Freaky Friday (Bruce x Reader)
“I’m sorry. I really messed this up. I’m so so sorry. It was an accident.” Your boyfriend, who was now in your body, profusely apologized to you for spilling his chemicals. Apparently, he had been working on something to better work with ‘the other guy’, but hadn’t worked out all the kinks yet. Unfortunately, you just happened to be delivering lunch when Bruce knocked over a tray of chemicals.
Now each of you were in the other’s body. You reached toward yourself, super freaky but weirder things have happened in this tower, and patted Bruce’s back. “Hey, it’s alright. Neither of us is hurt. This is temporary. I don’t blame you at all.”
“What if it isn’t temporary?”
“You already know which chemicals were spilled on us and that’s like half the battle. Plus, you’re the smartest person I know. That’s not to put any pressure on you.”
He gave a relieved smile and gave you a look of gratitude. You always knew how to calm him down.
“Do you think the Hulk will come out while I’m in your body?” You tried to put on a brave face so your boyfriend wouldn’t feel worse, but your voice came out small and shaky.
He gave you a hug and detailed everything the Hulk felt like.
“Well...that’s odd.”
He looks at you in confusion.
“I mean. I don’t feel any of that. I can’t feel the Hulk. Did he go with you?”
Bruce shook his head and grinned. “I must be getting close to an answer!” He was practically bouncing with excitement. Even in your body, Bruce was his adorkable self and you couldn’t help the tips of your mouth from turning up.
“Go ahead and keep researching it then. That’s so awesome! I needed to go out for groceries today anyway. See you later honey.” You waved and stepped through the door watching as your boyfriend bent back over his lab bench.
After only a few hours, his stomach growled, alerting him that he was hungry. “I ate right before I came in.” He grumbled, but quickly realized that this was your body and he had no idea when or what you ate last.
Bruce shuffled over to the communal kitchen. He had brought a lunch, but the pasta he brought had a cream sauce on it and you were vegan. He knew you would probably tell him to go for it if he asked, but he knew it would make your stomach hurt and go against your values so he opted for a protein bar from the pantry. He also found a banana and some chips while he was in the snack bin everyone shared so, while it wasn’t the greatest lunch, it was good enough.
He sat down to start eating when one of the receptionists from a different department came and sat down next to him. He vaguely recognized the woman as someone who might be your friend. You seemed to be around her a lot, but you usually weren’t smiley or playful with her. Maybe she was a coworker?
He gave a weak smile and pleaded that she wouldn’t want a full conversation with him. He wasn’t a great conversationalist to start with, and there was a large chance that he wouldn’t even know anything she referred to.
“I haven’t seen you in forever!” The girl squealed before sitting down directly next to Bruce. “What have you even been up to? I’ve been....and Chuck is....you know how it is....and then....”
She droned on and on. He tuned out almost immediately, just focusing on eating his food and occasionally nodding. He didn’t imagine that you were close with this girl, but he didn’t want to go about making enemies for you.
“Are you still dating,” she snapped her fingers and she searched for a name, “Bruce?”
He perked up at his name and nodded again. It wasn’t surprising that she knew - he was pretty sure everyone knew about them. You weren’t exactly discrete about your relationship. Plus, both of you were in the limelight because of your involvement with the Avengers so you were pretty much public figures.
“Jeez. If I’ve told you once I’ve told you a thousand times, you could really do so much better. I mean you’re gorgeous, smart, and pretty much a freaking Avenger, but you’re attached to a man who could pretty much be abusive at any point. If you fight and he gets mad, he’ll just lose control and hurt you. If you don’t fight, then you’ll just end up holding everything in and you’ll resent him anyway. You should just break up. There is this cutie in accounting who I know would totally be into...”
Bruce couldn’t think straight. On instinct, he was trying to calm himself and stop from releasing the monster. Then he felt a hand squeeze his shoulder. He looked up and was greeted with a kiss.
It was a little weird. He’d never kissed anyone with stubble before. That one time with Tony DID NOT count because it was an accident and barely a kiss. Despite his mental qualms, his body reacted immediately. He felt warm and calm.
He jolted when he pulled back and looked into his own eyes, full of love. You giggled and then turned toward Susan, the girl who was heckling Bruce and glared at her. She quickly scrambled off, a bit afraid of what was going to happen.
You sat down and looked into your own eyes. “Are you alright?” Bruce had closed his eyes and was taking deep breaths.
“She’s a little bit right though. I mean-“
“-She isn’t right at all. You know I tell you every issue I have. I am fully capable to defend myself by hiding in a secure location from the Hulk if you get upset, and even the Hulk seems to have a soft spot for me. You aren’t him. You’re Bruce Banner, the incredible scientist who’s about to find the right chemical combination to control the Hulk.”
You kissed his cheek and held out a brown paper bag. “I brought lunch if you haven’t already eaten. It’s your favorite curry. I substituted the chicken for tofu...”
You babbled for a bit while your previous words sunk in. For someone who was best known as a rage monster, Bruce was anything but. He was usually an insecure, sensitive man so you’d had conversations like this to reassure him many times.
Eventually, he began to eat and made lively conversation with you. Once you finished the meal, you looked at him with a glimmer in your eye. “Do you have anything to do right now?”
He shook his head before studying your face. It almost seemed mischievous. You grinned and lead him to a car which you drove to Avengers Tower. You made your way to the living room with Bruce on your heels. Like you expected, everyone was gathered around, participating in various activities. You leaned over and whispered in his ear, “You can get mad at them for anything you want right now. Go ahead and let it out. One night only.”
You then explained the whole switching bodies thing to everyone else before Bruce cut in. Apparently, he was amazing at roasting people as well as complaining about every thing they do that pisses him off but he’s too afraid to think about or he’ll get mad.