well let's get going." Steve said, walking away with Natasha and Tony following. Fury looked at Calico, face-palmed, and walked away.

"This girl is a damn lunatic..." he mumbled audibly.

When everything had settled down, Bruce and Calico exchanged glances. They burst into a short lived fit of laughter.

"I'm so sorry, Doctor Banner, but I had to get him back for bugging you earlier. He just wants to see you change is all." Calico said, shrugging shyly.

"I know, but you don't have to be afraid. I have a pretty decent handle on... The Other Guy." Bruce said, lowering his brown eyes with a half smile. Calico gasped.

"How could I be scared of you? You're awesome! You're the only person in history who was able to take all that gamma radiation in without dying. You should be a big pile of nothing right now." Calico ranted, waving her short arms around frantically. She then crossed her arms, plopped into the seat Tony had been occupying before, and pouted.

The sight must have been entertaining, because Bruce gave a few soft chuckles.

"You are a very weird little girl..."

"So are you, Banner. Except, I guess you aren't a little girl. Me either, I'm a woman." Calico furrowed her brows to try to figure out what in the world she had just said. Bruce shook his head and was silent for a couple of minutes.

"What in the world is a girl like you doing with a guy like Stark? I could easily see you with somebody like the Captain, but not... You're just so soft." Calico made a face.

"I'm not soft... I don't know why I like Tony either. He's a jerk. But he's my jerk." Calico said, wrinkling her nose and raising her hands. Bruce raised an eyebrow at her.

"I thought you were shy. Tony said the idea of people mortified you."

"I was. But once you become friends with Tony Stark, it's like you aren't allowed to be shy anymore. Any more questions you could have asked earlier but didn't?" Calico asked with a smile. Bruce nodded and cleared his throat.

"Let's begin the interrogation, then."

Bruce had long since abandoned Calico to go to bed for the night, and the ship was very scary at night (to Calico, the fact that there were dozens, maybe hundreds of people still awake mattered very little).

She eventually retired to Tony's room (it was less scary than her room for some reason) and was laying at the foot of his bed with the lights off. She was bored.
The door finally slid open, and the light switched on. Calico whimpered and crawled under the covers to get away from the light.

"Kitten?" Tony called tiredly.
Calico wanted to snarl at him for calling her by her awful (yet well deserved) nickname, but she decided it would be in her best interest to scoot over and allow him room to lay down. He decided not to take her kind offer, instead sprawling out on top of Calico with a groan slipping out of his lips.

"H-heavy!"

"Dammit Calico, that bastard's brother made the job so much harder!" Tony whined, rolling over on his back and squeezing Calico against his chest.

"Brother? Loki's b-brother or T-Thor's brother?" she wheezed, attempting to wriggle her way out of his grip. He loosened his grip on the small woman so that she could prop herself up on his chest.

"Both of those assholes." Calico patted the side of his cheek.

"That... didn't make sense, but at least you captured the bad one and found the good one all in one!" she said, smiling. Tony sighed and kissed the side of Calico's face.

"I don't give a shit about them right now!" he declared, kissing her with a tightened grip on her waist. Calico jumped in slight shock, but melted against his lips. They didn't have time to do much, because the door slid open to reveal Captain America, blushing.

"Ton - Oh, am I interrupting something?" Steve pulled a face. Calico giggled and rolled off of Tony.

"He's going now." Calico said, pushing Tony off of his bed.

"Fuck off, I'm supposed to be done with you guys!"

"Tony, you have work to do. For the world."

"Screw the world, I'm trying to get laid!" Tony groaned, rolling his large brown eyes.

"Wow, this is awkward." Steve tugged at his shirt sleeves, face still glowing red.

"Just drag him away. He'll be fine." Calico said, curling up to go to sleep.

My friend and I were talking like the Hulk. It got to the point where I said "Hulk smash... Hulk always smash. Maybe Hulk no want smash, but nobody think about Hulk!"