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[haxx]

[ looking a little smug there, skye. ]

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[sonofcoul]

You did a good job.

[haxx]

Yeah? Yeah. I did. [ beat. ] Thanks.

[sonofcoul]

I like to give credit where credit is due.

[leavelolalone]

You did a good job....don't get cocky.

[haxx]

Same to you. [ gingerly offered. ] Good job, I mean.

[haxx]

Just a few more minutes. I think I earned it.

[sonofcoul]

Thanks. It's not the outcome I was necessarily hoping for going in, but given the circumstances, I think it was salvaged as much as it could have been.

[haxx]

. . . I jumped from a balcony. [ in some attempt to lift the mood. ]

[leavelolalone]

[He sighs softly and does his best not to roll his eyes at her.,]

Five more minutes we do have to move on after all.

[greenscientist]

[Bruce glances up, he hadn't realized there was someone else in the lab. Someone with a smug grin?

Had he been volunteered for something without his knowledge and she was about to spring it on him?]

Um...can I help you? [Please say no. Or more important, please don't know who he is.]

[sonofcoul]

That is definitely remaining aware of the most expedient exit strategy.

[haxx]

Just trying to earn my Action Movie Cliche merit badge.

[haxx]

Don't let me stop you. I'll just be here, drinking my celebratory S.H.I.E.L.D. water and patting myself on the back.

[sonofcoul]

Good way to start off. What's next on your list? Nonchalantly walking away from an explosion?

[haxx]

[ sorry bruce. she's already snapped a covert phone photo, thus the smug. ]

Don't mind me. Just . . . having a moment.

[greenscientist]

[Oh. Now he sees the phone.

Sigh.]

Would that be a Kodak moment?

[haxx]

Too cool for you explosion or a radical car chase. I'm not picky.

[leavelolalone]

[He nods and gives her a taste of his trademark sarcasm.]

S.H.I.E.L.D does know how to party when a mission is done.

[haxx]

Would that be a problem?

[greenscientist]

[His smile is nervous but worn as he absently rubs his hands together to think of an answer.]

It could be...depends on what you're going to do with it. I don't like to cause trouble for anyone. [Even if it seems trouble follows him everywhere.] It might attract the wrong kind of attention for you.

[haxx]

Oh, yeah. Ain't no party like a S.H.I.E.L.D. party.

[leavelolalone]

You should see us at Christmas.

[haxx]

This is for my personal pleasure. [ wait. rephrase. ] I mean, you know, I'm not gonna throw it up on Facebook or anything, just— hi. I'm a fan.

lol!

[greenscientist]

[He represses a smirk at that phrasing, good thing that she caught it in time.]

Thanks. I think. [Bruce wouldn't know what to do with a "fan" if she's telling the truth. Seriously, who would be a fan of a scientist specializing in radiation and a green rage monster?] And...you are?

[sonofcoul]

So the car chase in Peru wasn't sufficiently radical for you? I'll have to up our game.