She laughed at that. "I only have to run faster than you," she teased in return. "You know, Bruce is someone I've never actually met. Tony is around a lot along with Natasha and Mr. Coulson. I always just sort of figured he liked to be by himself, you know?"

Ava watched him out of the corner of her eye and her grin grew impossibly wider. She stepped closer, bumping his shoulder with hers then grabbed his hand to tug him into the candy store. "Come on. We'd better get some sugar into you before you start biting the general public."