This one was kind of a reach, but I had this idea when I thought of Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist and just had to make it work! Hope you like it anyway!
Post #35438 me all day: I'm so tired. me at night: how many shows can I watch before school tomorrow
Bruce isn't a demigod. He's not a super soldier. He's not a super spy that easily lives on two hours of sleep. And he's not like Tony who just injects caffeine straight into his bloodstream.
But for real, though. He's mad tired.
All the rest of the team is chillin in the quinjet. Talking about what to do for lunch (or is it breakfast? Really? Breakfast? He feels like they've been out for the entire day already), or who's going to the gym to work out since they hardly saw any action at the half-cocked HYDRA base today, or hey have you heard about this cray show it's lit bro.
That one actually turns Bruce's head. He stares at Steve. Along with the rest of the team.
They're effectively rendered speechless.
"Um, Steve, please don't try and use slang anymore," Clint says from where he's turned around in the co-pilot's seat. "I think they're worse than my dad jokes."
"Right. Right, yeah ok, sorry guys," Steve shakes his head a little. "But really, there's this show, we so need to watch it!"
"Is this another one of Cap's catch-up-from-the-fifties things?" Natasha deadpans.
"No, it's Japanese! It's called Fullmetal Alchemist," Steve announces proudly.
Bruce just wants to take a nap.
Two hours and a good NYC bagel brunch later, the team is gathered in one of the living rooms as Steve pulls up the show and rattles off about it, "So it's basically about this kid with a metal arm," he starts.
"Creepy Winter Soldier is in this?" Tony inserts.
Steve continues on, "And his brother in a metal suit of armor…"
"Hey, Tony, you're a sidekick!" Clint grins from his seat on the couch.
"And then there's this guy who likes to wear an overcoat and he ends up with an eyepatch somewhere along the way…"
"I knew it. Nick just has to be everywhere," Natasha rolls her eyes.
"And then there's a sharpshooter named Hawkeye…"
"Woah, really! I'm so awesome," Clint high fives Natasha before Steve continues.
"She's a girl."
"Oh. Well. That still sounds cool. I guess. Why'd they have to make me a girl?" Natasha pats Clint on the back in consolation.
"Then there's this really awkward but super strong huge dude…"
"Our resident Doc Dork over here," Tony grins and ruffles Bruce's hair.
"And there's also a guy that kinda has some lightning thing…"
"I am most glad to know I am included!" Thor says happily.
"He's a serial killer…"
"So maybe you're kinda like fused with your brother?" Natasha remarks shamelessly.
"And there's this lady who is drop dead gorgeous and she kinda runs around and does all this sabotage-y stuff…"
"We all know who that is," Clint says.
"But you already have your character, Barton," Natasha gives Clint a pointed look, to which he sticks out his tonge.
"She's kinda a serial killer, too…"
"Ok, never mind, I claim it," says Natasha from where she has Clint in a headlock on the ground.
"And then that's about it." Steve finally brings up the first episode.
"Wait wait wait, what about you?" Tony accuses.
"Yeah, surely you've got your counterpart, too," Natasha abruptly releases Clint and tilts her head.
"I think it'd be a stretch," the Cap says.
"Nobody named Steve? No glorious Captain? No guy with a shield?"
"Well…there is this guy who was nicknamed the ultimate shield, but he's kind of a creep," Steve admits reluctantly.
"Yeah, yeah, works for me! Can we watch already?" Tony snaps. "JARVIS, lights!"
And despite how tired Bruce thought he was before, he stays up well into the night with the rest of the Avengers watching anime.
They were all hooked.
It was pretty lit.