"Hey guys," Harry said as he arrived in Avengers headquarters along with Natasha and Sif. He had also brought Jennifer Walters, a beautiful woman with brown shoulder length hair, she had on a pair of glasses and was wearing a grey businesswoman's suit. "I brought Banner's good looking cousin with me." Harry called out as he entered the room where all the other Avengers were.
"Hi Bruce." Jennifer smiled when she saw Bruce who blinked in surprise before he shook his head and walked over to her.
"Jen!" Bruce smiled as he pulled her into a hug which she gladly returned. "What are you doing here?" He asked in a surprised voice once he let go.
"I'm your lawyer." She said with a smirk.
"A lawyer?" Bruce asked as he looked down to her feet and all the way back to her eyes. "I suppose your dream of being a vet didn't work out." He said in a jokey voice.
"Yep, that was almost as bad as your dream of being a rock star." She grinned while Bruce flushed red with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, a rock star?" Tony asked with disbelief.
"That was a long time ago." Bruce quickly spoke, cutting off any further response from Jennifer. "And I thought we agreed that we would never be mentioning that again." He added to Jennifer.
"I thought we agreed that we would never be mentioning the vet thing again." She retorted. "Still, I would argue that right now you're doing better than a rock star. I mean I'm just a boring old lawyer, you're actually a superhero."
"I don't know about that, I'd prefer to just be a simple scientist." Bruce replied.
"And I'd prefer to be a couple of inches taller," Jennifer shrugged. "we're stuck with the cards that we're dealt with, Bruce. We just need to learn to work with them instead of letting them drag you down." Jennifer added.
"When the hell did you get so smart?" Bruce asked in a half-confused and half-amused voice.
"Hey, I love awkward reunions as much as the next guy, gal and non-binary pal but can we get on with this?" Harry asked. "We can divert time to tell embarrassing stories about Bruce later."
"Fair enough." Jennifer nodded while Bruce let out a noise of protest at the last part of what Harry had said.
"Before we start, we all agree on the accords?" Harry asked, looking around the room. Everyone agreed with the exception of Rhodey, when Harry looked at him the two locked eyes and stared at each other for several moments. Eventually though, Rhodey gave Harry a small nod. "We're agreed." Harry smiled. "Now, I should let you guys know that I've gone to visit Ross."
"What did he say?" Steve asked.
"Ask no questions and I will tell you no lies." Harry replied.
"What kind of answer is that?" Sam frowned.
"The best one you're going to get." Harry answered.
"Harry, what happened?" Tony asked.
"Ask no questions and I will tell you no lies." Harry repeated.
"Smart," Jennifer nodded approvingly. "Deniability."
"Exactly, anyway I've learnt some stuff that could be helpful to us. But before I start with that, I need to ask Bruce something."
"Me?" Bruce asked. "What do you need to know?"
"You were in a relationship with Ross's daughter, Betty, is that right?" Harry asked.
"Um… yeah," Bruce nodded, though he did look slightly confused. "why are you asking?"
"Before I answer that I have to ask you one more question, are the two of you still good friends? Like do you hate each other or anything?" Harry asked.
"Um… no… I mean we don't hate each other. I… if it wasn't for Ross and the whole Hulk thing then we'd probably be together still." Bruce admitted.
"Great, well, I need you to go to her and see if you can convince her to help us." Harry told him. "Also an optional objective for you is to sleep with her to piss off Ross." Harry added with a smirk, using a voice that made it clear that he was joking but wouldn't really mind if it actually happened.
"That's not an optional objective." Steve said with a frown.
"Yes it is and mission accepted." Bruce quickly said.
"Really?" Steve sighed. "I…" Whatever Steve was about to say was cut off by the sound of his phone. He took it out and looked down at the text message he received.
"Steve, are you okay?" Natasha asked Steve who was suddenly looking quite pale.
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